Bill Text: IA SF2107 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to domestic violence education requirements for the issuance and renewal of certain professional licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-07 - Tabled until future meeting. []. [SF2107 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2107-Introduced.html
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BY
J.
TAYLOR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
domestic
violence
education
requirements
for
1
the
issuance
and
renewal
of
certain
professional
licenses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
154B.6,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
On
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
3
Act,
an
applicant
for
licensure
as
a
psychologist
shall
have
4
completed
three
credit
hours
of
graduate-level
courses
related
5
to
domestic
violence.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
154C.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
7
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
8
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
Domestic
violence
education.
On
or
after
9
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
an
applicant
for
a
license
10
under
this
chapter
shall
have
completed
three
credit
hours
of
11
graduate-level
courses
related
to
domestic
violence.
12
Sec.
3.
Section
154D.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
13
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
14
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
On
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
15
Act,
an
applicant
for
a
license
to
practice
marital
and
family
16
therapy
or
mental
health
counseling
shall
have
completed
three
17
credit
hours
of
graduate-level
courses
related
to
domestic
18
violence.
19
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
272C.2D
Continuing
education
minimum
20
requirements
——
psychology,
social
work,
marital
and
family
21
therapy,
and
mental
health
counseling.
22
The
board
of
psychology,
board
of
social
work,
and
board
23
of
behavioral
science
shall
adopt
rules
requiring
a
person
24
licensed
pursuant
to
section
154B.6,
154C.3,
or
154D.2
to
25
complete
two
hours
of
continuing
education
credits
relating
to
26
domestic
violence
as
a
condition
of
license
renewal.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
requirements
for
the
issuance
and
31
renewal
of
a
license
to
practice
psychology,
social
work,
32
marital
and
family
therapy,
or
mental
health
counseling.
The
33
bill
requires
that
an
applicant
for
a
license
to
practice
34
psychology,
social
work,
marital
and
family
therapy,
or
mental
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health
counseling
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
1
complete
three
credit
hours
of
graduate-level
courses
related
2
to
domestic
violence.
The
bill
also
requires
the
boards
of
3
psychology,
social
work,
and
behavioral
science
to
require
4
licensees
to
complete
two
hours
of
continuing
education
5
credits
relating
to
domestic
violence
as
a
condition
of
license
6
renewal.
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