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BOARD MEETING
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA

The Wright Institute
2728 Durant Avenue, Room 109/110
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 841-9230

 

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 9:00 a.m. August 15, 2019, 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, Thursday, August 15, 2019.

Thursday, August 15, 2019

9:30 a.m. - OPEN SESSION

Unless noticed for a specific time, items may be heard at any time during the period of the Board meeting.

The Board welcomes and encourages public participation at 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/Establishment of a Quorum
2. President’s Welcome
3. Public Comment for Items Not on the Agenda. Note: The Board May Not Discuss or Take Action on Any Matter Raised During this Public Comment Section, Except to Decide Whether to Place the Matter on the Agenda of a Future Meeting [Government Code sections 11125 and 11125.7(a)]
4. President’s Report (S. Phillips)
1. 2019 Meeting Calendar and Locations
2. 2020 Meeting Calendar Draft
3. Committee Updates
4. Roles and Responsibilities of Board President and Vice-President
5. Executive Officer’s Report (A. Sorrick)
1. Organizational Update
2. Sunset Review Schedule
6. DCA Executive Office Update
7. Discussion and Possible Approval of the Board Meeting Minutes: April 24-26, 2019
8. Budget Report (C. Burns)
9. Licensing Report (S. Cheung)      
10. Continuing Education and Renewals Report (L. McCockran)

    CLOSED SESSION

11. The Board will Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(3) to Discuss Disciplinary Matters Including Proposed Decisions, Stipulations, Petitions for Reconsideration, and Remands.

    BREAK FOR LUNCH (TIME APPROXIMATE)

    RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

12. Outreach and Education Committee Report -- Consideration and Possible Approval of Committee Recommendations (Bernal – Chairperson, Tate)
1. Review and Consideration of Revisions to the Name and Goal of the Outreach and Education Committee
2. Discussion and Possible Action on Requesting the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards Develop Best Practices for Psychologists When Using Social Media
3. Strategic Plan Action Plan Update
4. Review and Potential Action on User-Friendliness Website Focus Group Notes – Recommendations to the Board
5. Board’s Social Media Update
6. Website Update
7. Update on Newsletter
8. DCA Brochure “Therapy Never Includes Sexual Behavior” – Update
13. Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee Report -- Consideration and Possible Approval of Committee Recommendations (Foo – Chairperson, Casuga, Phillips)
1. Board Sponsored Legislation for the 2019 Legislative Session: Review and Possible Action
1. SB 275 (Pan) – Amendments to Section 2960.1 of the Business and Professions Code Regarding Denial, Suspension and Revocation for Acts of Sexual Contact
2. SB 786 (Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development) Healing Arts – Update on Amendments to Sections 2940-2944 of the Business and Professions Code Regarding Examinations
2. Review and Consideration of Proposed Legislation: Potential Action to Take Positions on Bills
1. Review and Consideration of Proposed Legislation Not Previously Reviewed
1. Potential Action on Recommendations to Take Active Positions
1. AB 1076 (Ting) Criminal Records: automatic relief.
2. Potential Action on Recommendation to Watch Bills
1. AB 798 (Cervantes) Maternal Mental Health.
2. SB 660 (Pan) Postsecondary education: mental health counselors. 
2. Review of Bills with Active Positions Taken by the Board
1. AB 1145 (Garcia) Child abuse: reportable conduct.
2. SB 53 (Wilk) Open meetings.
3. SB 66 (Atkins) Medi-Cal: federally qualified health center and rural health clinic services.
4. SB 425 (Hill) Health care practitioners: licensee’s file: probationary physician’s and surgeon’s certificate: unprofessional conduct.
3. Review of Bills with Watch Status
1. SB 163 (Portantino) Health care coverage: pervasive developmental disorder or autism.
2. AB 5 (Gonzalez) Worker status: employees and independent contractors.
3. AB 8 (Chu) Pupil health: mental health professionals.
4. AB 166 (Gabriel) Medi-Cal: violence preventive services.
5. AB 189 (Kamlager-Dove) Child abuse or neglect: mandated reporters: autism service personnel.
6. AB 241 (Kamlager-Dove) Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements.
7. AB 289 (Fong) California Public Records Act Ombudsperson.
8. AB 469 (Petrie-Norris) State records management: records management coordinator.
9. AB 476 (Rubio, Blanca) Department of Consumer Affairs: task force: foreign-trained professionals.
10. AB 496 (Low) Business and professions.
11. AB 512 (Ting) Medi-Cal: specialty mental health services.
12. AB 565 (Maienschein) Public health workforce planning: loan forgiveness, loan repayment, and scholarship programs.
13. AB 577 (Eggman) Health care coverage: postpartum period.
14. AB 613 (Low) Professions and vocations: regulatory fees.
15. AB 630 (Arambula) Board of Behavioral Sciences: marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: educational psychologists: professional clinical counselors: required notice.
16. AB 744 (Aguiar-Curry) Healthcare coverage: telehealth.
17. AB 895 (Muratsuchi) Pupil Mental Health Services Program Act.
18. AB 1058 (Salas) Medi-Cal: specialty mental health services and substance use disorder treatment.
19. AB 1184 (Gloria) Public records: writing transmitted by electronic mail: retention.
20. SB 331 (Hurtado) Suicide-prevention: strategic plans.
21. SB 601 (Morrell) State agencies: licenses: fee waiver.
22. SB 639 (Mitchell) Medical services: credit or loan.
4. Review of Two-Year Bills with Watch Status
1. AB 71 (Melendez) Employment standards: independent contractors and employees.
2. AB 184 (Mathis) Board of Behavioral Sciences: registrants and licensees.
3. AB 193 (Patterson) Professions and vocations. 
4. AB 312 (Cooley) State government: administrative regulations: review.
5. AB 396 (Eggman) School employees: School Social Worker Pilot Program.
6. AB 536 (Frazier) Developmental services.
7. AB 544 (Brough) Professions and vocations: inactive license fees and accrued and unpaid renewal fees
8. AB 768 (Brough) Professions and vocations.
9. AB 770 (Garcia, Eduardo) Medi-Cal: federally qualified health clinics: rural health clinics.
10. AB 1201 (Boerner Horvath) Unfair Practices Act.
11. AB 1271 (Diep) Licensing examinations: report.
12. AB 1601 (Ramos) Office of Emergency Services: behavioral health response.
13. SB 181 (Chang) Healing arts boards.
14. SB 201 (Wiener) Medical procedures: treatment or intervention: sex characteristics of a minor.
15. SB 546 (Hueso) Unlicensed activity.
16. SB 700 (Roth) Business and professions: noncompliance with support orders and tax delinquencies.
3. Update on California Psychological Association Legislative Proposal Regarding New Registration Category for Psychological Testing Technicians
14. Legislative Items for Future Meeting. The Board May Discuss Other Items of Legislation in Sufficient Detail to Determine Whether Such Items Should be on a Future Board Meeting Agenda and/or Whether to Hold a Special Meeting of the Board to Discuss Such Items Pursuant to Government Code Section 11125.4
15. Regulatory Update, Review, and Consideration of Additional Changes (Foo)
1. 16 CCR Sections 1391.1, 1391.2, 1391.5, 1391.6, 1391.8, 1391.10, 1391.11, 1391.12, 1392.1 – Psychological Assistants
2. 16 CCR Sections 1391.13, and 1391.14 –  Inactive Psychological Assistant Registration and Reactivating A Psychological Assistant Registration
3. 16 CCR Section 1396.8 – Standards of Practice for Telehealth
4. 16 CCR Sections 1381.9, 1381.10, 1392 – Retired License, Renewal of Expired License, Psychologist Fees
5. 16 CCR Sections 1381.9, 1397.60, 1397.61, 1397.62, 1397.67 – Continuing Professional Development
6. 16 CCR Section 1394 – Substantial Relationship Criteria;
   Section 1395 – Rehabilitation Criteria for Denials and Reinstatements;
   Section 1395.1 – Rehabilitation Criteria for Denials Suspensions or Revocations

