The Florida Senate

CS/SB 566: Mental Health Professional Licensure

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Gruters

Mental Health Professional Licensure; Revising licensure requirements for clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/20/2021	Senate	• Filed
  11/3/2021	Senate	• Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules -SJ 35
  11/22/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/02/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  12/2/2021	Senate	• CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 96 • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12/6/2021	Senate	• Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  1/6/2022	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/11/22, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  1/11/2022	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 35 • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 115 • Now in Rules • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 91
  1/24/2022	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  1/27/2022	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 236 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  1/31/2022	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/03/22 -SJ 337
  2/3/2022	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 330 • Read 3rd time -SJ 330 • CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 330 • Immediately certified -SJ 337
  2/3/2022	House	• In Messages
  3/1/2022	House	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2022) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  3/4/2022	House	• Substituted for CS/CS/HB 343 • Read 2nd time • Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar
  3/7/2022	House	• Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
  3/7/2022	Senate	• Ordered enrolled -SJ 720
  4/5/2022		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4/6/2022		• Approved by Governor
  4/8/2022		• Chapter No. 2022-29, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 768 (Ch. 2022-71)

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• CS/SB 566, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/7/2022 at 12:08 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 343 (c2)	Mental Health Professional Licensure	Professions and Public Health Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 3/4/2022 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29), CS/CS/SB 768 (Ch. 2022-71)
  H 693 (c2)	Department of Health	Professions and Public Health Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 3/8/2022 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 768 (Ch. 2022-71), CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29)
  S 768 (er)	Department of Health	Rodriguez	Compare	Last Action: 4/20/2022 Chapter No. 2022-71, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29)

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  491.005	Licensure by examination.	Page 1 (pdf)

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• CS/SB 566, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 12/2/2021 at 2:32 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/10/2022 (pdf) Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/11/2022 (pdf) Rules (Pre-Meeting) 1/25/2022 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2022 (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 343 (c2)	Mental Health Professional Licensure	Professions and Public Health Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 3/4/2022 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29), CS/CS/SB 768 (Ch. 2022-71)
  H 693 (c2)	Department of Health	Professions and Public Health Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 3/8/2022 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 768 (Ch. 2022-71), CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29)
  S 768 (e1)	Department of Health	Rodriguez	Compare	Last Action: 4/20/2022 Chapter No. 2022-71, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29)

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/11/2022 1:30 PM	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs	7 Yeas - 0 Nays
  1/27/2022 9:00 AM	Rules	17 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Floor Votes (2)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  2/3/2022 12:41 PM	Senate	37 Yeas - 0 Nays
  3/7/2022 11:23 AM	House	113 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  491.005	Licensure by examination.	Page 1 (pdf)

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• SB 566, Original Filed Version Posted 10/20/2021 at 8:34 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 12/1/2021 (pdf) Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 12/2/2021 (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 343	Mental Health Professional Licensure	Professions and Public Health Subcommittee	Identical	Last Action: 3/4/2022 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29), CS/CS/SB 768 (Ch. 2022-71)
  H 693	Department of Health	Professions and Public Health Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 3/8/2022 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 768 (Ch. 2022-71), CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29)
  S 768	Department of Health	Rodriguez	Compare	Last Action: 4/20/2022 Chapter No. 2022-71, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 566 (Ch. 2022-29)

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  604342 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Health Policy (Gruters)	12/1/2021 8:40 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 12/2/2021	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  12/2/2021 9:00 AM	Health Policy	7 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  491.005	Licensure by examination.	Page 1 (pdf)

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