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House Health Committee- February 2, 2022- House Hearing Room 1
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Thank
you
chairman
and
members.
We've
done
a
lot
of
work
with
tanf
over
the
last
year
or
so,
and
this
goes
hand
in
glove
with
what
we've
done.
It's
a
simple
reporting
mechanism
talking
about
how
we
invest
our
tanf
dollars
and
it
goes
a
little
more
in
depth
in
that
it
specifies,
within
the
four
purposes
of
tanf
how
we
quantify
our
investments,
and
this
is
a
reporting
mechanism.
It's
going
to
go
into
an
existing
report.
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Okay,
see
none
again.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
commend
you
for
your
efforts
in
this
and
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you've
done
a
good
bill
going
forward.
Thank
you.
So,
without
any
objections
we'll
be
voting
on
the
bill,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
opposed
eyes.
Have
it
bill
goes
on
to
calendar
and
rules.
Thank.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
committee.
This
is
house
bill,
959
house
bill.
959
will
allow
tennessee
to
join
in
the
process
of
forming
an
interstate
compact,
allowing
licensed
professional
counselors
to
practice
in
all
states
that
join
that
compact
passage
of
this
legislation
will
authorize
licensed
professional
counselors,
marital
and
family
therapists
and
clinical
pastoral
therapists
to
obtain
and
maintain
a
license
in
other
compact
states,
while
authorizing
tennessee
to
continue
to
regulate
their
license.
This
will
remove
the
need
for
counselors
to
obtain
a
separate
license
in
each
state
which
they
want
to
practice.
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This
compact
is
constitutionally
authorized
legally
binding
documents
between
states.
This
compact
is
the
same
form
as
the
current
nurse
licensure
compact,
the
ems
compact,
the
physical
therapist
compact
and
interstate
medical
licensure
compact.
This
compact
is
not
currently
in
effect,
it
will
take
10
states
to
pass
and
enact
the
passage
of
this
before
a
compact
can
begin.
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Georgia
and
maryland
have
already
passed
this
measure
18
other
states,
including
every
state
around
tennessee,
is
in
the
process
of
joining
the
compact,
the
legislation,
the
states.
Why
should
tennessee
join
this
compact?
A
few
benefits
include
increasing
job
opportunities
for
for
professional
mental
health,
counselors,
supporting
military
spouses
during
relocation
of
their
service
member
spouse
and
enhanced
mobility
for
licensed
counselors.
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All
especially
all
this
is
especially
important
to
our
state,
which
is
short
or
mental
short
mental
health
providers.
This
compact
does
not
do.
There
is
no
significant
physical
impact
on
our
state
or
licensing
board.
The
compact
enhances
the
authority
of
the
state
to
protect
the
public
and
properly
regulate
the
profession
and
leave
state
specific
licensure
requirements
in
place.
This
compact
does
not
over
override
any
state
law
code
or
regulation.
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Finally,
the
office
of
assistant
secretary
of
defense
has
designate
compacts
such
as
this
as
one
of
the
top
ten
personnel
readiness
issues,
because
it
helps
military
spouses
retain
employment
opportunities
during
this,
the
service
members
reassignment
to
different
states.
For
instance,
in
my
26
years,
we
lived
in
nine
different
states
during
13
moves
and
my
wife
taught
in
elementary
schools,
and
it
was
often
a
challenge.
Each
time
we
moved
to
a
different
state
to
be
recertified
in
that
state
to
serve
in
the
elementary
school.
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Thank
you.
We
have
an
amendment
on
that
bill,
amendment
five,
five,
six,
two
that
makes
the
bill
okay.
So
can
I
get
a
motion
yeah
motion?
Second,
on
that?
Okay,
let's
go
ahead
and
vote
on
without
objection
on
that
amendment,
all
those
in
favor
of
amendment
5562,
say:
aye
opposed
eyes.
Have
it
okay,
we
are
back
on
the
bill
as
amended
any
questions
for
the
sponsor
okay,
saying
none.
We
are
going
to
vote
on
house
bill
959,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
opposed
eyes.
Have
it
bill
goes
on
to
government
operations?