HB219 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Kenneth Paschal Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Professional counseling, Counseling Compact, licensed professional counselors authorized to practice on a limited basis among compact member states

Description

This bill would establish the interstate Counseling Compact.

This bill would allow the practice of professional counseling using telehealth technologies by licensed professional counselors among compact states.

This bill would authorize state professional counseling regulatory authorities in compact states, which would include the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, to legally recognize, in a manner consistent with terms of the compact, professional counselors licensed within those states.

This bill would provide eligibility requirements for licensed professional counselors to practice pursuant to the compact.

This bill would provide accommodations for licensed professional counselors who are active duty personnel and their spouses.

This bill would provide for a coordinated licensure database for reporting licensure, investigative information, and disciplinary actions.

This bill would establish the Counseling Compact Commission, and would provide for membership, powers, and duties.

This bill would also provide for rulemaking functions of the commission, oversight of the compact, enforcement of the compact, default procedures, dispute resolution, withdrawal of compact states, and amendment of the compact.

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Subjects

Counselors