SF0037 - Mental Health Professions Practice Act-exemptions.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0164

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0037

 

 

Mental Health Professions Practice Act-exemptions.

 

Sponsored by:  Joint Labor, Health and Social Services
Interim Committee

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to the Mental Health Professions Practice
 2  Act; providing exemptions to the act as specified; limiting
 3  the services that are exempted as specified; and providing
 4  for an effective date.

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 6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 8         Section 1.  W.S. 33-38-103(a) by creating a new
 9  paragraph (viii) is amended to read:

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11         33-38-103.  Exemptions.

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13         (a)  Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply
14  to the activities and services of:

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 1              (viii)  A person who is employed by or under
 2  contract with the departments of corrections or family
 3  services or by the county jail who provides services to
 4  offenders under the supervision or in the custody of the
 5  respective department related to the offender's supervision
 6  and management as directed by the department if the person
 7  providing the services is not licensed or certified as, and
 8  does not represent himself to be, a professional counselor,
 9  clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist or
10  addiction therapist, certified social worker, certified
11  addictions practitioner or certified mental health worker
12  and the person is providing any of the following services:

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14                   (A)  Facilitation, leadership or instruction
15  in educational programs addressing criminal behaviors or
16  life skills;

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18                   (B)  Advising or directing an offender
19  regarding behavioral issues, required conduct and
20  programmatic requirements as related to the offender's
21  supervision or custody;

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23                   (C)  Nonclinical services that are provided
24  to assist the offender in gaining access to needed medical,

 

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 1  social, educational and other services, assist the offender
 2  in making arrangements necessary to move from a residential
 3  or institutional placement to the community, or foster the
 4  offender's rehabilitation by organizing needed services and
 5  supports. Such services include prerelease planning,
 6  linkage, monitoring and follow-up, referral, advocacy and
 7  crisis intervention.

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 9         Section 2.  This act is effective immediately upon
10  completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
11  as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
12  Constitution.

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14                         (END)

 

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