This legislation works under the idea that CACREP is the only accrediting body that puts out competent counselors. There are many competent counselors that have gone to other programs including programs accredited by MPCAC. If one were to look at the standards for these programs you would see much overlap and the competencies of these counselors should not be lessened due to one accrediting body. This will hurt not only future counselors, but the public in general who needs more access to mental health professionals. It has been noted by multiple sources that mental health issues are the next area that needs to be tackled, this was true prior to COVID and have only worsened since. It's important to make sure counselors are competent, but saying that only CACREP counselors are competent in this amount of time is not accurate and could be harmful.