[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 50 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 50

 To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize the 
  use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine 
              work-related emotional and mental illnesses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize the 
  use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine 
              work-related emotional and mental illnesses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clinical Social Workers' Recognition 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. EXAMINATIONS BY CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS FOR FEDERAL WORKER 
              COMPENSATION CLAIMS.

    Section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and osteopathic 
        practitioners'' and inserting ``osteopathic practitioners, and 
        clinical social workers''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``osteopathic 
        practitioners'' and inserting ``osteopathic practitioners, 
        clinical social workers,''.
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