Rhode Island joins PSYPACT to increase providers, decrease wait times

Since the pandemic, mental health issues for both children and adults have increased, creating a widespread push for online access to healthcare.
As a result, Rhode Island joined the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, commonly known as PSYPACT. The move creates a two-way street for clinicians and clients: providers can see patients out of state and patients can see providers out of state. A 2022 law on this matter went into effect in the summer of 2023.
Other New England states like Connecticut, Maine, and New Hampshire have also signed on to PSYPACT, while Massachusetts reportedly hopes to do so in the future. There are close to 40 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, that have joined PS...