SB99 Summary

• Establishes the Counseling Compact allowing licensed professional counselors to practice across member states through a "privilege to practice" system while maintaining individual state licensure requirements

• Creates the Counseling Compact Commission to oversee interstate practice, establish uniform standards, maintain a coordinated licensing database, and enforce compliance among member states

• Requires participating states to license counselors with 60 semester-hours (or 90 quarter-hours) master's degree in counseling, passage of nationally recognized exam, supervised postgraduate experience, and criminal background checks

• Allows licensed professional counselors to practice via telehealth across member states and provides special provisions for active duty military personnel and their spouses to maintain home state designation

• Establishes oversight mechanisms including joint investigations, disciplinary coordination, dispute resolution procedures, and provisions for state withdrawal or termination from the compact