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C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

Introduced: April 7, 2022 Introduced by: King, Angus S., Jr. Independent · Maine See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 7, 2022
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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's happening now April 7, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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