Bill Text: CT HB06646 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Marital And Family Therapists.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-30 - Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate [HB06646 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06646-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 6646
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 4148
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPISTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 20-195c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):

(a) Each applicant for licensure as a marital and family therapist shall present to the department satisfactory evidence that such applicant has: (1) Completed a graduate degree program specializing in marital and family therapy from a regionally accredited college or university or an accredited postgraduate clinical training program [approved] accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education; [and recognized by the United States Department of Education;] (2) completed a supervised practicum or internship with emphasis in marital and family therapy supervised by the program granting the requisite degree or by an accredited postgraduate clinical training program, [approved] accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education [recognized by the United States Department of Education] in which the student received a minimum of five hundred direct clinical hours that included one hundred hours of clinical supervision; (3) completed a minimum of twelve months of relevant postgraduate experience, including at least (A) one thousand hours of direct client contact offering marital and family therapy services subsequent to being awarded a master's degree or doctorate or subsequent to the training year specified in subdivision (2) of this subsection, and (B) one hundred hours of postgraduate clinical supervision provided by a licensed marital and family therapist; and (4) passed an examination prescribed by the department. The fee shall be three hundred fifteen dollars for each initial application.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2013	20-195c(a)

PH

Joint Favorable