Amends existing law to provide that fingerprint-based criminal history background checks shall be submitted if required by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.

This piece of legislation amends the licensing requirements of counselors and therapists for fingerprint criminal backgroundcheckstoberequiredonlywhentheDivisionofOccupationalandProfessionalLicensesdetermines fingerprinting is necessary. H 490, 2024, added a fingerprinting requirement for licensing counselors and therapists in anticipation of the passage of an Interstate Counselor Compact. As such, these amendments are necessary because the anticipated Compact did not pass but do not amend or modify the Division’s current operations in a substantive way.