Bill Text: IL HB5246 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act. Provides that an individual applying for licensure as a licensed marriage and family therapist who has been licensed without discipline at the independent level in another United States jurisdiction for at least 30 months during the 5 consecutive years preceding application (rather than for 5 consecutive years) is not required to submit proof of completion of the education, professional experience, and supervision required under a specified provision of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB5246 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5246-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 65 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 55/65) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-65) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 65. Endorsement. The Department may issue a license | ||||||
| 9 | as a licensed marriage and family therapist, without the | ||||||
| 10 | required examination, to an applicant licensed under the laws | ||||||
| 11 | of another state if the requirements for licensure in that | ||||||
| 12 | state are, on the date of licensure, substantially equivalent | ||||||
| 13 | to the requirements of this Act or to a person who, at the time | ||||||
| 14 | of his or her application for licensure, possessed individual | ||||||
| 15 | qualifications that were substantially equivalent to the | ||||||
| 16 | requirements then in force in this State. An applicant under | ||||||
| 17 | this Section shall pay all of the required fees. | ||||||
| 18 | An individual applying for licensure as a licensed | ||||||
| 19 | marriage and family therapist who has been licensed without | ||||||
| 20 | discipline at the independent level in another United States | ||||||
| 21 | jurisdiction for at least 30 months during the 5 consecutive | ||||||
| 22 | years preceding application without discipline is not required | ||||||
| 23 | to submit proof of completion of the education, professional | ||||||
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