103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB0136
 
Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Neil Anderson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
 
225 ILCS 107/46 new

     Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. Provides for the designation of counselors in training by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and sets forth qualifications for counselors in training. Provides that all billing for services provided by the counselor in training shall be under the license of the supervising licensed clinical professional counselor. Provides that the counselor in training designation shall expire one year after the date the person was designated as a counselor in training. Provides that the Department shall develop the requirements for supervision of counselors in training.
  


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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 Professional Counselor and Clinical 
5Professional Counselor
Licensing and Practice Act is amended  
6by adding Section 46 as follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 107/46 new)
8    Sec. 46. Counselor in training.
9    (a) The Department shall designate a person as a counselor 
10in training and authorize the practice of professional 
11counseling under the supervision of a licensed clinical 
12professional counselor to an applicant who:
13        (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and 
14    has paid the required fee;
15        (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in 
16    conduct or activities that would constitute grounds for 
17    discipline under this Act;
18        (3) holds a master's degree in mental health 
19    counseling from a program accredited by the Council for 
20    Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational 
21    Programs;
22        (4) has submitted all transcripts and test scores 
23    required by the National Board for Certified Counselors;
 
 
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1        (5) has identified an approved supervising licensed 
2    clinical professional counselor  who has signed the 
3    application; and
4        (6) has paid the fees required by this Act.
5    (b) The counselor in training designation shall expire one 
6year after the date the person was designated as a counselor in 
7training.
8    (c) All billing for services provided by the counselor in 
9training shall be under the license of the supervising 
10licensed clinical professional counselor.
11    (d) The Department shall develop, by rule, the 
12requirements for the supervision of counselors in training  
13under this Section.