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HB 1562 Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.
Introduced by: Christopher T. Head | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Music therapy; licensure. Requires the Board of Social Work to adopt regulations establishing a regulatory structure to license music therapists 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 music therapy or hold himself out or otherwise represent himself as a music therapist unless he is licensed by the Board. This bill is identical to SB 633.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20105438D pdf | impact statement
- 01/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106167D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1562ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20105438D
- 01/13/20 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/20 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106167D-H1
- 01/23/20 House: Read first time
- 01/24/20 House: Read second time
- 01/24/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106167D-H1
- 01/24/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1562H1
- 01/27/20 House: Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N)
- 01/27/20 House: VOTE: Passage (92-Y 5-N)
- 01/28/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1562ER)
- 02/20/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 02/25/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 03/03/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 103 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/03/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)