99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2081

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

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7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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