Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 768
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       16-01088A-26                                           2026768__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to marriage and family therapist
    3         licensure by endorsement; creating s. 491.019, F.S.;
    4         requiring the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage
    5         and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to
    6         issue a license by endorsement to certain applicants;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Section 491.019, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         491.019 Licensure by endorsement; marriage and family
   14  therapists.—The board shall issue a license to practice marriage
   15  and family therapy to an applicant who meets all of the
   16  following criteria:
   17         (1) Submits a complete application.
   18         (2) Submits the required application fee.
   19         (3) Holds an active, unencumbered marriage and family
   20  therapy license in good standing issued by another state, the
   21  District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States, and
   22  provides proof of all mental health licenses held in any other
   23  jurisdiction.
   24         (4) Attests that he or she is not, at the time of
   25  submission of the application, the subject of a disciplinary
   26  proceeding in a jurisdiction in which he or she holds a license
   27  for reasons related to the practice of marriage and family
   28  therapy.
   29         (5) Has not had disciplinary action taken against him or
   30  her in the 5 years immediately preceding the date of submission
   31  of the application.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.