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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7302
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING TE LEHEALTH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) The Department of Public Health, in 1
consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction 2
Services and the Connecticut State Medical Society, shall study the 3
implications of the state ratifying and approving the Psychology 4
Interjurisdictional Compact, which would permit (1) a psychologist 5
licensed in a state that participates in said compact to practice 6
telehealth, as defined in section 19a-906 of the general statutes, in the 7
state without requiring that the psychologist be licensed pursuant to 8
chapter 383 of the general statutes, and (2) a psychologist licensed 9
pursuant to chapter 383 of the general statutes to practice telehealth in 10
another state that participates in said compact without requiring that 11
the psychologist be licensed in such state. On or before January 1, 2020, 12
the Commissioner of Public Health shall report, in accordance with the 13
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 14
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 15
relating to public health on the results of such study. 16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1, "thereby permitting" was changed to "which would
permit" for clarity.
PH Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO