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Minutes for HB2288 - Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Short Title
Enacting the counseling compact to provide for interstate practice privileges for professional counselors.
Minutes Content for Tue, Mar 21, 2023
Jenna Moyer, Staff Revisor, gave an overview of the bill. She answered questions from committee members.
Andrew Secor testified as a proponent for SB2288. (Attachment 1) He stated that support is needed for the counseling compact legislation. The issue of counselor mobility and a client's ability to continue services when moving outside their providers service area is an issue well known to peoples in the mental healthcare field. Compacts are not unusual and are growing in use. The counseling compact creates an agreement between member states to allow a privilege to practice in each other's state. At this time, the compact commission has begun meeting since they achieved the total number needed of 10 states that enacted the legislation. As of today, 19 states have enacted the counseling compact legislation. Another 20 states have legislation pending.
There were no questions.
Written only, proponent testimony was submitted by:
David Fye, Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board (Attachment 2)
Dominque N. Marsalek, American Counseling Association (Attachment 3)
Michelle Richart, Midwest Regional Liaison, DSLO (Attachment 4)
Laura Shaughnessy, KS Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board (Attachment 5)
Todd M. Frye, Ph.D, MidAmerica Nazarene University (Attachment 6)
The Fort Hays State University Counseling Faculty (Attachment 7)
Deneen Pennington, National Career Development Association (Attachment 8)
Phillip Mullins, Ph.D, Wichita State University (Attachment 9)
Jessica Lane, Ph.D, Kansas State University (Attachment 10)
Shawn Boynes, American Counseling Association (Attachment 11)
Chairperson Gossage closed the hearing on SB2288.
