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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6100 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001107 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |
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| 16 | 16 | | AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Sanchez, Potter, Speakman, and Giraldo |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 03, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House State Government & Elections |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 42-12 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Human Services" 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 42-12-31. Temporary waiver from civil service exams. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a)(1) Due to the high increase in the need for the services of licensed human service 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | professionals and the shortage in the availability of or of access to such professionals, which need 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | has been exacerbated at least in part due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the department of human 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | services (the “department”) shall temporarily waive any civil service exams required by the 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | department to obtain a license from the department as a human services professional. This 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | temporary waiver shall be in effect from July 1, 2023, through to June 30, 2024. 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) The temporary waiver from civil service exams provided by this section shall only 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | apply to applicants for licensure from the department who meet all other requirements set by the 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | department for the license being sought. In such event, the department shall issue to such persons 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | a provisional one-year license. The department may suspend the provisional license for the same 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | reasons and conditions under which the department could suspend the license for a person who had 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | successfully completed the relevant civil service exam. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) This temporary waiver shall exist only from July 1, 2023, through to June 30, 2024. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | After June 30, 2024, any person granted a temporary waiver from a civil service exam pursuant to 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | this section shall be required to undertake any civil service exam required by the department as a 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC001107 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | condition of licensure. Provided, the department may waive the licensure requirement if the 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | performance of the person granted the temporary waiver is of such a high caliber that the 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | department determines further licensure is unnecessary. 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | LC001107 |
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| 53 | 53 | | LC001107 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 55 | 55 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 56 | 56 | | OF |
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| 57 | 57 | | A N A C T |
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| 58 | 58 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |
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| 59 | 59 | | AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 60 | 60 | | *** |
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| 61 | 61 | | This act would provide that the department of human services would temporarily waive 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | any civil service exams required by the department to obtain a license from the department as a 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | human service professional. This waiver shall be in effect from July 1, 2023, through to June 30, 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | 2024. 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | LC001107 |
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