SB0851ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

Filed: 4/27/2010

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 851

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 851 on page 1, by inserting after line 3 the following:

"Section 3. The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 1-122 as follows:

(405 ILCS 5/1-122) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-122)

Sec. 1-122. Qualified examiner. "Qualified examiner" means a person who is:

(a) a Clinical social worker as defined in this Act,

(b) a registered nurse with a master's degree in psychiatric nursing who has 3 years of clinical training and experience in the evaluation and treatment of mental illness which has been acquired subsequent to any training and experience which constituted a part of the degree program, or

(c) a licensed clinical professional counselor with a master's or doctoral degree in counseling or psychology or a similar master's or doctorate program from a regionally accredited institution who has at least 3 years of supervised postmaster's clinical professional counseling experience that includes the provision of mental health services for the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders, or .

(d) a licensed marriage and family therapist with a master's or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a regionally accredited educational institution or a similar master's program or from a program accredited by either the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy or the Commission on Accreditation for Counseling Related Educational Programs, who has at least 3 years of supervised post-master's experience as a marriage and family therapist that includes the provision of mental health services for the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.

A social worker who is a qualified examiner shall be a licensed clinical social worker under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.

(Source: P.A. 91-536, eff. 1-1-00.)".