Revision: May 2, 2024, 10:16 a.m.
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
May 2, 2024
2024-1738s
11/05
Amendment to HB 1095
Amend the bill by replacing section 8 with the following:
8 Master Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor; Initial License. Amend RSA 330-C:16, I(b)-V to read as follows:
(b) Have graduated with a master's degree of less than 60 hours in a discipline described in subparagraph (a) and has completed the necessary additional hours of master's level course work as determined by the board pursuant to RSA 330-C:9, [I(d)] I(b).
II. Pass testing procedures of a nationally recognized credentialing entity specified by the board. Such procedures shall be based on the core functions and practice dimensions of substance use and co-occurring disorders counseling.
III. Complete 3,000 hours of clinically supervised post-master's degree work experience in the treatment of substance use, mental health, and co-occurring disorders. Up to 1,500 hours of clinically supervised work experience accumulated by the applicant during his or her practice as an LADC may be counted toward the required 3,000 hours. A current license issued [by the board of mental health practice under] pursuant to RSA 330-A may be substituted for up to 1,500 hours of the required 3,000 hours of clinically supervised work experience. [Where substitution of the full 1,500 hours is denied by the board, the applicant shall be provided the rationale for the board's denial. The board shall not deny the substitution of hours solely based on the applicant's clinical supervisor holding a license issued by the board of mental health practice.]
IV. Meet other criteria as established by the board.
V. If the applicant does not meet the requirements of paragraphs I-IV, the board shall not issue a MLADC license but shall, if the individual meets all requirements for licensure as a LADC, issue a LADC license to the individual. In such circumstances, the OPLC shall not require the applicant to submit a separate application and fee.
Amend section 12 of the bill by deleting paragraph IV and renumbering paragraphs V-VII to read as IV-VI, respectively.
Amend RSA 313-A:8 as inserted by section 18 of the bill by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:
XIV. Conditions and standards for operation under a shop license, including health and safety standards.
Amend RSA 319-C:7, II as inserted by section 185 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
II. The [board] office shall issue a license as a master or journeyman electrician to any person who files an application and meets the following qualifications:
(a) Completion of 8,000 hours of service as an apprentice electrician. The board may give credit toward such service for the satisfactory completion of a course of instruction in the field at a school recognized by the board or experience in the field received in military service, in accordance with rules adopted by RSA 541-A; [and]
(b) Complete not less than 600 hours of education that meet criteria established by the board in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A; and
(c) Satisfactory passing of an examination approved by said board as provided in RSA 319-C:8 to determine the person's fitness to receive such license.