Board Meeting Agenda

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Board Members
Michael Erickson, PhD, President
Nicole J. Jones, Public Member, Vice-President
Lucille Acquaye-Baddoo, Public Member
Johanna Arias-Bhatia, Public Member
Miguel Gallardo, PsyD
Andrew Harlem, PhD
Jacqueline Horn, PhD
Stephen Phillips, PsyD
Linda Starr, Public Member

Legal Counsel
Kurt Heppler
Norine Marks
Ravi Kapoor

Board Staff
Antonette Sorrick, Executive Officer
Jeffrey Thomas, Assistant Executive Officer
Sandra Monterrubio, Enforcement Program Manager
Karen Johnson, Licensing Coordinator
Jonathan Burke, Administrative Coordinator
Jacquelin Everhart, Continuing Education and Renewals Coordinator

Thursday-Friday, August 13-14, 2015

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 13 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.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

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 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/Establishment of a Quorum

2. President’s Welcome

3. Public Comment for Items not on the Agenda

4. Approval of Minutes: May 14-15, 2015

5. Approval of Minutes: June 23, 2015

6. Health Professions Education Foundation Presentation on Licensed Mental Health Services Provider Education Program (LMHSPEP) and Mental Health Loan Assumption Program (MHLAP) (J. Miranda, M. Smith)

7. Access to Mental Healthcare in the State of California Campaign Update (M. Gallardo)

8. Budget Report (J. Burke)

9. Enforcement Report (S. Monterrubio)

10. Executive Officer’s Report (A. Sorrick)
a) Organization Update
b) CPS Program Analysis Update
c) Other Informational Items

11. How to apply to be a Registered Psychologist – Instructional Video Presentation (J. Horn)

12. Strategic Plan Update (A. Sorrick)

13. Communications Plan Update (A. Sorrick)

14. Social Media Update (J. Burke)

15. Website Update (J. Burke)

16. Newsletter (A. Sorrick)

17. Outreach Activities Update (A. Sorrick)

BREAK FOR LUNCH

18. CLOSED SESSION
The Board will meet in closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(3) to discuss disciplinary matters including stipulations and proposed decisions.

Friday, August 14, 2015

9:00 a.m. – OPEN SESSION

19. Board Member Orientation Training Refresher (A. Sorrick/K. Heppler/ R. Kapoor)

9:30 a.m. – REGULATORY HEARING

20. Regulatory Hearing – Title 16, CCR, Proposed Amendment to Sections 1380.5 – Filing of Addresses (M. Erickson)

21. Consideration of Adopting Amendments to Title 16, CCR, Sections 1380.5 – Filing of Addresses (M. Erickson)

22. Legislation Update and Review; Possible Action (Erickson)

a) AB 12 (Cooley) State Government: Administrative Regulations
b) AB 19 (Chang) State Government: Regulations
c) AB 259 (Dababneh) Personal Information: Privacy
d) AB 483 (Patterson) Healing Arts: Initial License Fees: Proration
e) AB 507 (Olsen) Department of Consumer Affairs
f) AB 611 (Dahle) Controlled substances: prescriptions: reporting
g) AB 618 (Maienschein) Parole: Primary Mental Health
h) AB 848 (Stone) Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Treatment Facilities
i) AB 1279 (Holden) Music Therapy
j) SB 52 (Walters) Regulatory Boards: Healing Arts
k) SB 128 (Wolk) – End of
l) SB 130 (Roth) Mental Health
m) SB 259 (Bates) Health Care Professionals
n) SB 272 (Hertzberg) - The California Public Records Act: Local Agencies: Inventory
o) SB 468 (Hill) Bureau of Security and Investigative Services: licensees
p) AB 705 (Eggman) - Exempt Settings (Business and Professions Code Sections 2909, 2909.5, 2910)
q) AB 773 (Baker) - Expiration of License/Birth Date Renewal Legislation
r) AB 750 (Low) Business and professions: licenses
s) AB 832 (Garcia) Child Abuse: Reportable Conduct
t) AB 1351(Eggman) Deferred Entry of Judgment: Pretrial Diversion
u) AB 1352 (Eggman) Deferred Entry of Judgment: Withdrawal of Plea
v) AB 1374 (Levine) Submission of Supervised Professional Experience/ Fee 2914(c))
w) AB 1542 (Mathis/Cooley): Worker’s Compensation: Neuropsychologists
x) SB 800 (Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee)
y) SB 479 (Bates) Healing Arts: ABA
z) AB 85 (Wilk) Open
i) AB 333 (Melendez) Healing arts: Continuing Education
ii) AB 796 (Nazarian) Health Care Coverage: Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
iii) AB 2198 (Levine) – Suicide Prevention – Update
iv) Update regarding the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA) and Mandated Reporting – Penal Code Sections 261.5, 288, and 11165.1 (J. Burke)

23. Regulation Update, and Review; and Consideration of Public Comments; Board Action (J. Burke)
a) Title 16, CCR, Sections 1397.60, 1397.61, 1397.62, 1397.67 – Definitions, Continuing Education Requirements, Continuing Education Exemptions and Exceptions, Renewal after Inactive or Delinquent Status – Consideration of Committee Recommendation to Adopt with the Modified Text

24. CLOSED SESSION

The Licensing Committee Will Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(2) to consider and Make a Recommendation Regarding the following:

a) Request from M.G. for an Extension of the 30-consecutive Month Requirement to Accrue 1500 Hours of Post-doctoral Supervised Professional Experience Pursuant to Section 1387(a) for the California Code of Regulations
b) Request from A.F.D. for an Extension of the 30-consecutive Month Requirement to Accrue 1500 Hours of Post-doctoral Supervised Professional Experience Pursuant to Section 1387(a) for the California Code of Regulations

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION – FULL BOARD MEETING

BREAK FOR LUNCH

25. Licensing Committee Report and Consideration of Committee Recommendations – (Horn – Chairperson, Harlem, Jones, Phillips)

a) Licensing Report (K. Johnson)
b) Continuing Education Report (J. Everhart)
c) Discussion and Consideration of Comments to the Draft Supervision Guidelines; Recommendation to Full Board Regarding Inclusion of Comments Received (ASPPB) (J. Horn)
d) Discussion of Sufficient CE/CPD Documentation to Meet Verification Log Requirements in Proposed CE/CPD Regulations (K. Johnson)
e) Consider Licensing Committee Recommendation Regarding Request from R.L. to Accrue Supervised Professional Experience in Non-mental Health Services Pursuant to Section 1387.3 of the California Code of Regulations.
f) Consider Licensing Committee Recommendation Regarding Request from M.G. for an Extension of the 30-consecutive Month Requirement to Accrue 1500 Hours of Post-doctoral Supervised Professional Experience Pursuant to Section 1387(a) for the California Code of Regulations
g) Consider Licensing Committee Recommendation Regarding Request from A.F.D. for an Extension of the 30-consecutive Month Requirement to Accrue 1500 Hours of Post-doctoral Supervised Professional Experience Pursuant to Section 1387(a) for the California Code of Regulations

26. Enforcement Committee Report and Consideration of Committee Recommendations - (Acquaye-Baddoo, Chairperson, Phillips)

a) Proposed Changes to the Disciplinary Guidelines – Title 16, CCR, Section 1397.12
b) Proposed Changes to the Expert Reviewer Program

27. Sunset Review Committee Report (M. Erickson)

28. President’s Report (M. Erickson)

a) 2015 Meeting Calendar and Locations
b) Other Informational Items

29. Recommendations for Agenda Items for Future Board Meetings

30. 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, 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.

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.