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means fifty to sixty minutes of participation in accredited continuing professional education. Sec. 49. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2024) The Commissioner of Public Health shall provide funeral directors licensed pursuant to chapter 385 of the general statutes who operate or are affiliated with a funeral home or funeral service business that (1) is located in another state, and (2) has a reciprocal agreement on file with the Department of Public Health, with access to the electronic death registry system. Sec. 50. Section 20-195cc of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall grant a license (1) as a professional counselor to any applicant who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that such applicant has met the requirements of section 20-195dd, and (2) as a professional counselor associate to any applicant who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that such applicant has met the requirements of section 20-195dd. The commissioner shall develop and provide application forms. The application fee for a professional counselor shall be three hundred fifteen dollars. The application fee for a professional counselor associate shall be two hundred twenty dollars. (b) Licenses issued to professional counselors and professional counselor associates under this section may be renewed annually pursuant to section 19a-88. The fee for such renewal shall be one hundred ninety-five dollars. Each licensed professional counselor and professional counselor associate applying for license renewal shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the commissioner of having participated in continuing education programs. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to (1) define basic requirements for continuing education programs that shall include (A) not less than one contact hour of training or education each registration