Adopting the psychology interjurisdictional compact

Topics:Health care Professional licensing

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2020
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2020
Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the House
Next: Senate committee
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary This law would allow psychologists from other states to treat patients in Iowa through video calls or short in-person visits. It also lets Iowa psychologists provide remote care to people living in other participating states. A special group would be formed to manage these rules and make sure out-of-state licenses are recognized.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill creates an interstate compact to allow psychologists from other states to practice telepsychology with patients living in Iowa, to practice “face-to-face” psychology on a temporary basis in Iowa, and to allow Iowa psychologists to practice telepsychology with patients in other states. The compact is intended to authorize regulatory authorities to afford legal recognition, in a manner consistent with the terms of the compact, to psychologists licensed in another state. The compact does not apply when a psychologist is licensed in both the “home” and “receiving” states. A commission is created to oversee the compact, which is effective upon the enactment into law by the seventh compact state.

Full bill text²

House subcommittee

Named January 23, 2020. On February 13, 2020 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§147E.1

How the Code works³

Lobbying

4 for · 4 against · 10 undecided · Who →

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88th General Assembly

HF 2094Cleared committee

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SF 78Cleared committee89th GA HF 24Cleared committee90th GA HF 255Cleared committee91st GA

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