HB219 Alabama 2022 Session

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

Relating to the licensed practice of professional counseling; to provide and adopt the Counseling Compact to allow licensed professional counselors to practice among compact states in a limited manner; to provide eligibility requirements for licensed professional counselors to practice pursuant to the compact; to provide for a coordinated licensure information system, joint investigations, and disciplinary actions; to establish the Counseling Compact Commission, and to provide for membership, powers, and duties, and provide for rulemaking functions of the commission; and to provide for oversight of the compact, enforcement of the compact, default procedures, dispute resolution, withdrawal of compact states, and amendment of the compact.