By: Naishtat (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 1797
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2011;
May 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a person's eligibility to obtain a license in social
work.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 505.353(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) An applicant may take the licensing examination
conducted by the board under Section 505.354 for:
(1) a master social worker license if the applicant
possesses a doctoral or master's degree in social work from a
graduate program that is accredited by or is in candidacy for
accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education;
(2) a baccalaureate social worker license if the
applicant possesses a baccalaureate degree in social work from an
educational program that is accredited by or is in candidacy for
accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education; or
(3) a clinical social worker license if the applicant
possesses a doctoral or master's degree in social work from an
accredited graduate program approved by the board and meets the
qualifications for clinical social work practice as determined by
the board under this chapter.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
505.353, Occupations Code, apply to a license for which an
application is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
license application filed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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