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Behavioral health board cites rapid licensing growth, seeks fee for counseling-compact privileges
Summary
The Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy told the health finance committee it has regulated nearly 10,000 counselors and drug/alcohol counselors as of early 2025, wants one full-time position and statutory authority to charge up to $100 for out-of-state compact privileges under the counseling compact.
Samantha Strehlo, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy, told the House Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 3 that the number of licensees regulated by the board has more than doubled in the last decade and that workload growth is driving a request for one additional full-time position and a compact-related fee.
The board said it now regulates nearly 10,000 counselors and alcohol-and-drug counselors (up from about 4,000…
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