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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2154 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5573 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2154 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. PHIPPS, 100th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT REQUIRING CONNECTICUT TO JOIN THE PSYCHOLOGY | |
| 19 | 19 | INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to require Connecticut to join 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact and allow (1) a psychologist 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | licensed in a state that participates in the compact to practice telehealth 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | in Connecticut without requiring that the psychologist be licensed 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | under chapter 383 of the general statutes, and (2) a psychologist licensed 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | under chapter 383 of the general statutes to practice telehealth in another 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | state that participates in the compact without requiring that the 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | psychologist be licensed in that state. 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 32 | 32 | To provide patients greater access to care, allow licensed psychologists | |
| 33 | 33 | to provide continuity of care as patients relocate to other states and help | |
| 34 | 34 | ensure patients are better protected from harm. |