0001| HOUSE BILL 1155 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| JUDY VANDERSTAR RUSSELL | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO LICENSURE; AMENDING THE COUNSELING AND THERAPY | 0012| PRACTICE ACT TO REDUCE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AS A | 0013| PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 61-9A-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, | 0017| Chapter 49, Section 18) is amended to read: | 0018| "61-9A-18. LICENSURE WITHOUT EXAMINATION--PROFESSIONAL | 0019| CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR.--An applicant for licensure | 0020| as a professional clinical mental health counselor may be | 0021| licensed without examination if: | 0022| A. the applicant files an application within one | 0023| year of the effective date of the Counseling and Therapy | 0024| Practice Act, accompanied by the required fees, and if the | 0025| board determines that the applicant meets all other | 0001| requirements for licensure as a professional clinical mental | 0002| health counselor; or | 0003| B. the board determines that the applicant: | 0004| (1) has been engaged in full-time practice of | 0005| professional clinical mental health counseling for at least | 0006| five consecutive years prior to the effective date of | 0007| licensure; | 0008| (2) has obtained, prior to beginning practice | 0009| as a professional clinical mental health counselor, a master's | 0010| or doctoral degree in counseling, psychology or a closely | 0011| related field, including special education of the emotionally | 0012| disturbed, art therapy or expressive arts therapy, from an | 0013| accredited institution; and | 0014| (3) has been certified to the board as | 0015| competent by at least three persons who have practiced as | 0016| professional clinical mental health counselors or state- | 0017| licensed psychologists or psychiatrists with the applicant | 0018| during that five-year consecutive period." | 0019|  State of New Mexico | 0020| House of Representatives | 0021| | 0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| March 6, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Mr. Speaker: | 0005| | 0006| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom | 0007| has been referred | 0008| | 0009| HOUSE BILL 1155 | 0010| | 0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0012| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0013| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Adopted Not Adopted | 0025| | 0001| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0002| | 0003| Date | 0004| | 0005| The roll call vote was 9 For 1 Against | 0006| Yes: 9 | 0007| No: Olguin | 0008| Excused: Getty, Gubbels, Kissner | 0009| Absent: None | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1155 State of New Mexico | 0013| House of Representatives | 0014| | 0015| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0016| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| March 19, 1997 | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Mr. Speaker: | 0023| | 0024| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0025| | 0001| HOUSE BILL 1155 | 0002| | 0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0004| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that | 0005| | 0006| HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0007| HOUSE BILL 1155 | 0008| | 0009| DO PASS. | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Adopted Not Adopted | 0021| | 0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0023| | 0024| Date | 0025| | 0001| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0002| Yes: 10 | 0003| Excused: King, Rios, Sanchez | 0004| Absent: None | 0005| | 0006| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1155 | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| March 21, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| Mr. President: | 0015| | 0016| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0017| referred | 0018| | 0019| HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0020| HOUSE BILL 1155 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| __________________________________ | 0005| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0009| Adopted_______________________ | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Date ________________________ | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0017| Yes: 5 | 0018| No: 0 | 0019| Excused: Adair, Feldman, Rodarte, Smith | 0020| Absent: None | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| H1155PA1 |