Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB163: Enters into the Counseling Compact. (BDR 54-129)
Status: Chaptered, June 11, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to mental health; ratifying and entering into the Counseling Compact; authorizing the sharing of certain information with the coordinated database and reporting system created by the Compact; providing licensed professional counselors practicing in this State under the Compact with the same legal status as clinical professional counselors who are licensed in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT relating to mental health; ratifying and entering into the Counseling Compact; authorizing the sharing of certain information with the coordinated database and reporting system created by the Compact; providing licensed professional counselors practicing in this State under the Compact with the same legal status as clinical professional counselors who are licensed in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law regulates the practice of licensed professional counselors, known as clinical professional counselors, in this State. (Chapter 641A of NRS) Section 1 of this bill ratifies and enters into the Counseling Compact, which is an interstate compact that allows a person who is licensed as a licensed professional counselor in a state that is a member of the Compact to practice as a licensed professional counselor in other states that are members of the Compact. In order to practice as a licensed professional counselor under the Compact, the Compact requires a licensed professional counselor (2) have a valid social security number or National Practitioner Identifier; (3) notify the Counseling Compact Commission, a joint public agency established by the Compact, that he or she is seeking to practice under the Compact in another state; (4) have had no encumbrances or restrictions placed against any license or authority to practice under the Compact within the …
Sponsors
- Gregory Hafen (R, 36) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 461.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : In Assembly. To enrollment.
- : Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- : In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 826.) To printer.
Votes
- Senate (1st Reprint) (June 2, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly (1st Reprint) (May 28, 2025): 42 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB163?
- AB163 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Enters into the Counseling Compact. (BDR 54-129).
- What does AB163 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to mental health; ratifying and entering into the Counseling Compact; authorizing the sharing of certain information with the coordinated database and reporting system created by the Compact; providing licensed professional counselors practicing in this State under the Compact with the same legal status as clinical professional counselors who are licensed in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
- What is the status of AB163?
- Chaptered as of June 11, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 461. (June 11, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB163?
- Gregory Hafen (R, 36).
- Where is the official record for AB163?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12113/Overview
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