Bill Text: MI SB0194 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health occupations: counselors; hours completed during a masters program for a licensed professional counselor or related field; allow to be counted toward a licensed professional counselor license. Amends sec. 18107 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18107).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-02 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy And Human Services [SB0194 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0194-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 194
March 02, 2021, Introduced by Senator LASATA
and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 18107 (MCL 333.18107), as amended by 2019 PA 96.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 18107. (1)
Subject to subsection (2), the department may grant a professional counselor
license to an individual who meets all of the following criteria:
(a) Is not less than 18 years of age.
(b) Has received, from an accredited college or university
approved by the department, a master's or doctoral degree in counseling from a
qualified program, or a degree determined by the department in consultation
with the board to be substantially equivalent to a counseling degree from a
qualified program. The department in consultation with the board shall
promulgate rules to establish standards to approve qualified programs.
(c) Has Subject to subsection (3), has at least 2 years of
counseling experience under the supervision of a licensed professional
counselor. The department in consultation with the board may decrease the
required length of counseling experience under the supervision of a licensed
professional counselor to 1 year if an applicant has completed a doctoral
degree in counseling. An applicant shall
must not be licensed before
completing 1 year of counseling experience under the supervision of a licensed
professional counselor.
(2) The department in consultation with the board shall
promulgate rules under section 16145 as necessary or appropriate to supplement
the requirements for licensure under this part as a licensed professional
counselor, including adopting updated standards of the Council for the
Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs or a successor
organization.
(3)
For purposes of the 2 years of counseling experience required under subsection
(1)(c), the department shall accept each hour of supervised counseling
experience obtained by an individual while completing a master's degree from a
qualified program and performing the duties assigned to the individual during
his or her course of training. However, the department shall not accept more
than 1,000 hours of supervised counseling experience under this subsection.
