An Act To Change Certain Educational Requirements and Make Title Changes for Licensed Social Workers Amend the amendment in section 4 in subsection 3-C by striking out all of paragraph B and inserting in its place the following: B. A person who receives a conditional license as a licensed social worker on or after January It 2004 must complete a minimum of 96 hours of consultation as determined by the board. This consultation must be concurrent with the first 3,200 hours of social work employment occurring in a period of not less than 2 years but not more than 4 years. Further amend the amendment by striking out all of section 5 and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 5. 32 MRSA §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; Page l-LR1944(3) HOUSE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1589
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_D_H486 (House)
Amends: 32 MRSA §7053-A

HOUSE 
AMENDMENT "/f,, 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 
in section 4 in subsection 
3-C by 
striking out all of paragraph B and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'B. 
A person who 
receives 
a 
conditional license as 
a 
licensed social worker on or after January It 2004 must 
complete a minimum of 96 hours of consultation as determined 
by the board. 
This consultation must be concurrent with the 
first 3,200 hours of social work employment occurring in a 
period of not less than 2 years but not more than 4 years.' 
Further amend the amendment by striking out all of section 5 
and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 5. 32 MRSA §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; 
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HOUSE 
AMENDMENT 
L.D. 1589 
"~,, to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT "A" to H. P • 1162, 
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. 
A licensed social worker slia;!,;!, ~ 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 
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responsible 
for providing 
superv~s~on necessary for those social workers to 
maintain their licenses.' 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE 
AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"'A" to H. P • 
L.D. 1589 
SUMMARY 
1162, 
This amendment removes language from the bill and current 
law that would have allowed different consultation requirements 
for social workers who are employees of the Department of Human 
Services. 
SPONSORED BY: 
(Representative L'AVERRIERE-BOUCHER) 
TOWN: 
Biddeford 
FISCAL i'iOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 05/19/03 frac:.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1589 
An Act to Change Certain Educational Requirements and Make Title 
Changes for Licensed Social Workers 
LR 1944(03) 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment" " to Committee Amendment" " 
Sponsor: Rep. Laverriere-Boucher 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
The amendment may result in increased supervisory resource costs to the Department of Human Services in order to 
meet State Board of Social Work Licensure requirements. The amount cannot be determined at this time. 
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