Governor Laura Kelly signs a bill to increase access to professional counseling services.

 House Bill 2288 expands the licensed professional counselor workforce by joining an interstate compact in which clinical counselors can practice in all compact states. Now, professional counselors can more easily move to and work in Kansas, and Kansans can receive tele-counseling appointments from counselors in other states.

 The bill also amends the law to add a licensure fee relating to the privilege to practice under the compact.

 Governor Kelly also signed four other bills into law, including HB 2269, which amends the Kansas Cigarette and Tobacco Products Act to raise the minimum age to 21 years old for the sale, purchase, or possession of cigarettes and other tobacco products.