Kansas2026Passed Legislature
HB2070
Dietitian Licensure Compact Act
Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 9:52 AM
In one sentence
This bill creates an agreement between states to let licensed dietitians work in multiple places using their home state license without needing separate licenses for each one.
What it does
- Creates a compact that allows qualified dietitians to practice across state lines using their home state license.
- Eliminates the necessity for dietitians to hold licenses in multiple states if they meet uniform requirements.
- Requires participating states to share information about investigations, disciplinary actions, and criminal history records through a data system.
- Sets up a compact commission made of representatives from each member state to manage the agreement.
- Ensures that dietitians must follow the specific practice laws of the state where their patient is located.
Who it affects
- Licensed dietitians who want to work in more than one state or provide care via telehealth across borders.
- State agencies and boards responsible for licensing and regulating dietetics professionals.
- Active military members and their spouses relocating.
Limits and unknowns
- The bill text provided is truncated and does not list all specific requirements for states to join.
- The effective date is unknown because the official status indicates the bill died in a Senate committee.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Compact privilege
- A legal authorization, equivalent to a license, that permits the practice of dietetics in a state other than the home state.
- Home state
- The member state where the licensee lives or has designated as their primary location for licensing purposes.
- Encumbered license
- A professional license that has restrictions, such as suspension or probation, which limits what the holder can do.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Enacting the dietitian licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dietitians.
Official activity
Bill history
- Died in Senate CommitteeSenate
- Hearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S eventSenate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Received and IntroducedSenate
- Engrossed on Friday, February 14, 2025House
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 6House
- Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adoptedHouse
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amendedHouse
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adoptedHouse
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human ServicesHouse