Friday, August 16, 2019

9:30 a.m. - OPEN SESSION

16. Call to Order/Roll Call/Establishment of a Quorum
17. Public Comment for Items Not on the Agenda. Note: The Board May Not Discuss or Take Action on Any Matter Raised During this Public Comment Section, Except to Decide Whether to Place the Matter on the Agenda of a Future Meeting [Government Code sections 11125 and 11125.7(a)]
18. Enforcement Report (S. Monterrubio)
19. Discussion and Consideration of the Board’s Policy for Holding Cases for Closed Session (S. Monterrubio)
20. Health Professions Education Foundation Presentation on Licensed Mental Health Services Provider Education Program (LMHSPEP) and Mental Health Loan Assumption Program (MHLAP) (N. Asprec)
21. Licensing Committee Report -- Consideration and Possible Approval of Committee Recommendations (Horn – Chairperson, Foo, Harb Sheets)
1. Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP): Report on Presentation by Board of Behavioral Sciences Regarding LEP Functions for Discussion
2. Foreign Degree Evaluation Services: Review and Consideration of Amendments to Business and Professions Code Section 2914(c)
3. Informational Video for Supervisors: Discussion and Recommendations for Content to be Included in the Video
1. Laws and Regulations
2. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
4. Discussion and Consideration for Grievance Process: How to Resolve a Discrepancy between Weekly Log and Verification of Experience
5. Review and Consideration of Revisions to the Goal and Name of the Licensing Committee
6. Consideration of Licensing Committee Recommendations Regarding Requests for an Extension of the 72-Month Registration Period Limitation for Registered Psychological Assistant Pursuant to 16 CCR Section 1391.1(b)
7. Consideration of Licensing Committee Recommendations Regarding Request for Continuing Education (CE) Exception pursuant to 16 CCR Section 1397.62(b)

   BREAK FOR LUNCH (TIME APPROXIMATE)

22. Consideration of Renaming Registered Psychological Assistant for Purposes of Changes to Pathways to Licensure
23. Opportunity for Board Members to Express an Interest in Being President or Vice President of the Board in 2020
24. Recommendations for Agenda Items for Future Board Meetings. Note: The Board May Not Discuss or Take Action on Any Matter Raised During This Public Comment Section, Except to Decide Whether to Place the Matter on the Agenda of a Future Meeting [Government Code Sections 11125 and 11125.7(a)]

ADJOURNMENT

Except where noticed for a time certain, all times are approximate and subject to change. The meeting may be canceled 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, and items scheduled to be heard on Thursday may be held over to Friday; items scheduled to be heard on Friday may be moved up to Thursday, for convenience, to accommodate speakers, or to maintain a quorum.

In the event a quorum of the Board is unable to attend the meeting, or the Board is unable to maintain a quorum once the meeting is called to order, the president may, at his discretion, continue to discuss items from the agenda and to vote to make recommendations to the full board at a future meeting [Government Code section 11125(c)].

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.

The Board of Psychology protects consumers of psychological services by licensing psychologists, regulating the practice of psychology, and supporting the evolution of the profession.