SB 707 — Health occupations: marriage and family therapists; licensing requirements for marriage and family therapists; modify, and require continuing education. Amends secs. 16903 & 16909 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16903 & 333.16909) & adds secs. 16909a & 16914.

SB-707, As Passed Senate, June 17, 2026 SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.

(2) Unless exempt under section 16905(3), only an individual EMR S01990'25 (S-2)(S-3)_SB707_APS_1 vhmgr747xyvd 1 licensed under this part may advertise that he or she the individual offers marriage any of the following:

(d) Confine his or her the limited licensee's practice to an organized health care setting or other arrangement approved by the EMR S01990'25 (S-2)(S-3)_SB707_APS_1 vhmgr747xyvd 1 board.

EMR S01990'25 (S-2)(S-3)_SB707_APS_1 vhmgr747xyvd 1 (ii) Has a master's or higher graduate degree from an accredited college or university approved by the board and has completed all of the following graduate-level courses at an accredited college or university approved by the board:

(B) Is a certified licensed master's social worker or a social worker registered under article 16 of the occupational code, 1980 EMR S01990'25 (S-2)(S-3)_SB707_APS_1 vhmgr747xyvd 1 PA 299, MCL 339.1601 to 339.1610.as that term is defined in section 18501.

EMR S01990'25 (S-2)(S-3)_SB707_APS_1 vhmgr747xyvd 1 (ii) Is obtained following the completion of the degree required by subdivision (a)(i), is obtained following the completion of the degree required by subdivision (a)(ii) and concurrent with or following the course work specified in subdivision (a)(ii)(A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), or is obtained as part of a doctoral program in marriage and family therapy from an accredited college or university approved by the board, which experience may include experience obtained under subdivision (b)(i).

(a) The individual provides satisfactory evidence to the EMR S01990'25 (S-2)(S-3)_SB707_APS_1 vhmgr747xyvd 1 department that the individual holds a master's or higher graduate degree from an accredited training program in marriage and family therapy approved by the board, the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education, or a regionally accredited body.

(b) The individual provides satisfactory evidence to the department of having completed supervised clinical marriage and family therapy experience in conjunction with the applicant'sindividual's educational program.

The 100 hours of supervision described in this subdivision must be in person or use 2-way real-time secure technology with the individual obtaining the supervised clinical marriage and family EMR S01990'25 (S-2)(S-3)_SB707_APS_1 vhmgr747xyvd 1 therapy experience.

(3) The department, in consultation with the board, shallmay promulgate rules to supplement the requirements for licensure under this part as a marriage and family therapist as the department determines is necessary to adapt to changes in federal law or appropriate.national industry standards for marriage and family therapists.

The rules may adopt the standards of the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education or a similar accreditation organization, and any updates or amendments to the standards described in this subsection.

EMR S01990'25 (S-2) vhmgr7 1 (A) A licensed master's social worker as that term is defined in section 18501.

(B) A licensed professional counselor as that term is defined EMR S01990'25 (S-3)_SB707_APS_1 47xyvd 1 in section 18101.

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