Art therapists and art therapy associates; definitions, licensure.
Summary
Board of Counseling; licensure of art therapists and art therapist associates. Requires the Board of Counseling to adopt regulations establishing a regulatory structure to license art therapists and art therapist associates, as those terms are defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth and establishes an advisory board to assist the Board in this process. Under the bill, no person shall engage in the practice of art therapy or hold himself out or otherwise represent himself as an art therapist or art therapist associate unless he is licensed by the Board.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Mar 11, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 21, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 4, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Mar 11, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 301 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (75-Y 22-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB713S1
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106583D-S1
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104756D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
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