POLICY AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
Department of Consumer Affairs, 1625 N. Market Blvd., Hearing Room, First Floor
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 574-7720
SCLARC
650 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90007
323-447-2923
Teleconference Information
Teleconference Phone Number: (866) 509-3031
User Password: 44835535
Board Members
Nicole J. Jones, Chair
Michael Erickson, PhD
Johanna Arias-Bhatia
Legal Counsel
Kurt Heppler
Norine Marks
Board Staff
Antonette Sorrick, Executive Officer
Jeffrey Thomas, Assistant Executive Officer
Sandra Monterrubio, Enforcement Program Manager
Karen Johnson, Licensing Coordinator
Jacquelin Everhart, Continuing Education/ Renewals Coordinator
Jonathan Burke, Administrative Coordinator
The Board plans to webcast this meeting on its website. Webcast availability cannot, however, be guaranteed due to limitations on resources or technical difficulties that may arise. If you wish to participate or to have a guaranteed opportunity to observe, please plan to attend at a physical location. Adjournment, if it is the only item that occurs after a closed session, may not be webcast. A link to the webcast will be available on the Board’s Website at 10:00 a.m. April 27, 2015, or you may access it at: https://thedcapage.wordpress.com/webcasts/. Links to agenda items with attachments are available at www.psychology.ca.gov, prior to the meeting date.
Monday, April 27, 2015
10:00 a.m. until Completion of Business
Unless noticed for a specific time, items may be heard at any time during the period of the Committee meeting.
The Committee welcomes and encourages public participation in its meetings. The public may take appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the Board at the time the item is heard. If public comment is not specifically requested, members of the public should feel free to request an opportunity to comment.
1. Call To Order/Roll Call
2. Chair Welcome
3. Public Comment for Items not on the Agenda
4. Approval of Minutes: February 26-27, 2015
5. Review and Consideration of Proposed Legislation; Recommendations to Full Board – (Jones – Chairperson, Erickson, Arias-Bhatia)
a) Legislation Update and Review; Recommendations to Full Board (Jones)
1) AB 12 (Cooley) State Government: Administrative Regulations: Review – Position (J. Burke)
2) AB 19 (Chang) State Government: Regulations – Position (J. Burke)
3) AB 85 (Wilk) Open Meetings - Position (J. Burke)
4) AB 259 (Dababneh) Personal Information: Privacy – Position (J. Burke)
5) AB 317 (Maienschein) Health Care Professionals – Position (J.Burke)
6) AB 333 (Melendez) Healing arts: Continuing Education – Position (J. Burke)
7) AB 483 (Patterson) Healing Arts: Initial License Fees: Proration – Position (J. Burke)
8) AB 507 (Olsen) Department of Consumer Affairs – Position (J. Burke)
9) AB 611 (Dahle) Controlled substances: prescriptions: reporting – Position (J. Burke)
10) AB 618 (Maienschein) Parole: Primary Mental Health Clinicians – Position (J. Burke)
13) AB 750 (Low) Business and professions: licenses – Position (J. Burke)
15) AB 832 (Garcia) Child Abuse: Reportable Conduct – Position (J. Burke)
17) AB 1279 (Holden) Music Therapy – Position (J. Burke)
19) AB 2198 (Levine) – Suicide Prevention – Update (J. Burke)
20) SB 52 (Walters) Regulatory Boards: Healing Arts – Position (J. Burke)
21) SB 128 (Wolk) – End of Life - Position (J. Burke)
22) SB 130 (Roth) Mental Health – Position (J. Burke)
23) SB 259 (Bates) Health Care Professionals – Position (J. Burke)
25) SB 479 (Bates) Healing Arts: ABA Position (J. Burke)
c) Regulation Update and Review; Recommendations to Full Board (J. Burke)
i. Discussion and Review of Comments Received During the 15-Day Notice Period
4) Title 16, CCR, Section 1380.5 – Filing of Addresses (J. Burke)
6. Recommendations for Agenda Items for Future Committee Meetings.
7. Adjournment.
All times are approximate and subject to change. The meeting may be canceled or changed without notice. For verification, please check the Board’s Web site at www.psychology.ca.gov, or call (916) 574-7720. Action may be taken on any item on the agenda. Items may be taken out of order, tabled or held over to a subsequent meeting, for convenience, to accommodate speakers, or to maintain a quorum.
Meetings of the Board of Psychology are open to the public except when specifically noticed otherwise in accordance with the Open Meeting Act.
The public may take appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the Board at the time the item is heard, but the President may, at his discretion, apportion available time among those who wish to speak.
The meeting is accessible to the physically disabled. A person who needs a disability-related accommodation or modification in order to participate in the meeting may make a request by contacting Antonette Sorrick, Executive Officer, at (916) 574-7720 or email bopmail@dca.ca.gov or send a written request addressed to 1625 N. Market Boulevard, Suite N-215, Sacramento, CA 95834. Providing your request at least five (5) business days before the meeting will help ensure availability of the requested accommodation.
Links to agenda items, with exhibits are available at www.psychology.ca.gov prior to the meeting date.
