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Establishing the professional counselors licensure compact
Sponsored by the House State Government (companion To Sf 127 By Committee on Health and Human Services) Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 24, 2023
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 671
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 671 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 671 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would join a group of states that allows professional counselors to work in different member states without needing a new license for each one. This system creates a special commission to manage the rules and oversee how the agreement works. It also includes specific rules for military members and people using telehealth services.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the adoption of the professional counselors interstate licensure compact. The compact establishes a system whereby professional counselors licensed to practice in one member state may practice in another member state under a compact privilege without applying for a license in that state. The compact imposes certain minimum requirements on the licensure of professional counselors in member states. The compact becomes effective upon enactment of the compact by states. The compact creates a commission to administer the operation of the compact. The commission is an instrumentality of the member states. The compact includes provisions relating to the purpose, establishment, and membership of the commission; powers and privileges of the commission; active duty military personnel; telehealth; adverse actions; joint investigations; meetings and voting requirements; commission bylaws and rules; commission committees; commission finances; records of the commission; compact state compliance; venue for judicial proceedings; qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification; data and reporting; rulemaking; oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement; technical assistance and termination; effective dates and amendments to the compact; withdrawal, default, and expulsion; severability and construction; and the binding effect of the compact and other laws.
Changed since by amendment S-3106; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named March 8, 2023. On March 15, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
2 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 9, 2023 (1), February 22, 2023 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2179 Establishing the professional counselors licensure compact89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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