Full Text of SJR0038 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Currently, Illinois suffers from a significant | 3 | | shortage of mental health professionals, particularly licensed | 4 | | clinical social workers; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, According to a recent disclosure by the | 6 | | Association of Social Work Boards, there are significant test | 7 | | pass disparities and biases against older test takers, test | 8 | | takers with disabilities, and minority test takers; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a vested interest in ensuring that | 10 | | it addresses the critical workforce issues facing the state | 11 | | with a diverse workforce that reflects the clients it serves; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | 15 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Social Work | 16 | | Alternative Licensure Path and Barriers to Access Task Force | 17 | | is created to study the following: | 18 | | (1) The effectiveness and impact of an alternative | 19 | | process to the social work clinical licensure examination; | 20 | | (2) Alternatives to examination and their impact on | 21 | | social worker licensure in Illinois; | 22 | | (3) Current licensure supervision and recommendations |
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| 1 | | for improving licensure supervision as well as barriers to | 2 | | obtaining supervision; | 3 | | (4) Any barriers to licensure and diversity of the | 4 | | social work population and recommended changes; | 5 | | (5) Methods for eliminating bias and improving the | 6 | | fairness, diversity, and efficiency of the licensing | 7 | | process for social workers in the State; and | 8 | | (6) Funding sources to address barriers to access and | 9 | | diversity in the field of social work in Illinois; and be | 10 | | it further | 11 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | 12 | | following members with no affiliation to the Association of | 13 | | Social Work Boards: | 14 | | (1) One member of the majority party of the Senate who | 15 | | shall serve as the Chair, appointed by the President of | 16 | | the Senate; | 17 | | (2) One member of the minority party of the Senate, | 18 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; | 19 | | (3) One member of the majority party in the House, | 20 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House; | 21 | | (4) One member of the minority party of the House, | 22 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; | 23 | | (5) The Secretary of Illinois Department of Financial | 24 | | And Professional Regulation (IDFPR) or his or her | 25 | | designee; |
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| 1 | | (6) The Director of the Department of Children and | 2 | | Family Services (DCFS) or his or her designee; | 3 | | (7) The Chair of the Social Work Examining and | 4 | | Disciplinary Board or his or her designee; | 5 | | (8) One individual who is a licensed social worker in | 6 | | the State who graduated from an accredited social work | 7 | | master's program more than 15 years ago, appointed by the | 8 | | Director of IDFPR; | 9 | | (9) Two Deans of Social Work from accredited social | 10 | | work master's programs serving the State, one of whom | 11 | | shall be from a college or university serving a majority | 12 | | of minority social work students, appointed by the | 13 | | Director of IDFPR; | 14 | | (10) Two individuals who received a master's degree in | 15 | | social work within the immediately preceding 10 years and | 16 | | who have been negatively impacted by the examination | 17 | | requirement for licensure, appointed by the Director of | 18 | | IDFPR; | 19 | | (11) One individual who is a student studying to | 20 | | receive their master's degree in social work, appointed by | 21 | | the Director of IDFPR; | 22 | | (12) One individual from the Illinois Behavioral | 23 | | Health Workforce Center at UIC and SIU, appointed by the | 24 | | Director of IDFPR; | 25 | | (13) One individual from the Illinois Children's | 26 | | Mental Health Partnership, appointed by the Director of |
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| 1 | | IDFPR; | 2 | | (14) One individual from the field of medical social | 3 | | work from a children's hospital, appointed by the Director | 4 | | of IDFPR; | 5 | | (15) One individual from a statewide organization | 6 | | representing all fields of social work, appointed by the | 7 | | Director of IDFPR; | 8 | | (16) One individual from a statewide organization | 9 | | representing school social workers, appointed by the | 10 | | Director of IDFPR; | 11 | | (17) One individual from a statewide organization | 12 | | representing Latino social workers, appointed by the | 13 | | Director of IDFPR; | 14 | | (18) One individual from a statewide organization | 15 | | representing Black social workers, appointed by the | 16 | | Director of IDFPR; | 17 | | (19) One individual from a statewide organization | 18 | | representing child welfare agencies under contract by the | 19 | | Department of Children and Family Services, appointed by | 20 | | the Director of IDFPR; | 21 | | (20) One individual from a statewide organization | 22 | | representing community-based providers serving children | 23 | | and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities | 24 | | and serious mental illnesses, appointed by the Director of | 25 | | IDFPR; | 26 | | (21) One individual from a national organization |
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| 1 | | representing a nationally accepted examination for | 2 | | clinical social work, appointed by the Director of IDFPR; | 3 | | (22) One individual from a statewide organization | 4 | | representing veteran social workers, appointed by the | 5 | | Director of IDFPR; and | 6 | | (23) One individual from a statewide organization | 7 | | representing people with disabilities, appointed by the | 8 | | Director of IDFPR; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall include one additional | 10 | | member to represent the Association of Social Work Boards, who | 11 | | shall be nominated by the Association and appointed by the | 12 | | Director of IDFPR; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That Task Force members shall serve without | 14 | | compensation; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Financial and | 16 | | Professional Regulation shall provide administrative and other | 17 | | support to the Task Force; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet a minimum of four | 19 | | times at the call of the Chair; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit it final report | 21 | | to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2024, and |
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| 1 | | upon filing of its final report, the Task Force is dissolved.
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