Bill > AB630

This bill makes several changes to the regulation and licensing requirements for marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, educational psychologists, and professional clinical counselors in California. Key provisions include: 1. Requiring licensed or registered practitioners in these fields to provide clients with a written notice before initiating psychotherapy services, informing them that the Board of Behavioral Sciences receives and responds to complaints about services within the practitioner's scope of practice, and providing the board's contact information. 2. Exempting certain unlicensed or unregistered employees and volunteers working in government entities, schools, colleges, universities, or nonprofit charitable institutions from the licensing requirements, as long as their work is performed solely under the supervision of the employer and they provide clients with the same written notice as licensed practitioners. 3. Removing the requirement that a person using hypnotic techniques must practice solely under the supervision of their employer to be exempt from the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act. 4. Clarifying the exemption for psychosocial activities by employees of academic institutions, public schools, government agencies, and nonprofit institutions who are training graduate students in social work, and prohibiting those graduate students from performing clinical social work in private practice. The bill also includes provisions to address the state's obligation to reimburse local agencies and school districts for any state-mandated costs.

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