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| 2023 Proposed Legislation | |||
| Changes requirements for trainings for license renewal | HB2450 | ||
| Psychologist continuing education Requires 3 CEs in Ethics and 3 CEs in Diversity of the 24 hours required. CEs are not required to be earned in person. | HB3019 | ||
| Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that a health care professional may treat a patient located in another state if the patient is a student attending an out-of-state institution of higher education but is otherwise a resident in the State when not attending the institution of higher education. | HB2550 Passed committee | ||
| HB2365 passed committee | ||
| Health Care Worker and convictions | HB2102 passed committee | ||
| Patient right to receive care from a medical professional who is culturally sensitive to a patient's life experiences | HB1021 | ||
| Emergency Health Care Licenses for out of state licensed health care professional in a disaster | HB1572 | ||
| Cultural Competency training required for all health care professionals. 5 hours - once. | SB2427 HB2280 passed committee | ||
| Physical Therapy Act Compact | HB1437 House Amendment #1 | ||
| Health Care Professionals testify Restraining Orders | HB 3528 | ||
| Proposed Music therapists License Rules $400 application fee / $300 renewal fee 40 CEs to renew | Illinois Register Feb 3 | ||
| Psychologists Prescription Authority removes exception for age under age 17 or over age 65 | SB 1586 HB 3019 | ||
| Temporary License -Counselor (OPPOSE) | SB 136 | ||
| Illinois Register IDFPR Projected schedule Rules Counselor Rules - Date agency anticipates First Notice: May 2023 | Illinois Register Jan 20 | ||
| Behavior Analyst License Rules-New Date agency anticipates First Notice: March 2023 | |||
| Counselor Compact | |||
| 2022 Legislation | |||
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Counselor License Fees Comparison | |||
| Counselor Licensure | Licensure Law The significant changes being proposed are:
| HB4667 | Passed committee on House Consent Calendar |
| Counselor Licensure | Licensure Law Renews Counselor licensure law to 1/1/2028 | SB4013 | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading |
| Medicaid Rates | increase Medicaid rates for mental health intensive outpatient services for children- | HB4387 | House 2nd Reading |
| Second Chance State Behavioral Health Workforce Development Act. | Institutions of higher education shall annually allow for the admission of at least one returning resident (a person who is a resident of and domiciled in Illinois, has graduated from high school or the equivalent, has been convicted of a felony by a specified court, was sentenced to incarceration pursuant to that conviction, and is no longer incarcerated) in an undergraduate or graduate academic program that will lead to the qualification of the returning resident as a behavioral health care professional. Provides that the returning resident shall not be required to pay any tuition, fee, or other charge for any class the returning resident takes if the State appropriates funds for reimbursement. | HB4676 | House 2nd Reading |
SW Telehealth | HB4797 | ||
| HB 5465 | |||
| Music Therapy License | Creates the Music Therapy Licensing and Practice Act. Music therapist - 18 years old and Bach degree with Clinical Supervision by LCPC, LCSW, Psychologist Clinical Music Therapist - 21 years old and Masters Degree CE requirement on Alzheimers Disease Education | Public Act 102-0993 | Effective 5/27/22 |
| Behavioral Analyst Health Care License |
Section added on requiring fingerprinting. | Public Act 102-0953 | Effective 5/27/22 |
DCFS Worker protection Increases penalties for harming a worker / contractor | SB3070 | Senate 2nd Reading | |
| Confidentiality Act | Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Removes language permitting disclosure of a record or communication without consent to an advocate consulted by a therapist | SB3657 | 3rd Reading |
| Funds for Early Action on Campus Mental Health Act | Appropriates funds for the Early Action on Campus Mental Health Act (from 2019) $19 million -in committee The Illinois law The Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act is a broad mix of 11 requirements and goals to infuse mental health services throughout campuses and make sure staff outside the counseling center are trained to identify and respond to a student mental health concern. | HB5424 | Appropriations |
| Depression screening Grades 7-12 | Appropriates funds for depression screening in grades 7-12 Appropriates $750,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program Fund for depression screening programs to identify students in grades 7 through 12 who are at risk of depression. Effective July 1, 2022. | HB5392 | Appropriations |
| Supreme Court Mental Health Task Force Leading Change | |||
| School Counselor Rule on Standards | The new rule switches out the ASCA National Standards for the CACREP Standards. | Illinois Register 12 17 2021 Pg 119-120 | |
