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Pennsylvania Department of State: licensure compacts approved, awaiting FBI connectivity for background checks
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Secretary Al Schmidt told the House Appropriations Committee the Department of State has received preapproval and final approval for multiple interstate licensure compacts but is waiting for FBI connectivity to complete background-check exchanges before full implementation.
Secretary Al Schmidt told the House Appropriations Committee on day six of the Department of State budget hearings that Pennsylvania has secured federal approvals for several interstate professional-licensure compacts but remains “waiting for…final approval from the FBI on the connectivity aspect” needed to transmit criminal-history checks.
That connectivity is the last technical step the department identified before broader implementation, Schmidt said, and the department has already taken partial steps that allow limited portability of licenses while the connectivity is concluded. The compacts named during questioning included the nursing licensure…
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