CA AB 2581

Title: Healing arts: continuing education: maternal mental health.
Author: Brian K. Maienschein

Summary
AB 2581, as amended, Maienschein. Healing arts: continuing education: maternal mental health. Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing. Existing law, the Psychology Licensing Law, establishes the Board of Psychology and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of psychologists. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physician assistants.Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, and the Educational Psychologist Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, professional clinical counseling, and education psychology, respectively, by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.Existing law establishes continuing education requirements for all of these various healing arts practitioners.This bill would require the above-specified boards, in determining their continuing education requirements, to consider including a course in maternal mental health.

Status
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

Bill Documents
CA AB 2581 - 04/10/24 - Amended Assembly
04/10/24 - CA AB 2581 (04/10/24 - Amended Assembly)