Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 4
Author
(1) Existing law establishes the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to regulate various registrants and licensees under the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act. A violation of any of those acts is a misdemeanor. Under those acts, applicants for licensure are required to comply with specified educational and experience requirements, including, but not limited to, hours of supervised experience and direct supervisor contact. Existing law defines "one hour of direct supervisor contact" for purposes of those acts to mean one hour of face-to-face contact between the supervisor and the supervisee or supervisees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a supervisee working in certain exempt settings to obtain the required weekly direct supervisor contact via 2-way, real-time videoconferencing. This bill, instead, would define "face-to-face contact" for purposes of the definition of "one hour of direct supervisor contact" to mean in-person contact, contact via 2-way, real-time videoconferencing, or some combination of these. The bill would make the supervisor responsible for ensuring compliance with federal and state laws relating to confidentiality of patient health information. The bill would require a supervisor within 60 days of the commencement of supervision to conduct a meeting with the supervisee during which the supervisor is required to assess the appropriateness of allowing the supervisee to receive supervision via 2-way, real-time videoconferencing, as specified, and to document the results of that assessment. The bill would prohibit the supervisor from utilizing supervision via 2-way, real-time videoconferencing if their assessment finds it is inappropriate. Because the bill would expand the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2026. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4901.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4577.).
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1758 | HTML |
| 02/02/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/29/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/22 - Enrolled | |
| 08/29/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/31/22- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 04/25/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/02/22- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 06/22/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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