Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB607 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 607
5	5	October 31, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives GUSTAFSON, ORTIZ-VELEZ,
6	6	BROOKS, O'CONNOR and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senator CABRAL-GUEVARA.
7	7	Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	AN ACT to create 51.42 (7) (b) 12., 457.01 (8r), 457.03 (4) and 457.035 (3) of the
10	10	statutes; relating to: provision of psychotherapy by qualified treatment
11	11	trainees and applicants for certain training licenses in outpatient mental
12	12	health clinics.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	Under current administrative code, qualified treatment trainees may provide
15	15	psychotherapy to consumers through outpatient mental health clinics certified by
16	16	the Department of Health Services. Under current administrative code, “qualified
17	17	treatment trainee” is defined to mean either a graduate student who is enrolled in
18	18	an accredited institution in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy,
19	19	social work, nursing, or a closely related field or a person with a graduate degree from
20	20	an accredited institution and course work in psychology, counseling, marriage and
21	21	family therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related field who has not yet
22	22	completed applicable supervised practice requirements. This bill adds to the
23	23	definition of qualified treatment trainee for purposes of providing psychotherapy to
24	24	consumers through outpatient mental health clinics a person with a graduate degree
25	25	from an accredited institution in psychology, counseling, marriage and family
26	26	therapy, social work, nursing or a closely related field who has submitted an
27	27	application for a training license as a social worker, marriage and family therapist,
28	28	or professional counselor until the person is granted a training license or for one year
29	29	following the date that the person submitted an application for a training license,
30	30	whichever occurs first.
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37	37	Further, this bill codifies current administrative code by directing DHS to
38	38	promulgate rules to allow qualified treatment trainees and persons with a graduate
39	39	degree from an accredited institution in psychology, counseling, marriage and family
40	40	therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related field who have submitted an
41	41	application for a training license as a social worker, marriage and family therapist,
42	42	or professional counselor within the previous year but have not yet been granted a
43	43	training license to provide psychotherapy to patients through an outpatient mental
44	44	health clinic certified by DHS while under clinical supervision as defined by DHS.
45	45	Additionally, the bill directs the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional
46	46	Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board to promulgate rules establishing
47	47	standards of conduct for qualified treatment trainees to engage in psychotherapy in
48	48	an outpatient mental health clinic certified by DHS including a requirement that
49	49	qualified treatment trainees be supervised while engaging in psychotherapy.
50	50	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
51	51	an appendix to this bill.
52	52	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
53	53	enact as follows:
54	54	SECTION 1. 51.42 (7) (b) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
55	55	51.42 (7) (b) 12. Allow qualified treatment trainees, as defined in s. 457.01 (8r),
56	56	and persons with a graduate degree from an accredited institution in psychology,
57	57	counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related
58	58	field who have submitted an application for a training license under s. 457.09,
59	59	457.11, or 457.13 within the previous year but have not yet been granted a training
60	60	license to provide psychotherapy to patients through an outpatient mental health
61	61	clinic certified by the department while under clinical supervision as defined by the
62	62	department by rule.
63	63	SECTION 2. 457.01 (8r) of the statutes is created to read:
64	64	457.01 (8r) “Qualified treatment trainee” means either of the following:
65	65	(a) A graduate student who is enrolled in an accredited institution in
66	66	psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing, or a
67	67	closely related field.
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86	86	(b) A person with a graduate degree from an accredited institution and course
87	87	work in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing,
88	88	or a closely related field who has not yet completed the applicable supervised clinical
89	89	training that must be completed for licensure as a clinical social worker, marriage
90	90	and family therapist, or professional counselor under rules promulgated pursuant
91	91	to this chapter.
92	92	SECTION 3. 457.03 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
93	93	457.03 (4) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family
94	94	section, and professional counselor section, promulgate rules establishing standards
95	95	of conduct for qualified treatment trainees to engage in psychotherapy through an
96	96	outpatient mental health clinic certified by the department of health services
97	97	including a requirement that qualified treatment trainees be supervised while
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99	99	SECTION 4. 457.035 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
100	100	457.035 (3) The individual is a qualified treatment trainee and the individual
101	101	engages in psychotherapy through an outpatient mental health clinic certified by the
102	102	department of health services while supervised as provided by the examining board
103	103	by rule.
104	104	SECTION 5. DHS 35.03 (17m) (b) of the administrative code is amended to read:
105	105	DHS 35.03 (17m) (b) A person with a graduate degree from an accredited
106	106	institution and course work in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy,
107	107	social work, nursing or a closely related field who has not yet completed the
108	108	applicable supervised practice requirements described under ch. MPSW 4, 12, or 16,
109	109	or Psy 2 as applicable. For purposes of this paragraph, a person with a graduate
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138	138	therapy, social work, nursing or a closely related field who has submitted an
139	139	application for a training license under s. 457.09, 457.11, or 457.13 is considered a
140	140	qualified treatment trainee until the person is granted a training license or for one
141	141	year following the date that the person submitted an application for a training
142	142	license, whichever occurs first.
143	143	SECTION 6.0Effective date.
144	144	(1) Notwithstanding s. 227.265, this act takes effect on the day after
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