MI HB4591

Michigan would join the Counseling Compact, an interstate agreement allowing licensed professional counselors to practice across member states without obtaining separate licenses in each state

Counselors must meet specific requirements for the "privilege to practice" in other states, including holding an unencumbered home state license, having no license restrictions in the previous 2 years, and passing a nationally recognized exam with a 60 semester-hour master's degree in counseling

Establishes the Counseling Compact Commission as a joint public agency to administer the compact, maintain a data system for licensure and disciplinary information, and promulgate binding rules for member states

Remote states retain authority to take adverse action against a counselor's privilege to practice within their borders, while only the home state can take action against the actual license

The bill takes effect 1 year after enactment and authorizes telehealth counseling services across member state lines under the compact privilege