Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation To Create a Working Group To Study Barriers to Credentialing
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1841
Committee: Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business

Legislative Document
No. 1841
S.P. 625
In Senate, June 12, 2019
Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Professional and Financial 
Regulation To Create a Working Group To Study Barriers to 
Credentialing
Reported by Senator HERBIG of Waldo for the Joint Standing Committee on Innovation, 
Development, Economic Advancement and Business pursuant to Joint Order 2019, S.P. 435.
Reference to the Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and 
Business suggested and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Sec. 1.  Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation to create 
a working group to study credentialing. Resolved:  That the Commissioner of 
Professional and Financial Regulation shall create a working group to study barriers to 
credentialing of:
1.  Skilled individuals who have foreign credentials; and
2.  Holders of professional and occupational licenses in other states.
The commissioner shall appoint to the working group no fewer than 8 and no more 
than 10 persons who represent licensing boards and professional organizations served by 
the licensing boards of professions in the State for which there is a need for and an 
opportunity to credential skilled individuals with foreign credentials and those with out-
of-state licenses.  The working group shall consider and develop recommendations for 
alternative pathways for skilled individuals with foreign credentials to be credentialed in 
the State and shall review options for license portability for out-of-state licensees.
Sec. 2.  Report. Resolved:  That, by January 15, 2020, the working group created 
pursuant to section 1 shall submit a report of the working group's progress along with any 
recommendations and suggested legislation to the Commissioner of Professional and 
Financial Regulation.  The commissioner shall submit the report with any 
recommendations and suggested legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business by February 15, 2020.  
The committee may report out a bill relating to the subject matter of the report to the 
commissioner requires additional time to complete the work, the Joint Standing 
Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business may 
extend the reporting deadline.
SUMMARY
This resolve directs the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation to 
create a working group to study credentialing skilled individuals with foreign credentials 
and those with licenses in other states. The working group consists of 8 to 10 persons 
representing licensing boards and professional organizations served by the licensing 
boards in professions in the State for which there is a need for and an opportunity to 
credential skilled individuals with foreign credentials and those with out-of-state licenses. 
The working group is required to submit its report along with any recommendations and 
suggested legislation to the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. The 
commissioner is required to submit the report with any recommendations and suggested 
legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic 
Advancement and Business. The committee is permitted to report out a bill relating to the 
subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. In the 
event the working group or the commissioner requires additional time to complete the 
work, the Joint Standing Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic 
Advancement and Business may extend the reporting deadline.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
Approved: 06/11/19
LD 1841
LR 2544(01)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Additional costs to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation to establish a working group to conduct 
the required study and issue the required report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.
Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation To Create a Working 
Group To Study Barriers to Credentialing
Fiscal Note for Original Bill
Committee: Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
LR2544(01) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1