NM HB32

New Mexico would join the Counseling Compact, an interstate agreement allowing licensed professional counselors to practice across member state lines without obtaining additional licenses

Counselors must hold an unencumbered home state license, meet education requirements (60 semester-hour master's degree in counseling), pass a nationally recognized exam, and complete supervised postgraduate experience to qualify for the privilege to practice in other member states

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, and any disciplinary action in a home state automatically deactivates practice privileges in all other member states

Active duty military members and their spouses receive special provisions allowing them to designate and retain a home state license regardless of where they are stationed