Pennsylvania HB 787: An Act amending Title 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers, duties and rights of appointed officers and employees, further providing for appointments and incompatible offices.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 808
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 787
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, HARKINS, GIRAL, MADDEN, KENYATTA, SANCHEZ,
GUZMAN, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN, DEASY, SHUSTERMAN AND CERRATO,
MARCH 3, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 3, 2025
AN ACT
Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the
Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; and
providing for the form of the compact.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Interstate
Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact Act.
Section 2. Authority to execute compact.
The Governor, on behalf of the Commonwealth, is hereby
authorized to execute a compact in substantially the following
form with any one or more of the states of the United States and
the General Assembly hereby signifies in advance its approval
and ratification of the compact:
INTERSTATE DENTAL AND DENTAL HYGIENE LICENSURE COMPACT
Section 1. PURPOSE
This Compact shall be known as the Interstate Dental and
Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact and the purpose of the Compact
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is to expedite licensure and increase access to dental health
care through licensure boards acting in cooperation. The Compact
adopts the existing structures most utilized by Dental Boards
across the United States, while ensuring the safety of the
public through the sharing of documents and information. This
Compact ensures that each state retains the right to impose an
adverse action on a licensee as a home state or as a practicing
state. Each state has an opportunity to share investigations and
information with the home state of licensure. The Compact is
operated by state dental board members, administrators and other
staff, thus allowing for each state to maintain its sovereignty.
The Compact:
(a) Allows for expedited licensure portability and ease of
movement of licensees between states;
(b) Allows each state to continue to regulate the practice
of dentistry and dental hygiene within its borders;
(c) Creates a common goal of protecting the public by
ensuring a uniform licensure standard and sharing of information
in the Compact;
(d) Allows for licensure in every participating state by
requiring passage of the uniform licensure examination that
assesses psychomotor and cognitive dental skills and is
currently accepted in fifty state (50) licensing jurisdictions
and United States territories;
(e) Gives licensees one (1) location to maintain
professional documentation to expedite license transfers in
states, hospitals or institutional credentialing;
(f) Facilitates a faster licensure process for relocation or
separation of military members and their dependent spouses;
there are no Compact fees for military members or their spouses;
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(g) Alleviates a duplicative process for licensure among
multiple states; and
(h) Saves applicants money by not having to obtain duplicate
documents from a source that charges for the documents.
Section 2. DEFINITIONS
(a) "AADB" means the American Association of Dental Boards
(AADB) or its named successor, formerly known as the American
Association of Dental Examiners (AADE), originally chartered on
September 10th, 1896 and renewed in 1944, comprised of State
Dental Boards in the United States and its territories;
(b) "Attorneys' Committee" means the committee of attorneys
who currently represent a Member State Dental Board. The
Attorneys' Committee shall participate in the Commission as a
non-voting member. An attorney that has previously served as an
attorney for a Member State Dental Board may be invited on a
year-to-year basis to serve on the Attorneys' Committee if they
have not engaged in an official case against a State Dental
Board or have any no other conflict of interest. The Attorneys'
Committee may assist the investigators in working through joint
investigation issues between states;
(c) "Active-duty military person or spouse" means a Licensee
in full-time active-duty status in the active uniformed services
of the United States, including members of the National Guard
and Reserves. The legal spouse of the military member must be
recognized by the military unit as a dependent while the service
member is on active duty. Spouses shall receive the same
privileges as military members for the purpose of this Compact;
(d) "Active Investigation" means an active investigation
resulting in formal allegations or charges precipitating a
judicial process by a State Dental Board, oversight agency, or
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other law enforcement entity;
(e) "Adverse Action" means an order issued by a State Dental
Board or reported to the clearinghouse pursuant to the
Commission's Bylaws and