An Act To Modify the Transition Provision for Renewal of Social Worker Licenses Fiscal Detail and Notes
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1010
Committee Amendment CA_A_S161 (Senate)
Amends: 32 MRSA §7053, 32 MRSA §7060

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 350, L.D. 1010, 
Act To Modify the Transition Provision for Renewal 
Worker Licenses" 
Bill, "An 
of Social 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the emergency clause and inserting in its place 
the following: 
. Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §7053, sub-§3-C, 1\B, as enac ted by PL 2003, 
c. 429, §4 and affected by §7 and amended by c. 689, Pt. B, §6, 
is further amended to read: 
B. 
A person 
who 
receives 
a 
conditional 
license 
as 
a 
licensed social worker on or after January 1, 
2004 must 
complete the following requirements for consultation. 
(1) 
A person who is not an employee of the Department 
of Health and Human Services must complete a minimum of 
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. 
For purposes of fulfilling the requirement of 
hours of 
consultation during the first 3,200 hours 
of social work employment, a licensed social worker who 
practiced 
social 
work 
and 
obtained 
social 
work 
consultation hours in a long-term care setting and who 
held a valid license as of September 13, 2003 may count 
conSUltation hours that were obtained prior to August 
3, 2004, whether the consultation hours were obtained 
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in individual or group settings, if the consultation 
was provided by a licensed social worker, regardless of 
the group size and the eligibility requirements of the 
consulting licensed social worker. 
(2) 
A person who is an employee of the Department of 
Health and Human Services must complete a minimum of 96 
hours of consultation with a licensed social worker who 
has been licensed for at least 4 years or a licensed 
master 
social 
worker. 
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. 
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §7060, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 429, 
§6 and affected by §7 and amended by c. 
689, Pt. 
B, 
§6, is 
further amended to read: 
1. 
Hot 
employee 
of 
Department 
of 
Health 
and 
Human 
Services. 
If not employed by the Department of Health and Human 
Services, provide documentation of 96 hours of consultation as 
determined by the board during the first 3,200 hours of social 
work employment in a period of not less than 2 years but not more 
than 4 years. 
For purposes of fulfilling the requirement of 96 
hours of consultation during the first 3,200 hours of social work 
employment, 
a licensed social worker who practiced social work 
and obtained social work consultation hours in a long-term care 
setting and who held a valid license as of September 13, 2003 may 
count consultation hours that were obtained prior to August 3, 
2004, whether the consultation hours were obtained in individual 
or group settings, if the consultation was provided by a licensed 
social worker, regardless of the group size and the eligibility 
requirements of the consulting licensed social worker; or' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
It provides that social 
workers employed in long-term care settings and licensed as of 
September 
13, 
2003, 
the effective date of Public 
Law 
2003, 
chapter 429, which extended a 96-hour consultation requirement to 
all social workers, may fulfill the consultation requirements by 
counting consultation hours that were obtained prior to August 3, 
2004. 
Consultation hours obtained prior to August 3, ·2004 that 
satisfy the standards set by the Department of Health and Human 
Services will be recognized and accepted by the State Board of 
Social 
Worker 
Licensure. 
As 
of 
August 
2, 
2004, 
the 
board 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A .. to S.P. 350, L.D. 1010 
required 
that 
the 
consultation 
must 
be 
provided 
either 
individually or in a group of not more than 8 members. 
The 
board's prior practices had recognized consultation in groups of 
members or more. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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LD 1010 
LR 0934(02) 
An Act To Modify the Transition Provision for Renewal of Social Worker Licenses 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'It 
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Additional costs to the State Board of Social Worker Licensure within the Office of Licensing and Registration, 
Department of Professional and Financial Regulation can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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