Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 23, 2021)
Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act or the C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act
This bill establishes a grant program to promote interstate licensure compacts for mental health professionals. These are licensure agreements enacted by two or more states to mutually recognize the licenses of counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, or pediatric mental health professionals.
The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to interstate compact commissions or professional licensing boards. Recipients may use grants for projects to (1) incentivize mental health professionals to practice in states with interstate licensure compacts, and (2) develop or maintain interstate compact commissions.
What just happenedNov 24, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 23, 2021
- Nov 24, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Nov 23, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Nov 23, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 23, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House