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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1490 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 225 ILCS 20/5 | from Ch. 111, par. 6355 |
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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 of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1490 | | LRB102 03506 SPS 13519 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work |
| 5 | | Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)
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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
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| 8 | | Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to |
| 9 | | the
the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise |
| 10 | | the following functions, powers, and duties: |
| 11 | | (1) Conduct or authorize examinations to ascertain the |
| 12 | | qualifications and fitness of candidates for a license to |
| 13 | | engage in the independent practice of clinical social work |
| 14 | | and in the practice of social work, pass upon the |
| 15 | | qualifications of applicants for licenses, and issue |
| 16 | | licenses to those who are found to be fit and qualified. |
| 17 | | (2) Adopt rules required for the administration and |
| 18 | | enforcement of this Act. |
| 19 | | (3) Adopt rules for determining approved undergraduate |
| 20 | | and graduate social work degree programs and prepare and |
| 21 | | maintain a list of colleges and universities offering such |
| 22 | | approved programs whose graduates, if they otherwise meet |
| 23 | | the requirements of this Act, are eligible to apply for a |