Date of enactment:
2023 Assembly Bill 251 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT relating to: a tier I license issued by the Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative
rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. PI 34.0375 of the administrative code is
created to read:
PI 34.0375 Tier I, clinically trained mental health
professional license. (1) AUTHORIZATION. A license
issued under this section authorizes the license holder to
work as a clinically trained mental health professional.
A license issued under this section does not authorize the
license holder to work as a school social worker or a
school counselor.
(2) ELIGIBILITY. The state superintendent may issue
a tier I license under this section to an applicant who satis-
fies all of the following:
(a) The applicant holds all of the following:
1. A master’s degree in marriage and family therapy,
mental health counseling, social work, or a similar field.
2. A valid clinical marriage and family therapy
license, clinical professional counselor license, or clini-
cal social worker license issued by the marriage and
family therapy, professional counseling, and social work
examining board.
(b) The applicant agrees to do all of the following:
1. Store, safeguard, and dispose of client records in
ways that maintain confidentiality and comply with the
federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996, 45 CFR 164.502.
2. Maintain accurate and adequate clinical and finan-
cial records in accordance with the federal Health Insur-
ance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 45 CFR
164.502.
(3) DURATION. A license issued under this section is
valid for 2 years.
(4) RENEWAL. A license issued under this section is
renewable.
SECTION 2.0Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect as provided in s. 227.265.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”