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: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5246 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5246-Engrossed.html

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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act
5is amended by changing Section 65 as follows:
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7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)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
9as a licensed marriage and family therapist, without the
10required examination, to an applicant licensed under the laws
11of another state if the requirements for licensure in that
12state are, on the date of licensure, substantially equivalent
13to the requirements of this Act or to a person who, at the time
14of his or her application for licensure, possessed individual
15qualifications that were substantially equivalent to the
16requirements then in force in this State. An applicant under
17this Section shall pay all of the required fees.
18 An individual applying for licensure as a licensed
19marriage and family therapist who has been licensed without
20discipline at the independent level in another United States
21jurisdiction for at least 30 months during the 5 consecutive
22years preceding application without discipline is not required
23to submit proof of completion of the education, professional

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