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Senate advances licensing changes for mental-health professionals, removing temporary-certification power
Summary
First substitute S.B. 195 would tighten licensing standards for mental-health and related professions, remove the Division of Occupational Licensing's authority to issue temporary certificates and clarify designation for advanced psychiatric mental health nursing; it passed to the third-reading calendar.
The Senate moved first substitute S.B. 195 forward after a floor presentation by Senator Karen Hale outlining changes to mental-health and allied professional licensing.
Hale said the substitute bill makes several technical changes — including a specific designation for "advanced practice registered nurse specializing…
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