Florida SB 768: Duties and Prohibited Acts Associated with Death

Bill Text

768 
Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure by Endorsement 
2025-12-05T05:47:10Z 
Requiring the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to issue a license by endorsement to certain applicants, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 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.