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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL No. 261 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 25-23.6-5-3.5. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Clinical social worker licensure. Provides that licensed |
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| 8 | 8 | | physicians with training in psychiatric medicine or licensed clinical |
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| 9 | 9 | | psychologists (qualified supervisors) may supervise individuals seeking |
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| 10 | 10 | | a clinical social worker license. Permits 75% of supervised clinical |
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| 11 | 11 | | social work experience hours to be accounted for through virtual |
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| 12 | 12 | | supervision by qualified supervisors. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Effective: July 1, 2024. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Goode |
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| 15 | 15 | | January 16, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider |
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| 16 | 16 | | Services. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2024 IN 261—LS 6649/DI 153 Introduced |
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| 18 | 18 | | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 19 | 19 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 20 | 20 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 21 | 21 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 23 | 23 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 24 | 24 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 25 | 25 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 27 | 27 | | between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SENATE BILL No. 261 |
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| 29 | 29 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 30 | 30 | | professions and occupations. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 25-23.6-5-3.5, AS AMENDED BY |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 P.L.215-2018(ss), SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3.5. (a) For purposes |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 of this section, "qualified supervisor" means: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 (1) a licensed physician with training in psychiatric medicine; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 (2) a licensed clinical psychologist. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 (b) The applicant for a license as a clinical social worker must have |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 at least two (2) years of clinical social work experience after receiving |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 a graduate degree in social work and under the supervision of a |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 qualified supervisor. as determined by the board. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 (b) (c) If an individual is obtaining the clinical social work |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 experience described in subsection (a) (b) in Indiana, the individual |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 must be licensed as a social worker under section 1 of this chapter. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 (c) (d) A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervised |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 clinical social work experience requirement. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17 (d) (e) Except as provided in subsection (e), (f), the clinical social |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2024 IN 261—LS 6649/DI 153 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 1 work experience requirement may be met by work performed at or |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2 away from the premises of the qualified supervisor. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 3 (e) (f) Except as provided in subsection (g), (h), the clinical social |
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| 53 | 53 | | 4 work requirement may not be performed away from the qualified |
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| 54 | 54 | | 5 supervisor's premises if: |
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| 55 | 55 | | 6 (1) the work is the independent private practice of clinical social |
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| 56 | 56 | | 7 work; and |
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| 57 | 57 | | 8 (2) the work is not performed at a place with the supervision of a |
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| 58 | 58 | | 9 qualified supervisor available. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 10 (f) (g) Any supervised clinical social work experience hours that an |
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| 60 | 60 | | 11 applicant accumulates under this chapter after being licensed as a |
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| 61 | 61 | | 12 social worker under section 1 of this chapter do not expire and may be |
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| 62 | 62 | | 13 used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised clinical social work |
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| 63 | 63 | | 14 experience requirements under this chapter. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 15 (g) (h) Up to fifty percent (50%) seventy-five percent (75%) of the |
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| 65 | 65 | | 16 supervised clinical social work experience hours required under |
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| 66 | 66 | | 17 subsection (a) (b) may be accounted for through virtual supervision by |
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| 67 | 67 | | 18 a qualified supervisor described in subsection (a). (b). |
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| 68 | 68 | | 19 (h) (i) After obtaining a temporary permit under section 11.5 of this |
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| 69 | 69 | | 20 chapter, any supervised clinical social work experience hours that an |
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| 70 | 70 | | 21 applicant accumulates under this chapter before the temporary permit |
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| 71 | 71 | | 22 expires may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised clinical |
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| 72 | 72 | | 23 social work experience requirements under this chapter during the |
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| 73 | 73 | | 24 following time after the applicant obtained the temporary permit: |
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| 74 | 74 | | 25 (1) For not more than four (4) years. |
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| 75 | 75 | | 26 (2) After the four (4) year period, if approved by the board. |
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| 76 | 76 | | 2024 IN 261—LS 6649/DI 153 |
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