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File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2454
BY
LEVIN
,
EHLERT
,
GOSA
,
RAMIREZ
,
MATSON
,
and
KURTH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
employment
of
temporary
licensed
mental
1
health
counselors
by
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
2
schools,
charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
154D.7,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
154D.7
Temporary
license
——
marital
and
family
therapy
——
3
mental
health
counseling
——
fees.
4
1.
Any
person
who
has
fulfilled
all
of
the
requirements
for
5
licensure
under
section
154D.2
,
except
for
having
completed
6
the
postgraduate
supervised
clinical
experience
requirement
as
7
determined
by
the
board
by
rule,
may
apply
to
the
board
for
a
8
temporary
license.
The
license
shall
be
designated
“temporary
9
license
in
marital
and
family
therapy”
or
“temporary
license
in
10
mental
health
counseling”
and
shall
authorize
the
licensee
to
11
practice
marital
and
family
therapy
or
mental
health
counseling
12
under
the
supervision
of
a
qualified
supervisor
as
determined
13
by
the
board
by
rule.
The
14
2.
A
temporary
licensed
mental
health
counselor
may
be
15
employed
by
a
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
16
charter
school,
or
innovation
zone
school
to
practice
mental
17
health
counseling
under
the
supervision
of
a
qualified
18
supervisor
as
determined
by
the
board
by
rule.
19
3.
A
temporary
license
shall
be
valid
for
three
years
and
20
may
be
renewed
at
the
discretion
of
the
board.
The
fee
for
21
a
temporary
license
shall
be
set
by
the
board
to
cover
the
22
administrative
costs
of
issuing
the
license,
and
if
renewed,
a
23
renewal
fee
as
set
by
the
board
shall
be
required.
24
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.37
Mental
health
counselors
——
25
qualifications.
26
A
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
charter
27
school,
or
innovation
zone
school
may
employ
a
person
with
a
28
temporary
license
in
mental
health
counseling
issued
pursuant
29
to
section
154D.7
to
provide
mental
health
counseling
services
30
to
students.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
allows
a
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
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school,
charter
school,
or
innovation
zone
school
to
employ
a
1
person
who
has
a
temporary
license
in
mental
health
counseling
2
to
provide
mental
health
counseling
services
to
students.
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