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Bill Detail: SB24-015

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Title Licensed Professional Counselors in Communities
Status Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations (02/20/2024)
Bill Subjects
  • Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
  • Professions & Occupations
House Sponsors M. Young (D)
Senate Sponsors C. Kolker (D)
House Committee
Senate Committee Health and Human Services
Date Introduced 01/10/2024
Summary

The bill creates the dual licensure stipend program (stipend
program) in the division of professions and occupations (division). The
purpose of the stipend program is to increase the number of licensed
professional counselors in communities by:
  • Reimbursing licensed professional counselor supervisors
(supervisors) who provide clinical supervision to school
counselors who are seeking licensure as licensed
professional counselors (dual licensure candidate); and
  • Reimbursing dual licensure candidates for the cost of
examination fees and application fees.
A dual licensure candidate is eligible for the stipend program if the
dual licensure candidate is a licensed special services provider and has
completed a master's or doctoral degree in professional counseling from
an accredited school or college or an equivalent program.
The bill requires the division to contract with a Colorado nonprofit
organization or membership organization (Colorado organization) to
manage and administer the stipend program. The Colorado organization
must have experience administrating grant programs and working with
school counselors or mental health professionals.
The bill requires the division to provide the Colorado organization
publicly available information on supervisors who can provide clinical
supervision to dual licensure candidates. The Colorado organization shall
maintain the list of supervisors by confirming whether a supervisor opts
in to the stipend program and provides clinical supervision to dual
licensure candidates. The Colorado organization shall determine a set rate
for supervisors who provide clinical supervision to dual licensure
candidates.
The bill requires the Colorado organization to annually collect data
on:
  • The number of dual licensure candidates participating in
the stipend program;
  • The number of supervisors participating in the stipend
program; and
  • The geographic locations of the dual licensure candidates
and supervisors participating in the stipend program.
The Colorado organization shall draft a report summarizing the
data collected. The bill requires the division to submit the report to the
education committee and the public and behavioral health and human
services committee of the house of representatives, the education
committee and the health and human services committee of the senate, or
their successor committees.

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