California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 274 — Healing arts.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2011.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2011. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law, the Educational Psychologist Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of educational psychologists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of social workers by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a professional clinical counselor license to any person submitting an application between January 1, 2011, and June 30, 2011, if that applicant meets specified requirements, including the requirement that the applicant have at least 2 years of postdegree counseling experience that includes specified hours of experience in a clinical setting supervised by a marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, psychologist, physician and surgeon specializing in psychiatry, or master's level counselor or therapist, as specified. Existing law makes these licenses valid for 6 years, specifies that such a license expires one year from the date of issuance, and prescribes a specified renewal procedure. Existing law provides that other professional clinical licenses expire no more than 24 months after the date of issuance and may be renewed within 3 years of expiration. Existing law also governs the regulation of clinical counselor trainees and interns. Existing law allows clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants to perform services as an employee or as a volunteer, but not as an independent contractor. This bill would set forth provisions that would provide that a person engages in the practice of marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, or professional clinical counseling when he or she performs or offers to perform or holds himself or herself out as able to perform this service for remuneration in any form, including donations. The bill would authorize the board to issue a professional clinical counselor license to any person submitting an application between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011, if that applicant meets specified requirements, and would add a professional clinical counselor and a person who is licensed out of state to independently practice professional clinical counseling to the list of persons who an applicant may have supervise his or her hours of experience in a clinical setting. The bill would provide that all licenses issued expire no more than 24 months after the issuance date and that all of these licenses would be eligible for renewal within 3 years of expiration. The bill would revise and recast the provision relating to clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants, and instead provide that experience shall not be gained by clinical counselor interns or trainees as an independent contractor. The bill would require a clinical counselor intern when applying for licensure as a professional clinical counselor to show proof of his or her employment as an employee or volunteer by providing to the board copies of his or her W-2 tax forms or a letter from an employer verifying employment as a volunteer for each year of experience claimed. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1862.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Urgency clause adopted.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 2265.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From consent calendar.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  11. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6).

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P.

  15. Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 987.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  19. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  20. Set for hearing May 9.

  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 736.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. Set for hearing April 25.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  24. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  25. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  26. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.

  27. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wyland · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wyland

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Supp 1 SB274 Wyland Urgency Clause Concurrence

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wright — Yea
Evans — Yea
Leno — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Harman — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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SB 274 Wyland Third Reading Urgency By SMYTH

Passed 71 Yea · 2 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1100
Unaffiliated 69107
Democratic 1000
Total 71207
% of votes cast 89%3%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Butler — Yea
Eng — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Carter — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Fong — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Conway — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Cook — Yea
Perea — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Halderman — Yea
Campos — Yea
Mitchell — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Beall — Not Voting
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Yea
Olsen — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Not Voting
Achadjian — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Knight — Not Voting
Lara — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Nestande — Not Voting
Smyth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Davis — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Democratic 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Campos — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Donnelly — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Consent Calendar 2nd

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Democratic 2000
Republican 0001
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Huff — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Correa — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Harman — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

healthcare labor education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 274 do?
Existing law, the Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law, the Educational Psychologist Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of educational psychologists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of social workers by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a professional clinical counselor license to any person submitting an application between January 1, 2011, and June 30, 2011, if that applicant meets specified requirements, including the requirement that the applicant have at least 2 years of postdegree counseling experience that includes specified hours of experience in a clinical setting supervised by a marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, psychologist, physician and surgeon specializing in psychiatry, or master's level counselor or therapist, as specified. Existing law makes these licenses valid for 6 years, specifies that such a license expires one year from the date of issuance, and prescribes a specified renewal procedure. Existing law provides that other professional clinical licenses expire no more than 24 months after the date of issuance and may be renewed within 3 years of expiration. Existing law also governs the regulation of clinical counselor trainees and interns. Existing law allows clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants to perform services as an employee or as a volunteer, but not as an independent contractor. This bill would set forth provisions that would provide that a person engages in the practice of marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, or professional clinical counseling when he or she performs or offers to perform or holds himself or herself out as able to perform this service for remuneration in any form, including donations. The bill would authorize the board to issue a professional clinical counselor license to any person submitting an application between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011, if that applicant meets specified requirements, and would add a professional clinical counselor and a person who is licensed out of state to independently practice professional clinical counseling to the list of persons who an applicant may have supervise his or her hours of experience in a clinical setting. The bill would provide that all licenses issued expire no more than 24 months after the issuance date and that all of these licenses would be eligible for renewal within 3 years of expiration. The bill would revise and recast the provision relating to clinical counselor trainees, interns, and applicants, and instead provide that experience shall not be gained by clinical counselor interns or trainees as an independent contractor. The bill would require a clinical counselor intern when applying for licensure as a professional clinical counselor to show proof of his or her employment as an employee or volunteer by providing to the board copies of his or her W-2 tax forms or a letter from an employer verifying employment as a volunteer for each year of experience claimed. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 274?
SB 274 is sponsored by Wyland.
What is the current status of SB 274?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2011. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 274?
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