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HB 2340

AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences; requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to process applications within a certain time and establish an expedited application process; relating to licensure and regulation; professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master's level psychologists; decreasing the years of practice required for reciprocity licensure; providing reduced diagnosis and treatment continuing education requirements; establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses; establishing a community-based license for professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists and psychologists; amending K.S.A. 65-5802, 65-5806, 65-6302, 65-6313, 65-6314, 65-6402, 65-6407, 65-6608, 65-6614, 65-6618, 65-7504, 65-7505, 74-5302, 74-5318, 74-5361, 74-5365, 74-5366, 74-5367 and 74-7501 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-5804a, 65-5807, 65-5808, 65-6306, 65-6309, 65-6322, 65-6404, 65-6405, 65-6406, 65-6411, 65-6610, 65-6611, 65-6613, 74-5310, 74-5315, 74-5316, 74-5363 and 74-5375 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-5339.

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House - Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; - 02/23/2023

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (118):

Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Borjon, Boyd, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Dodson, Donohoe, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Featherston, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Haswood, Hawkins, Helgerson, Highberger, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Hougland, Houser, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Humphries, Jacobs, Landwehr, Lewis, Martinez, Mason, Maughan, Melton, Meyer, D. Miller, S. Miller, V. Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Owens, Patton, Penn, Pickert, Poskin, Probst, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Robinson, Roth, L. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, Sanders, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Seiwert, A. Smith, C. Smith, E. Smith, Stogsdill, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Turk, Turner, Underhill, Vaughn, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, L. Williams, Winn, Woodard, Xu, Younger,

Nay - (3):

Alcala, Carmichael, Carr,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (4):

Johnson, Kessler, Poetter Parshall, K. Williams,

Not Voting - (0):