H-0481.1
HOUSE BILL 1259
State of Washington | 69th Legislature | 2025 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Shavers, Callan, and Pollet
Prefiled 01/10/25.Read first time 01/13/25.Referred to Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
AN ACT Relating to supervision requirements for behavioral health professionals in elementary and secondary public schools; and adding a new section to chapter
43.70 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
43.70 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The student achievement council and institutions of higher education that have behavioral health programs shall collaborate with the office of the superintendent of public instruction to establish standards for behavioral health graduates to satisfy supervision requirements for licensing and certification while serving as behavioral health professionals in elementary and secondary public schools.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Behavioral health professionals" includes licensed advanced and independent clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors.
(b) "Institutions of higher education" has the same meaning as provided in RCW
28B.10.016.
(c) "Elementary and secondary public schools" has the same meaning as "public schools" as provided in RCW
28A.150.010.
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