North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota SB2357: A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding the feasibility, benefits, and challenges of creating a composite mental health licensing board.
Status: Failed, March 28, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding the feasibility, benefits, and challenges of creating a composite mental health licensing board.
From the engrossed text, February 21, 2025:
A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding the feasibility, benefits, and challenges of creating a composite mental health licensing board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - CREATION OF A COMPOSITE MENTAL HEALTH LICENSING BOARD. 1. During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying the feasibility, benefits, and challenges of creating a composite mental health licensing board. The study must include: a. An evaluation of the impact of the creation of a composite mental health licensing board to oversee the licensing, regulation, and disciplinary procedures for psychologists, social workers, addiction counselors, professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists; b. A consideration of the addition of peer support certification and participation in the composite mental health licensing board; c. An analysis of the regulatory efficiencies that would result from the consolidation of multiple independent licensing boards into a single entity; d. A consideration of the fiscal impact that would result from the creation of a composite mental health licensing board, including administrative consolidation, fee structures, and operational efficiencies; e. An analysis of the effects of the creation of a composite mental health licensing board on licensing requirements, professional standards, and the disciplinary processes, including the maintenance and improvement of current oversight; Page No. 1 …
Sponsors
- Kristin Roers (R, 27) · primary sponsor
- Michelle Axtman (R, 7)
- Scott Louser (R, 5)
- Emily O'Brien (R, 42)
- David Richter (R, 1)
- Michael Wobbema (R, 24)
Latest actions
- : Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 8 nays 84
- : Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 11 2 1
- : Committee Hearing 03:30
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee
- : Received from Senate
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1
- : Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- : Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0
- : Committee Hearing 02:45
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (March 28, 2025): 8 yea, 84 nay, failed
- Final Passage (February 21, 2025): 45 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB2357?
- SB2357 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding the feasibility, benefits, and challenges of creating a composite mental health licensing board.
- What does SB2357 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding the feasibility, benefits, and challenges of creating a composite mental health licensing board.
- What is the status of SB2357?
- Failed as of March 28, 2025. Latest action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 8 nays 84 (March 28, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB2357?
- Kristin Roers (R, 27), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB2357?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo2357.html
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