00                      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 302(JUD)                                                                   
01 "An Act defining the term 'mental health professional' for the purpose of statutes                                      
02 relating to the evaluation of prisoners who may need psychological or psychiatric                                       
03 treatment, for the purpose of statutes relating to the evaluation of children in need of aid                            
04 and delinquent minors who may need to be confined in a secure residential psychiatric                                   
05 treatment center or who should be released from such a center, for the purpose of                                       
06 statutes requiring certain professionals to report the possibility that a vulnerable adult                              
07 has been abused or neglected, and for the purpose of statutes relating to mental health                                 
08 civil commitments."                                                                                                     
09 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
10    * Section 1.  AS 47.30.915(11) is amended to read:                                                                 
11                 (11)  "mental health professional" means a psychiatrist or physician                                    
12       who is licensed by the State Medical Board to practice in this state or is employed by                    

01       the federal government; a clinical psychologist licensed by the state Board of                                    
02       Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners; a psychological associate                                     
03       trained in clinical psychology and licensed by the Board of Psychologist and                                      
04       Psychological Associate Examiners; a registered nurse with a master's degree in                                   
05       psychiatric nursing, licensed by the State Board of Nursing; a marital and family                             
06       therapist licensed by the Board of Marital and Family Therapy; a professional                                 
07       counselor licensed by the Board of Professional Counselors; [AND] a clinical                              
08       social worker licensed by the Board of Social Work Examiners; and a person who                                
09                      (A)  has [WITH] a master's degree in the field of mental                                   
10            health;                                                                                                  
11                      (B)  has at least 12 months of post-masters working [IN                                        
12            SOCIAL WORK AND SUBSTANTIAL] experience in the field of mental                                               
13            illness;                                                                                                 
14                      (C)  has submitted an application form and application fee                                     
15            for licensure by a board named in this paragraph; and                                                    
16                      (D)  is working under the supervision of a type of licensee                                    
17            listed in this paragraph;