Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2525
Regulation of licensed professional counselors (LPC); make technical amendments to.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (LPC); TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-30-1 AND 73-30-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS TO THE USE OF THE TITLE "PROVISIONAL LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR"; TO AMEND SECTION 73-30-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERM OF OFFICE OF BOARD MEMBERS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-30-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS A PROVISIONAL LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND AS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, TO PRESCRIBE FEES AND TO REQUIRE FINGERPRINT CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR LICENSEES; TO AMEND SECTION 73-30-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE VENUE FOR AN APPEAL OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY THE BOARD; TO AMEND SECTION 73-30-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO ASSESS INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION COSTS AGAINST ANY LICENSEE; TO AMEND SECTION 73-30-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE CERTAIN COUNSELORS FROM THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE EXEMPTION FROM REGULATION CATEGORIES; TO AMEND SECTION 73-30-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE AUTOMATIC REPEALER ON THE SECTION RELATING TO LICENSE RENEWAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 15 to January 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 15 – Jan 30
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate