Early in my career, I was privileged to work with someone who came late in life to her Masters/license, but had a long history of working in addictions and mental health.  Her experience was invaluable, and the quality of the supervision she provided was unparalleled in an area already starving for qualified supervisors. This proposal would likely have been a deterrent for her to even seek a Master's degree/license, and the residents she has supervised over the years would have missed out. To burden this area of far southwest Virginia by more than doubling requirements we are already struggling to meet seems to serve the purpose of making those available supervisors EXTREMELY marketable, perhaps increasing opportunities to do nothing more than provide supervision, but I fail to see how it will help us meet ever increasing Medicaid requirements for licensed providers by creating a bottleneck for residents needing supervision.