| Counselor Licensure Rule on Expired Licenses |
Requirements for restoration of an inactive or expired license of | Illinois Register 12 03 2021 Pg 231-233 | Gov Executive Order 95 |
Illinois Supreme Court Hearings | |||
| Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires mandated reporters to complete an initial implicit bias training within 3 months of their date of engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated reporter, | HB3100 | Public Act 102-064 effective 8/27/2022 | |
| IDFPR Rule Changes | |||
| IDFPR CEs Online | This replaces the previous temporary rule on online CEs. CE credits may be earned for successful completion of a course (e.g., by mail, computer, pre-recorded online course/program, live online course/program, etc.) that is offered by an approved sponsor who meets the requirements set forth in subsection (c). Each course shall include an examination. This rule change permanently allows all 30 CEs in a renewal period to be not in person. Effective Jan 28, 2021 | ||
| 2020 Legislation | |||
Graduation requirements changed | Numerous changes to the school code with new graduation requirements | HB2170 | |
| Health Care | Bill aimed at improving health outcomes for Black residents by reforming the State’s health and human service system. | ||
| Requires Teaching LGBTQ History | Provides that textbooks purchased with grant funds must be non-discriminatory. Provides that in public schools only, the teaching of history of the United States shall include a study of the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of this country and this State. Effective July 1, 2020. | HB0246 | Signed into Law. Effective 7/1/20 |
| Online Mental Health Database | Maintain an online database and resource page on its website. Provides that the page shall contain mental health resources specifically geared towards school counselors, parents, and teachers with the goal of connecting those people with mental health resources related to bullying and school shootings and encouraging information sharing among educational administrators, school security personnel, and school resource officers. | HB907 | Signed into Law. Effective 7/12/19 |
| Mental Health Online Resource Database | Directs the Department of Public Health to create and maintain an online database and resource page on its website containing mental health resources specifically geared towards school counselors, parents, and teachers with the goal of connecting those people with mental health resources related to bullying and school shootings and encouraging information sharing. | HB0907 | Signed into law Effective 7/12/19 |
| Threat Assessment | Requires all school boards of school districts to develop threat assessment protocols and to create threat assessment teams. Provides that a school board shall create the threat assessment team within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act and adopt an initial threat assessment protocol within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a school district may share information concerning a clear and present danger with another school district | HB1561 | Sent to the Gov |
| Sessions for Adults under Guardianship | Until the consent of the adult's guardian has been obtained, counseling or psychotherapy provided to an adult under guardianship shall be limited to not more than 12 (rather than 5) sessions, a session lasting not more than 60 (rather than 45) minutes. | HB2142 | Signed into Law. Effective 7/12/19 |
| Parent present when School Police question student | Provides that a student may not be questioned or detained at a school site at which students are detained in connection with criminal charges or allegations, taken into custody, or engaged with law enforcement personnel without the presence of the student's parent or guardian, a school social worker, or a licensed mental health professional. | HB2627 | Signed into law Effective 8/23/19 |
Requires for HS graduation completion of the FAFSA or a waive | Requires as a graduation requirement completion of the FAFSA or sign a waiver that they understand and are not competing it. | HB2719 | Signed into law. Effective 6/1/20 |
Requires all post-secondary education options be discussed. | In assisting all students with a college or post-secondary education plan, a school counselor must include a discussion on all post-secondary education options, including 4-year colleges or universities, community colleges, and vocational schools. | HB3652 | Signed into law. Effective 8/9/19 |
Suicide Prevention Office | Creates the Office of Suicide Prevention within the Department of Public Health | SB1425 | Signed into law. Effective 8/9/19 |
Mental Health First Aid Training for School Personnel | Allows use of the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training to satisfy training requirement. | SB1731 | Signed into law. Effective 8/9/19 |
| Eliminates required Basic Skills Test for educators | Eliminates the requirement to pass the basic skills test for educators. | SB1952 | Signed into law. Effective 8/7/19 |