Bill Text: MI HB5944 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Occupations; advisors and counselors; counseling education program required for licensure; limit approval of programs that do not protect a student's religious belief. Amends secs. 18107 & 18111 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18107 & 333.18111) & adds sec. 18108.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-11-13 - Printed Bill Filed 11/13/2014 [HB5944 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5944-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5944
November 12, 2014, Introduced by Reps. McMillin and Haveman and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 18107 and 18111 (MCL 333.18107 and 333.18111),
section 18107 as amended by 1989 PA 262 and section 18111 as added
by 1988 PA 421, and by adding section 18108.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18107. (1) The board may grant a professional counselor
license to an individual who is or does all of the following:
(a) Is not less than 21 years of age.
(b)
Has received a masters master's
or doctoral degree in
counseling or student personnel work in a program approved by the
board.
The Subject to section
18108, the board shall promulgate
rules to establish standards to approve only those programs that
include graduate studies in the following areas: research, group
techniques, counseling theories, ethics, counseling techniques,
counseling philosophy, testing procedures, career development,
consulting, practicum, and internship.
(c)
Has For a license granted
on or after October 1, 1994, has
at least 2 years of counseling experience under the supervision of
a licensed professional counselor. The board may decrease the
required length of counseling experience under the supervision of a
licensed professional counselor to 1 year if an applicant has
completed 30 hours of graduate study in counseling beyond the
master's degree. An applicant shall not be licensed before
completing 1 year of counseling experience under the supervision of
a
licensed professional counselor. This subdivision shall take
effect
on October 1, 1994.
(2)
By Before October 1, 1993, an individual who meets the
requirement of subsection (1)(a), has 2 years of experience, and
holds a master's or doctoral degree in counseling or student
personnel work that does not meet the requirements of subsection
(1)(b), may be granted a license by the board.
Sec. 18108. For purposes of sections 18107 and 18111, the
board shall not do any of the following:
(a) Approve an education program under this part unless the
program has a written policy in effect that prohibits a student
from being excluded, expelled, or otherwise discriminated against
because he or she refuses to provide counseling that may result in
goals, outcomes, or behaviors that violate the religious beliefs of
the student.
(b) As a condition to approving an education program under
this part, require that the program be accredited by an agency or
association that will not accredit an education program that has a
student religious conscience protection policy.
Sec. 18111. (1) The board may grant a limited license to an
individual who meets both of the following criteria:
(a) Is not less than 21 years of age.
(b) Has received, from an accredited college or university
approved
by the department, a masters master's
or doctoral degree
in counseling or student personnel work in a program approved by
the
board. The Subject to
section 18108, the board shall approve
only those programs that include graduate studies in the following
areas: research, group techniques, counseling theories, ethics,
counseling techniques, counseling philosophy, testing procedures,
career development, consulting, practicum, and internship.
(2) A limited license issued under this section shall require
that the individual confine his or her practice to a program of
counseling experience under the supervision of a licensed
professional counselor.
