Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4753 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4701 FILED ON: 11/21/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4753
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to establishing a commission to study the feasibility of joining the counseling
13	13	compact.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex11/20/2023 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4701 FILED ON: 11/21/2023
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4753
19	19	By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Bradley H.
20	20	Jones, Jr., for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General
21	21	Court) to study the feasibility of joining the counseling compact. Mental Health, Substance Use
22	22	and Recovery.
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
26	26	(2023-2024)
27	27	_______________
28	28	An Act relative to establishing a commission to study the feasibility of joining the counseling
29	29	compact.
30	30	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
31	31	of the same, as follows:
32	32	1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a
33	33	2commission to study the feasibility of Massachusetts joining the counseling compact for licensed
34	34	3mental health counselors.
35	35	4 SECTION 2. The commission shall consist of the house and senate chairs of the joint
36	36	5committee on consumer protection and professional licensure, who shall serve as the co-chairs;
37	37	6the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care financing or their designee; the
38	38	7house and senate chairs of the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery, or
39	39	8their designee; one member to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; one
40	40	9member to be appointed by the house minority leader; one member to be appointed by the senate
41	41	10president; one member to be appointed by the senate minority leader; the commissioner of the
42	42	11department of mental health or designee; one member of the board of Massachusetts Mental 2 of 2
43	43	12Health Counselors Association, Inc.; one member of the Board of Registration of Allied Mental
44	44	13Health and Human Services Professionals; one member of the Massachusetts Association for
45	45	14Mental Health; and one member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Greater Boston.
46	46	15 SECTION 3. The commission shall study the feasibility of joining the counseling
47	47	16compact for licensed mental health counselors and make recommendations to the legislature.
48	48	17 SECTION 4. The commission shall submit its report and findings, along with any
49	49	18recommendations and drafted legislation, to the house and senate committees on ways and means
50	50	19and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate within 6 months of the passage of this
51	51	20act.