HB 1919 -- Counselors and Therapists

Sponsor:  Treadway

This bill contains provisions regarding professional counselors
and marital and family therapists.  The bill:

(1)  Dissolves the Committee for Professional Counseling and the
Committee for Marital and Family Therapy and places both
professions under the State Board of Counselors and Therapists,
which is created within the Division of Professional
Registration;

(2)  Contains provisions pertaining to the appointment of the
board, including qualifications, terms, compensation, powers, and
duties;

(3)  Creates the Board of Counselors and Therapists Fund;

(4)  Requires all rules adopted by the board to be approved by
the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules;

(5)  Allows the division to promulgate rules for initial
licensure and renewal, fee collections, conduct of examinations,
investigation procedures, competency standards, reciprocity,
ethical standards, and exemptions; and

(6)  Repeals and reenacts sections pertaining to marital and
family therapists in order to bring those sections under the
newly formed board.

The provisions of the bill will become effective upon the initial
appointment of all members of the board or July 1, 2004,
whichever occurs first.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:03 am