HF 4595

03/09/26   REVISOR  AGW/HL  26-07812
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  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.       4595
03/23/2026     Authored by Schomacker, Backer, Franson, Schwartz, Nadeau and others
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy
04/07/2026     Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register
  Read for the Second Time
04/27/2026     Calendar for the Day
  Read for the Third Time
  Passed by the House and transmitted to the Senate
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to health occupations; modifying requirements for licensure by reciprocity
1.3for marriage and family therapists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.4148B.35.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148B.35, is amended to read:
1.7148B.35 RECIPROCITY WITH OTHER STATES.
1.8The board shall issue a marriage and family therapist's license to an individual who holds
1.9a current license as a marriage and family therapist from another jurisdiction if the board
1.10determines that the standards for licensure in the other jurisdiction are at least equivalent
1.11to or exceed the requirements of sections 148B.29 to 148B.392 and the rules of the board.
1.12individual:
1.13(1) completes an application for licensure by reciprocity on a form provided by the board
1.14and submits the applicable fees under section 148B.392;
1.15(2) holds a current, valid, and unrestricted license from another jurisdiction to practice
1.16as a marriage and family therapist;
1.17(3) is licensed in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the individual currently
1.18holds a license to practice as a marriage and family therapist and is not the subject of
1.19disciplinary action or a pending investigation by any jurisdiction's licensing authority for
1.20marriage and family therapists;
1.21(4) has not been convicted of a crime that would disqualify the individual from licensure,
1.22as determined by the board; and
Section 1.  1
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2.1     (5) has passed a Minnesota jurisprudence examination approved by the board.
      Section 1.  2