SOCIAL WORKER: Provides relative to virtual social work supervision
This bill updates Louisiana laws to allow licensed professional counselors and marriage and family therapists to receive supervision through virtual video conferencing. It requires the state board to create specific rules for this remote supervision, ensuring it meets the same standards as in-person training through secure technology. The legislation also modifies experience requirements for licensure, permitting candidates to count up to three thousand hours of supervised practice that includes this virtual format.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2024 · House Apr 16, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 22, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 16, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brach Myers
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Edmond Jordan
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Jessica Domangue
RRepublican
Co
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
Co
Kim Carver
RRepublican
Co
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Selders
DDemocratic
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