HB513 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

House Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2011

Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Blaine Galliher
Republican
Co-Sponsor: Becky Nordgren
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Mental Health Department, licensure for care or treatment for mental or emotional illness or intellectual disability, licensed professional counselor and a church or ministry providing religious services excepted, mental illness and substance abuse treatment defined, Secs. 22-50-1, 22-50-17 am'd. (2011-20665)
Description: Under existing law, certain persons and entities are required to have a certificate or license to operate a facility or institution for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or services to individuals with an intellectual disability.
This bill would define the term Mental Illness or Substance Abuse Treatment.
This bill would exempt a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker or Christian Science practitioner from being certified or licensed under certain circumstances.
This bill would also exempt a church or ministry which provides only religious services.
Subjects: Mental Health Department