Bill Text: IL HB1490 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1490 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1490-Introduced.html


102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1490

Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 20/5 from Ch. 111, par. 6355

Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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A BILL FOR

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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 Clinical Social Work and Social Work
5Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
8 Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to
9the the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise
10the following functions, powers, and duties:
11 (1) Conduct or authorize examinations to ascertain the
12 qualifications and fitness of candidates for a license to
13 engage in the independent practice of clinical social work
14 and in the practice of social work, pass upon the
15 qualifications of applicants for licenses, and issue
16 licenses to those who are found to be fit and qualified.
17 (2) Adopt rules required for the administration and
18 enforcement of this Act.
19 (3) Adopt rules for determining approved undergraduate
20 and graduate social work degree programs and prepare and
21 maintain a list of colleges and universities offering such
22 approved programs whose graduates, if they otherwise meet
23 the requirements of this Act, are eligible to apply for a

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1 license.
2 (4) Prescribe forms to be issued for the
3 administration and enforcement of this Act consistent with
4 and reflecting the requirements of this Act and rules
5 adopted pursuant to this Act.
6 (5) Conduct investigations related to possible
7 violations of this Act.
8 (6) Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all
9 persons who hold valid licenses under this Act. These
10 rosters shall be available upon written request and
11 payment of the required fee.
12(Source: P.A. 100-414, eff. 8-25-17.)
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