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that the therapy can help improve cognitive function, enhance learning and treat mental health conditions — and that state oversight would help safeguard patients and increase access.

“There is evidence that licensing requirements raise the price of goods and services, restrict employment opportunities, and make it more difficult for workers to take their skills across State lines. Too often, policymakers do not carefully weigh these costs and benefits when making decisions about whether or how to regulate a profession through licensing,” the report said.

should recognize all licenses from other states as part of a bid to incentivize workers and business owners to move to the state. The plaintiffs are represented by the libertarian public-interest law firm Institute for Justice, which notes that in 14 states that “hair braiders” are licensed, with nine states requiring hundreds of hours of coursework before a braider can legally operate — and four which require hair braiders to become licensed cosmetologists or hairstylists.

A study by the Obama Administration in 2015, found barbers earn 11% to 22% more when licensed, compared to those who were not. Massage therapists earn up to 16% more in states where they are licensed. But often licensing requirements have “moral clauses” that prevent those with criminal records from getting a license — something that affects tens of millions of Americans, Edwards said.

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