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Senate rejects bill to tighten social-service-worker licensure after fiscal and access objections
Summary
Senate Bill 91, which sought to clarify bachelor-level licensure requirements for social service workers, failed on a 9–16 roll-call vote after lawmakers questioned cost and rural staffing impacts; sponsor Sen. Julander said the bill does not require master’s degrees and was backed by DCFS.
Senate Bill 91, the Social Worker Licensing Act Amendments, failed its second-reading roll call on Feb. 5, 2002, after a contentious floor debate in the Utah Senate. The motion to move the bill to the third-reading calendar received 9 yeas and 16 nays and will be sent to staff for filing.
Sponsor Sen. Julander told colleagues the bill only clarifies prerequisites for bachelor-level social service-worker licensure and does not alter licensing for master's-level social workers or current licensees. "The purpose of this bill...…
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