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Committee advances several interstate licensure compacts amid concerns about New York standards
Summary
The Senate higher-education committee considered multiple bills adopting interstate compacts for psychologists, counselors and emergency medical personnel; members noted potential impacts on state licensing standards and training requirements and referred bills to committee(s) with jurisdiction.
The Senate Committee on Higher Education considered several bills to adopt interstate professional-licensure compacts, including measures described in the agenda as Senate bill 3915 (psychology and counseling compacts and EMS personnel licensure compact) and a separate psychology compact bill (listed later on the agenda). Committee members raised questions about whether the compacts could lower or otherwise change New York’s licensing standards and discussed training and workforce implications.
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