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Senate advances broad mental-health licensure bill after debate on rural access and standards
Summary
Lawmakers advanced House Bill 90, a wide-ranging Mental Health Professional Practice Act that would standardize education, experience and certification across mental-health professions; supporters said it unifies licensing rules while some senators warned about rural training access and insurance impacts.
House Bill 90, the Mental Health Professional Practice Act, moved forward in the Utah Senate after extended discussion about standards, rural access to training and the bill’s potential effect on reimbursement.
The measure, carried to the Senate from the House and identified in the record as sponsored by Rep. Kate Birmingham, would create common licensure, board-certification and oversight provisions for multiple mental-health professions. Supporters told the Senate the bill is the product of interim work and broad stakeholder cooperation: ‘‘the Utah Medical Association, the Utah Psychiatric Association,…
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