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Psychologists urge passage of PSYPACT to preserve continuity of care for clients who move or travel
Summary
Dozens of Massachusetts psychologists, clinicians and patient advocates urged the committee to adopt PSYPACT (S1487/H2528) to let licensed psychologists provide telehealth and limited interstate services to patients across compact states, saying the measure would reduce disruptions in care and lower licensure burdens.
Psychologists and patients who rely on long‑term therapeutic relationships urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to advance PSYPACT—an interstate psychology compact (S1487/H2528)—so licensed Massachusetts psychologists can provide telehealth and limited interstate services to patients in other compact states. Witnesses described clients who lost continuity of care when patients moved, traveled for school or short periods, or when clinicians relocated. Several clinicians said current state‑by‑state licensure imposes…
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