One interstate compact you may not have heard of yet that could be very helpful for the behavioral health field is the Interstate Compact for Counselor Licensure. As of August 4, 2022, the Counselor ...

Some state and federal officials and mental health professionals are pushing Vermont to join an agreement that would allow mental health workers’ licenses to be recognized across state lines. The ...

Connecting doctors and their patients across state lines has become commonplace, thanks to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which now includes 37 states, the District of Colombia, and Guam.

The 2023 Hawaii Legislature tasked stakeholders to examine the NLC proposal as a solution to the Hawaii nursing shortage; however, the root causes of the shortage are multifaceted and will not be ...

If you are a Connecticut physician considering providing telemedicine across state lines, expanding your practice just became significantly easier. On March 15, 2026, the Interstate Medical Licensure ...

(The Center Square) – With only days to spare, the Michigan Senate has passed a House bill renewing the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, preserving the ability of more than 8,000 doctors to ...

The universal licensing reform legislation now under consideration in Florida, Nebraska, and other state legislatures — in which out-of-state occupational licenses are recognized so that recently ...

An interstate licensure compact may seem like a quick fix, but joining one could undermine the state’s high professional standards – and may not even solve the labor shortage. The pandemic has exposed ...

As an emergency medicine physician and health care administrator, I’ve seen how gaps in access to care ripple across our state’s health system. But nowhere are those gaps more visible, or more ...