SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 392

    Amendment No. 1

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11  The Committee on Children, Families and Seniors recommended

12  the following amendment:

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 1, lines 15-23, delete those lines

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17  and insert:

18         (25)  "Qualified professional" means a physician

19  licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459; a professional

20  licensed under chapter 490 or chapter 491; or a person who has

21  at least an earned master's degree in a social or behavioral

22  science in a human services discipline with a minimum of 2

23  years' experience in the assessment or treatment of substance

24  abuse or who is certified through a department-recognized

25  certification process for substance abuse treatment services

26  and who holds, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree. A person who

27  is certified in substance abuse treatment services by a

28  state-recognized certification process in another state at the

29  time of employment with a licensed substance abuse provider in

30  this state may perform the functions of a qualified

31  professional as defined in chapter 397 but must meet

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 1  certification requirements contained in this paragraph no

 2  later than 1 year after his or her date of employment.

 3         Section 2.  (1)  A person who holds a master's degree

 4  in a social or behavioral science in a human services

 5  discipline with a minimum of 2 years' experience in the

 6  assessment or treatment of substance abuse may perform the

 7  duties of a qualified professional with respect to substance

 8  abuse treatment services as defined in chapter 397, Florida

 9  Statutes, until January 1, 2001.

10         (2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a

11  person who was certified through a certification process

12  recognized by the former Department of Health and

13  Rehabilitative Services before January 1, 1995, may perform

14  the duties of a qualified professional with respect to

15  substance abuse treatment services as defined in chapter 397,

16  Florida Statutes, and need not meet the certification

17  requirements contained in section 397.311(25), Florida

18  Statutes.

19         Section 3.  This act shall take effect on January 1,

20  1999.

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, line 6, after the semicolon,

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28         providing for a person certified in substance

29         abuse treatment in other states to achieve

30         Florida certification within 1 year after his

31         or her employment date; providing that certain

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 1         certified professionals are exempt from meeting

 2         the additional statutory requirements for a

 3         qualified professional;

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