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Committee approves changes to behavioral health licensure rules, eases coursework requirement
Summary
A House public-health committee advanced an amended licensing bill that would remove statutory content-area coursework mandates for four behavioral-health professions and allow bachelor'level social workers to sit for licensing exams during their final semester.
The House Public Health Committee on Feb. 16 advanced an amended bill that would remove statutory, content-area coursework requirements for four behavioral-health professions and make a parity adjustment allowing some bachelor'level social work students to sit for licensure exams in their final semester.
The Professional Licensing Agency's deputy director, Nick Hart, told the committee the agency brought amendment 3 at the agency's request. He said the change would repeal explicit content-area statutory requirements that apply to marriage and family…
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