100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1382
 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
  
225 ILCS 20/5  from Ch. 111, par. 6355

    Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.  Makes
a technical change in a Section concerning the
powers and duties of the Department.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work 
5Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 20/5)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)



7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

8    Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. 

9    1.  The
The Department shall exercise the powers and duties 
10as set
forth in this Act.
11    2.  The Secretary shall promulgate rules consistent with the 
12provisions of
this Act for the administration and enforcement 
13thereof, and shall
prescribe forms which shall be issued in 
14connection therewith.

15    3.  In addition, the Department shall:

16        (a) Establish rules for determining approved 
17    undergraduate
and graduate social work degree
programs and 
18    prepare and maintain a list of colleges and universities

19    offering such approved programs whose graduates, if they 
20    otherwise meet the
requirements of this Act, are eligible 
21    to apply for a license.

22        (b) Promulgate rules, as may be necessary, for the 
23    administration of
this Act and to carry out the purposes 
 
 
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1    thereof and to adopt the methods of
examination of 
2    candidates and to provide for the issuance of licenses

3    authorizing the independent practice of clinical social 
4    work or the
practice of social work.

5        (c) Authorize examinations to ascertain the 
6    qualifications and fitness
of candidates for a license to 
7    engage in the independent practice of
clinical social work 
8    and in the practice of social work, and to
determine the 
9    qualifications of applicants from
other jurisdictions to 
10    practice in Illinois.

11        (d) Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all 
12    licensees, and
all persons whose licenses have been 
13    suspended, revoked or denied renewal
for cause within the 
14    previous calendar year.  These rosters shall be
available 
15    upon written request and payment of the required fee.

16(Source: P.A. 95-687, eff. 10-23-07.)