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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6532
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3157
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. PHIPPS, 100th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING CONNECTICUT TO JOIN THE PSYCHOLOGY
INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require Connecticut to join 1
the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact and allow (1) a 2
psychologist licensed in a state that participates in the compact to 3
practice telehealth in Connecticut without requiring that the 4
psychologist be licensed under chapter 383 of the general statutes, and 5
(2) a psychologist licensed under chapter 383 of the general statutes to 6
practice telehealth in another state that participates in the compact 7
without requiring that the psychologist be licensed in that state. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To provide patients greater access to care, allow licensed psychologists
to provide continuity of care as patients relocate to other states and
help ensure patients are better protected from harm.