Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB241: Adopt the psychology interjurisdictional compact
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2025
What the bill says
An act adopting the psychology interjurisdictional compact; providing for recognition of home state licensure; providing for requirements to practice telepsychology; providing for temporary authorization to practice psychology; providing for conditions to practice telepsychology in a receiving state; providing for an adverse action process; providing for a coordinated licensure information system; recognizing the psychology interjurisdictional compact commission; providing rulemaking authority; providing for conditions of default and termination; providing definitions…
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ADOPTING THE PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT; PROVIDING FOR RECOGNITION OF HOME STATE LICENSURE; PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS TO PRACTICE TELEPSYCHOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION TO PRACTICE PSYCHOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS TO PRACTICE TELEPSYCHOLOGY IN A RECEIVING STATE; PROVIDING FOR AN ADVERSE ACTION PROCESS; PROVIDING FOR A COORDINATED LICENSURE INFORMATION SYSTEM; RECOGNIZING THE PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT COMMISSION; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF DEFAULT AND TERMINATION; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 37-17-202, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR COMMISSION RULES. Section 1. Enactment -- provisions. The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions joining in the compact in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I PURPOSE WHEREAS, states license psychologists in order to protect the public through verification of education, training, and experience and ensure accountability for professional practice; and WHEREAS, this compact is intended to regulate the day-to-day practice of telepsychology, defined in Article II, by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority; and WHEREAS, this compact is intended to regulate the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries for 30 days within a calendar year in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority; and - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB …