Bill Text: MO HB1265 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits a political subdivision from discriminating between licensed professional counselors and other mental health professionals when establishing regulations or recommending services
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-05 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB1265 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB1265-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES CORNEJO (Sponsor), BURLISON, SWEARINGEN AND SPENCER (Co-sponsors).
5041L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 337.503, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to licensed professional counselors.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 337.503, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 337.503, to read as follows:
337.503. No official, employee, board, commission, county, municipality, school district, agency of the state, or any other political subdivision thereof shall discriminate between persons licensed under sections 337.500 to 337.540 and other mental health professionals licensed under this chapter or as defined in section 632.005 when promulgating regulations or when requiring or recommending services that legally may be performed by persons licensed under sections 337.500 to 337.540.
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