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

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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

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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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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work
Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to
the the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise
the following functions, powers, and duties:
(1) Conduct or authorize examinations to ascertain the
qualifications and fitness of candidates for a license to
engage in the independent practice of clinical social work
and in the practice of social work, pass upon the
qualifications of applicants for licenses, and issue
licenses to those who are found to be fit and qualified.
(2) Adopt rules required for the administration and
enforcement of this Act.
(3) Adopt rules for determining approved undergraduate
and graduate social work degree programs and prepare and
maintain a list of colleges and universities offering such
approved programs whose graduates, if they otherwise meet
the requirements of this Act, are eligible to apply for a

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