Provides loan forgiveness to credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselors (CASACs) who reside in the state and work in a facility licensed by the state.
Providing for Commonwealth support for a Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Staff Member Loan Forgiveness Program and an Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselor Loan Forgiveness Program; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.
Mental health; repealer; behavioral health certification or license applicants and renewals, required information; definition; Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors Act; Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; Licensed Professional Counselors Act; State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act; Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act; authority of first responders to administer emergency opiate antagonists; statutory references; repealers; effective date.
Requires a rate enhancement for reimbursement of individual psychotherapy services provided by a mental health counselor, a clinical social worker, or a psychologist where such services are provided in an outpatient substance use disorder clinic.
Provides for certain victim statements to be taken at their workplace instead of the police department where such workplace was the scene of the crime and is a hospital, emergency medical facility, nursing home or residential health care facility.
Provides for certain victim statements to be taken at their workplace instead of the police department where such workplace was the scene of the crime and is a hospital, emergency medical facility, nursing home or residential health care facility.