Bill Text: IA HF2515 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the licensure of marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2343.) Effective date: 04/19/2024, 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-19 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 927. [HF2515 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2515-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
LICENSURE
OF
MARITAL
AND
FAMILY
THERAPISTS,
MENTAL
HEALTH
COUNSELORS,
AND
SOCIAL
WORKERS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
154C.3,
subsection
4,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4.
Supervision.
The
board
shall
not,
by
rule
or
other
means,
require
that
supervision
be
completed
in
person
or
that
supervised
clinical
experience
include
live
or
recorded
direct
observation
of
client
interaction
as
a
condition
for
an
applicant
to
receive
a
license,
a
reciprocal
license,
or
a
renewed
license
under
this
chapter
.
Sec.
2.
Section
154D.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
The
board
shall
not,
by
rule
or
other
means,
require
any
in-person
supervised
clinical
experience
or
require
that
supervised
clinical
experience
include
live
or
recorded
direct
observation
of
client
interaction
.
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
154D.8
Licensure
by
endorsement.
An
applicant
who
has
been
a
licensed
marital
and
family
therapist
or
licensed
mental
health
counselor
under
the
laws
of
another
jurisdiction
may
file
an
application
with
the
board
for
licensure
by
endorsement.
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
requiring
an
applicant
for
licensure
by
endorsement
to
do
all
of
the
following:
House
File
2515,
p.
2
1.
Submit
a
completed
application
to
the
board.
2.
Pay
a
licensure
fee.
3.
Show
evidence
that
the
jurisdiction
in
which
the
applicant
holds
a
license
has
licensure
requirements
similar
to
the
licensure
requirements
of
this
state.
4.
a.
Provide
verification
that
the
applicant
holds
a
license
from
another
jurisdiction,
which
shall
be
sent
directly
from
the
licensing
entity
in
the
other
jurisdiction
to
the
board.
The
applicant
must
also
disclose
any
public
or
pending
complaints
against
the
applicant
in
any
other
jurisdiction.
b.
In
lieu
of
verification
under
paragraph
“a”
,
the
board
may
allow
verification
using
an
internet-based
system
if
the
verification
provides
all
of
the
following:
(1)
The
name
of
the
applicant.
(2)
The
date
the
applicant
was
initially
licensed
in
the
jurisdiction.
(3)
The
applicant’s
current
licensure
status.
(4)
Any
disciplinary
action
taken
against
the
applicant.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment:
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
154C.3.
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
154D.2.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2515,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
