Meeting Agenda

State Board for Mental Health Practitioners

Office of the Professions

State Education Building

Regents Room

1411 Broadway, 10th Floor

New York, NY

 

Friday, March 20, 2015* ยท 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Draft Agenda (subject to change)

  1. Welcome and Review of Agenda (10:00 a.m.)
  2. Review of Minutes of October 17, 2014 (10:10 a.m.)
  1. Executive Secretary Report (10:15 a.m.)
    1. Update on Board office staffing
    2. Proposed State Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget
    3. Board member reimbursement and updates
  1. Incorporating DSM-5 into case narrative examinations (10:40 a.m.)

            a. Workgroup recommendation

            b. Discussion           

  1. Mandatory Continuing Education (11:00 a.m.)

    a. Model regulations to implement the legislation

               i. Lessons learned in social work implementation

    ii. Identification of acceptable subjects

             iii.  Next Steps

           

  1. Lunch Break (12:15 noon)
  1. Survey mandated by Chapter 57 by the Laws of 2013 (1:00 p.m.)
    1. State Education Department report
    2. Statements from Commissioners of exempt agencies
    3. Discussion
  1. Practice and legislative issues (1:30 p.m.)

                 a.  Applied Behavior Analysis scope of practice and Article 163 professions

                 b.  Pending 2015 Legislation

  1. Other Business (1:50 p.m.)
  1. Adjournment (2:00 p.m.)

 

*The draft agenda is subject to last-minute changes

Last Updated: March 16, 2015