Bill Text: HI SB341 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Related To The Practice Of Behavior Analysis.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-18 - Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918). [SB341 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB341-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 465D-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) This chapter is not intended to restrict the practice of other licensed or credentialed practitioners practicing within their own recognized scopes of practice and shall not apply to:
(1) A licensed psychologist and any supervisee of the licensed psychologist; provided that applied behavior analysis services performed are within the boundaries of the licensed psychologist's education, training, and competence; provided further that neither the licensed psychologist nor any supervisee of the licensed psychologist purports to be a licensed behavior analyst; and provided further that master's level practitioners and postdoctoral fellows may provide training and supervision to direct support workers, paraprofessionals, caregivers, parents and guardians in a manner and to the extent determined by the supervising licensed psychologist.
For purposes of this paragraph, "supervisee" means a master's level practitioner, postdoctoral fellow, direct support worker, paraprofessional, caregiver, parent, or guardian who provides applied behavior analysis services;
(2) A licensed general or special education
[classroom] teacher or an individual who is working as a general or
special education [classroom] teacher and is enrolled in a state-approved
teacher [preparation] education program working towards licensure
who implements, but does not design or monitor applied behavior
analysis [services] plans, in a school setting in direct collaboration
with a licensed behavior analyst or a licensed psychologist [on or before
July 1, 2019];
(3) An individual who implements or designs applied behavior analysis services and possesses board certification as an assistant behavior analyst by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and who practices in accordance with the most recent supervisory and ethical requirements adopted by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board under the direction of a licensed behavior analyst;
(4) An individual who directly implements applied behavior analysis services and:
(A) Is credentialed as a registered behavior technician by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, and is under the direction of a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist; or
(B) Is a direct support worker who directly
implements an applied behavior analysis program under the supervision of a
licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist on or before January 1,
2020;
provided that for purposes of this
paragraph, "direct support worker" means a paraprofessional who
directly implements intervention or assessment plans under supervision and does
not design intervention or assessment plans;
(5) A family member, legal guardian, or caregiver implementing an applied behavior analysis plan and who acts under the direction of a licensed behavior analyst or Hawaii-licensed psychologist; provided that for the purposes of this paragraph, "caregiver" means an individual who provides habilitative services in an adult foster home, developmental disabilities domiciliary home, adult residential care home, expanded adult residential care home, special treatment facility, or therapeutic living program pursuant to the medicaid home and community-based services waiver program authorized by section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act;
(6) An individual who designs or implements applied behavior analysis services to participants in the medicaid home and community-based service waiver program pursuant to section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act on or before January 1, 2024;
(7) An individual who engages in the practice of applied behavior analysis with nonhuman or nonpatient clients or consumers including but not limited to applied animal behaviorists and practitioners of organizational behavior management;
(8) A matriculated graduate student or postdoctoral fellow whose activities are part of a defined applied behavior analysis program of study, practicum, or intensive practicum; provided that the student's or fellow's activities or practice is directly supervised by a licensed behavior analyst, licensed psychologist, or an instructor from a nationally recognized training organization or in a Behavior Analyst Certification Board-approved course sequence; or
(9) An individual pursuing experience in applied behavior analysis consistent with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board's experience requirements; provided that the experience is supervised by a licensed behavior analyst."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Practice of Behavior Analysis; Exemptions
Description:
Exempts certain teachers working in collaboration with a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist from behavior analyst licensing requirements. Clarifies that the licensure exemption for registered behavior technicians applies to those working under the direction of a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist. (SB341 HD1)
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