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CHAPTER 207
HB 239 - FINAL VERSION
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HOUSE BILL 239
AN ACT relative to requirements for supervision for licensure of certain mental health and drug counselors.
SPONSORS: Rep. Flanagan, Hills. 26; Rep. Horn, Merr. 2; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Lundgren, Rock. 5
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that supervision of candidates for licensure as mental health counselors or licensed alcohol and drug counselors shall be at locations convenient to both the supervisor and the candidate.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to requirements for supervision for licensure of certain mental health and drug counselors.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
207:1 Mental Health Practice; Rulemaking; Supervision. Amend RSA 330-A:10, XII to read as follows:
XII. Procedures, standards, and supervision requirements for candidates for licensure as a member of one of the licensed mental health disciplines, consistent with the standards established by the advisory committee for each of the licensed mental health disciplines. All candidates for licensure shall be documented with the board. The supervision shall be at a location mutually convenient to both the supervisor and the candidate for licensure.
207:2 Mental Health Practice; Candidates for Licensure. Amend RSA 330-A:22, II(a) to read as follows:
(a) Regular meetings shall be held between the supervisor and the candidate at locations mutually convenient to both the supervisor and the candidate.
207:3 Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals; Definition; Supervised Practical Training. Amend RSA 330-C:2, XX to read as follows:
XX. "Supervised practical training" means experiential activities monitored by one or more clinical supervisors who provide timely feedback to assist the counselor in the learning process, and which are designed to provide training of specific knowledge and skills necessary to competently perform the tasks inherent in the performance domains of substance use counseling. The supervision shall be at a location mutually convenient to both the supervisor and the candidate for licensure.
207:4 New Subparagraph; Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals; Licensed Clinical Supervisor; Practice. Amend RSA 330-C:12, II by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:
(f) Provide supervision at locations mutually convenient to both the supervisor and the supervisee.
207:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 12, 2019
Effective Date: September 10, 2019