Bill Amendment: MS HB479 | 2026 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Universal Recognition of Occupational License Act; revise regarding practices of marriage and family therapy and psychology.
Status: 2026-03-19 - Approved by Governor [HB479 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2026-HB479-Senate_Committee_Amendment_No_1.html
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
House Bill No. 479
BY: Committee
AMEND on lines 139 through 142 by deleting "A temporary license will expire in three hundred sixty-five (365) days after its issuance if the applicant fails to satisfy the requirement for licensure in subsections (3) through (5), as applicable." and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
If either the required criminal background check or the required education, training and examination inquiries are returned to the licensing board as insufficient for licensure as specified in Sections 73-31-14 and 73-31-15, for the practice of psychology, or in Section 73-54-23, for the practice of marriage and family therapy, the licensing board of the psychologists or of the marriage and family therapists, as the case may be, shall suspend and revoke the temporary license of the applicant upon notice of the insufficiencies and notify the applicant of the revocation.
(14) Nothing in this section shall replace or remove an applicant's requirements for compliance with education, supervised training and examination under Sections 73-31-14 and 73-31-15, for the practice of psychology, or under Section 73-54-23, for the practice of marriage and family therapy.
FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform on line 4 by inserting the following after the semicolon:
TO REQUIRE THE LICENSING BOARD OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS OR OF THE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, TO SUSPEND AND REVOKE THE TEMPORARY LICENSE OF AN APPLICANT UPON NOTICE THAT EITHER THE REQUIRED CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OR THE REQUIRED EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXAMINATION INQUIRIES ARE RETURNED TO THE LICENSING BOARD AS INSUFFICIENT FOR LICENSURE AND TO NOTIFY THE APPLICANT OF THE REVOCATION; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL REPLACE OR REMOVE AN APPLICANT'S REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH EDUCATION, SUPERVISED TRAINING AND EXAMINATION UNDER SECTIONS 73-31-14 AND 73-31-15, FOR THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY, OR UNDER SECTION 73-54-23, FOR THE PRACTICE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY;
