1. Funding for LCDC Peer assistance program through license fees as was intended in previous legislation.
Chemical dependency counselors want to increase their relicensing fee nominally in order to support impaired peers to receive the same help we offer.
2. Eliminate the requirement that applicants for an LCDC license pass an oral examination to align Texas’ licensure requirements with International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium standards.
Currently LCDC applicants take both a written and an oral test that is cumbersome and costly. In order to keep requirements in Texas on the same page as international testing requirements and decrease logistical and financial hardships for individuals already underpaid.
3. Modify criminal history standards to address unintended consequences stemming from the passage of SB 155 in the 80th legislature.
Prior to the passage of SB 155, Texas Department of State Health Services allowed applicants to register as a counselor intern when they were within two years of meeting the time restrictions for different categories of crimes. It would be beneficial if DSHS may, but do not require, the waiting period if the applicants are successfully in completion of the peer assistance program.
2 comments:
Wow, so this passed, right? I am so glad I put off the oral test! Now I don't have to take it!!!
It did pass. You will still be tested on all the elements of the oral, just in written form! Good luck.
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