Establishing the professional counselors licensure compact

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.