Why You Should Know About Proposed Legislation:
Each year in both the Senate and House legislation
is introduced that can potentially impact the counseling field. It is
important to stay up to date regarding legislation because it can change
the way you are able to practice as a clinician. View the list of proposed federal laws below to learn more.
- To show support or oppose a bill find and contact your legislators here.
Topic (A-Z)
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Short Description
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Last Action
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Counselor
Compact
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Currently several
national organizations including AMHCA and ACA have contracted with a
Licensing Compact Company to achieve this goal. Illinois and ICA and
IMHCA and CICO supports these efforts. We support all efforts to achieve
licensure portability for professional counselors.
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Link to information on the Compact
Article on the History of licensure and portability.
ACA on Counseling Compact
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Passed in 37 states
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Equal Health Care for All Act
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"This bill prohibits discrimination in health care based on race,
religion, and other characteristics. It also revises reporting
requirements, adds equity-related measures to certain Medicare programs,
and makes other changes to reduce health disparities." |
H.R. 3068 Link |
05/05/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health |
IBH Model
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Innovation in Behavioral Health Model. According to CMS: "IBH is focused on improving quality of care and behavioral and physical
health outcomes for Medicaid and Medicare populations with moderate to
severe mental health conditions and substance use disorder (SUD).
Medicare and Medicaid populations experience disproportionately high
rates of mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders (SUD),
and as a result are more likely to experience poor health outcome" |
Link
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Funding will be announced in the summer of 2024
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Is There Something We Missed?
If you think there is a law that should be on this page that is missing please contact us at:
Illinois Counseling Association
