BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



                                                                  AB 2213
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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                   AB 2213 (Eggman) - As Amended:  March 28, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Business and  
          Professions  Vote:                            14-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill revises education and curriculum requirements for  
          licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and  
          Professional Clinical Counselor (PCC) for out-of-state  
          applicants who are applying for licensure on or after January 1,  
          2016.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor and absorbable costs to the Board of Behavioral Sciences  
          (BBS) to update requirements.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . This bill revises and updates educational  
            requirements for licensure as a MFT and PCC for out-of-state  
            applicants, which are scheduled to become effective January 1,  
            2016, to allow more flexibility for applicants who reside  
            outside of California and may have met all other licensing  
            requirements except certain coursework relevant to California.  
             This bill addresses concern that current education and  
            experience requirements for out-of-state MFT and PCC  
            applicants may be overly restrictive and present barriers to  
            obtaining licensure in California.  This bill is sponsored by  
            BBS.  

           2)Prior Legislation  . SB 33 (Correa), Chapter 26, Statutes of  
            2009 updated curriculum requirements for MFTs, and subsequent  
            legislation extended MFT provisions to PCCs.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 








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