Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05716 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/26/2021

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5716  
January Session, 2021  
LCO No. 1768 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That chapter 383g of the general statutes be amended to establish a 1 
process, limited in duration, by which a registered art therapist may be 2 
granted licensure as an art therapist if such registered art therapist (1) 3 
earned a graduate degree in art therapy or a related field, and (2) is a 4 
licensed professional counselor in the state and to allow temporary 5 
permits to practice as an art therapist under supervision to be valid for 6 
two years. 7 
Statement of Purpose:   
To establish a process by which registered art therapists may be granted 
licensure as art therapists in the state and to allow temporary permits to 
practice as an art therapist under supervision to be valid for two years.