Bill Text: CA AB2198 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Mental health professionals: suicide prevention training.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-18 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2198 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2198-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2198 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 14, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 4, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Levine
(Principal coauthors: Senators Hill and Steinberg)
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to add Sections 2915.3, 2915.4, 4980.393, 4980.394,
4989.21, 4989.35, 4996.27, 4996.275, 4999.37, and 4999.77 to the
Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2198, Levine. Mental health professionals: suicide prevention
training.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professionals who provide mental health-related services, including
psychologists, marriage and family therapists, educational
psychologists, professional clinical counselors, and clinical social
workers. Under existing law, an applicant for licensure in these
professions is required to complete certain coursework or training in
order to be eligible for a license. Existing law also requires these
professionals to participate in continuing education as a
prerequisite for renewing their license.
This bill would require a psychologist, marriage and family
therapist, educational psychologist, professional clinical counselor,
and clinical social worker who began graduate study on or after
January 1, 2016, to complete a minimum of 15 contact hours of
coursework in suicide assessment, treatment, and management before he
or she may be issued a license. The bill would also require,
commencing January 1, 2016, a person licensed in these professions or
any applicant for licensure who began graduate study prior to
January 1, 2016, to take a six-hour continuing education course in
suicide assessment, treatment, and management in order to renew his
or her license.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2915.3 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
2915.3. (a) Any applicant for licensure as a psychologist who
began graduate study on or after January 1, 2016, shall complete, as
a condition of licensure, a minimum of 15 contact hours of coursework
in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.
(b) The board shall not issue a license to the applicant until the
applicant has met the requirements of this section.
SEC. 2. Section 2915.4 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
2915.4. (a) A licensee or any applicant for licensure who began
graduate study prior to January 1, 2016, shall complete a six-hour
continuing education course in best practices for suicide assessment,
treatment, and management during his or her first renewal period
after the operative date of this section, and shall submit to the
board evidence acceptable to the board of the person's satisfactory
completion of that course.
(b) The board shall not issue a license to the applicant until the
applicant has met the requirements of this section.
(c) Continuing education courses taken pursuant to this section
shall be applied to the 36 hours of approved continuing education
required by Section 2915.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
SEC. 3. Section 4980.393 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, immediately following Section 4980.39, to read:
4980.393. (a) An applicant for licensure who began graduate study
on or after January 1, 2016, and whose education qualifies him or
her under Section 4980.36 or 4980.37, shall complete, as a condition
of licensure, a minimum of 15 contact hours of coursework in suicide
assessment, treatment, and management.
SEC. 4. Section 4980.394 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
4980.394. (a) A licensee or any applicant for licensure who began
graduate study before January 1, 2016, shall complete a six-hour
continuing education course in best practices for suicide assessment,
treatment, and management, during his or her first renewal period
after the operative date of this section and shall submit to the
board evidence, acceptable to the board, of the person's satisfactory
completion of the course.
(b) Continuing education courses taken pursuant to this section
shall be applied to the 36 hours of approved continuing education
required by Section 4980.54.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
SEC. 5. Section 4989.21 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
4989.21. (a) Any applicant for licensure as an educational
psychologist who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2016,
shall complete, as a condition of licensure, a minimum of 15 contact
hours of coursework in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.
(b) The board shall not issue a license to the applicant until the
applicant has met the requirements of this section.
SEC. 6. Section 4989.35 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
4989.35. (a) A licensee or any applicant for licensure who began
graduate study before January 1, 2016, shall complete a six-hour
continuing education course in best practices for suicide assessment,
treatment, and management, during his or her first renewal period
after the operative date of this section and shall submit to the
board evidence, acceptable to the board, of the person's satisfactory
completion of the course.
(b) Continuing education courses taken pursuant to this section
shall be applied to the 36 hours of approved continuing education
required by Section 4989.34.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
SEC. 7. Section 4996.27 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, immediately following Section 4996.26, to read:
4996.27. (a) Any applicant for licensure as a licensed clinical
social worker who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2016,
shall complete, as a condition of licensure, a minimum of 15 contact
hours of coursework in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.
(b) The board shall not issue a license to the applicant until the
applicant has met the requirements of this section.
SEC. 8. Section 4996.275 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, immediately following Section 4996.27, to read:
4996.275. (a) A licensee or any applicant for licensure who began
graduate study prior to January 1, 2016, shall complete a six-hour
continuing education course in best practices for suicide assessment,
treatment, and management, during his or her first renewal period
after the operative date of this section, and shall submit to the
board evidence, acceptable to the board, of the person's satisfactory
completion of the course.
(b) Continuing education courses taken pursuant to this section
shall be applied to the 36 hours of approved continuing education
required in Section 4996.22.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
SEC. 9. Section 4999.37 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
4999.37. An applicant for examination eligibility or registration
who began graduate study on or after January 1, 2016, and whose
education qualifies him or her under Section 4999.32 or 4999.33,
shall complete, as a condition of licensure, a minimum of 15 contact
hours of coursework in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.
SEC. 10. Section 4999.77 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
4999.77. (a) A licensee or any applicant for licensure who began
graduate study prior to January 1, 2016, shall complete a six-hour
continuing education course in best practices for suicide assessment,
treatment, and management, during his or her first renewal period
after the operative date of this section, and shall submit to the
board evidence, acceptable to the board, of the person's satisfactory
completion of the course.
(b) Continuing education courses taken pursuant to this section
shall be applied to the 36 hours of approved continuing education
required in Section 4999.76.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
