An Act To Change Certain Educational Requirements and Make Title Changes for Licensed Social Workers Amend the amendment by inserting after section the following: Sec. 5. 32 MRS A §7053-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 316, §4, is further amended to read: 4. Licensed social worker. A licensed social worker may: A. Engage in psychosocial evaluation, excluding the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, and conduct basic data gathering of records and specific life issues of individuals, groups and families, assess this data and formulate and implement a plan to achieve specific goals related to specific life issues; B. Serve as an advocate for clients or groups of clients for the purpose of achieving specific goals relating to specific life issues; C. Refer clients to other professional services; D. Plan, manage, direct or coordinate social services; and E. Participate in training and education of social work students from an accredited institution or an educational institution in candidacy for accreditation with the Council on Social Work Education or a successor organization and supervise other licensed social workers. Page l-LR1944(4) SENATE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1589
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S232 (Senate)

SENATE 
AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H. P. 
1162, L.D. 
1589, Bill, 
"An Act To 
Change Certain Educational 
Requirements and Make Title Changes for Licensed Social Workers" 
Amend 
the 
amendment 
by 
inserting 
after 
section 
the 
following: 
'Sec. 5. 32 MRS A §7053-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 
316, §4, is further amended to read: 
4. 
Licensed social worker. A licensed social worker may: 
A. 
Engage 
in 
psychosocial 
evaluation, 
excluding 
the 
diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, and conduct basic 
data gathering of 
records 
and specific life issues 
of 
individuals, 
groups 
and 
families, 
assess this data 
and 
formulate and implement a plan to achieve specific goals 
related to specific life issues; 
B. 
Serve as an advocate for clients or groups of clients 
for the purpose of achieving specific goals relating to 
specific life issues; 
C. 
Refer clients to other professional services; 
D. 
Plan, manage, direct or coordinate social services; and 
E. 
Participate in training and education of social work 
students from an accredited institution or an educational 
institution in candidacy for accreditation with the Council 
on Social Work Education or a successor organization and 
supervise other licensed social workers. 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1162, 
L.D. 1589 
A licensed social worker shall ~ not engage in the private 
practice of social work, diagnose mental illness and emotional 
disorders or provide psychotherapy. A licensed social worker with 
less than 2 years' 
experience must receive consultation from 
either 
a 
licensed master social worker, 
a 
licensed clinical 
social worker or a certified social worker -
independent practice 
in 
a 
manner to be prescribed by the board 
on 
a 
group or 
individual basis 4 hours a month. 
Licensed social workers in 
health care facilities 
licensed by 
the 
Department 
of 
Human 
Services shall ~ 
receive consultation on a quarterly basis in 
a 
manner prescribed by the department. 
The 
department staff 
giving consultation to intermediate care facilities must be on 
the master or clinical level by January 1, 1993. 
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State agencies employing social workers 
sha~~-Be ~ 
responsible 
for providing superv1s1on necessary for those social workers to 
maintain their licenses.' 
Further amend 
any 
nonconsecutive 
consecutively. 
the amendment 
Part 
letter 
by 
or 
SUMMARY 
relettering or renumbering 
section 
number 
to 
read 
This 
amendment 
is 
a 
technical 
amendment 
and 
removes 
a 
prov1s1on 
of 
law 
concerning 
consultation 
that 
would 
be 
in 
conflict with other changes made by Committee Amendment "A." 
SPONSORED BY' 
(Senator B 
COUNTY: 
SENATE 
AMENDMENT