Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board executive director David Fye told the behavioral analyst advisory committee on Oct. 10 that the agency is midway through a two-year licensing-system overhaul and is pursuing several board-level initiatives.

Why it matters: The licensing-platform migration aims to replace paper applications with an online process that integrates multiple professions and multiple pathways to licensure. The BSRB said the change could affect applicant workflow and staff processes across seven professions regulated by the board.

Fye said the agency is roughly eight months into a two-year project to move from its current vendor (MyLicenseOffice) to the state's Acela enterprise licensing platform through the Office of Information Technology Services. The change will add an online original-application workflow, not just renewals, and aims to consolidate forms and processes across tiered licensing levels.

At the board level, Fye summarized recent actions: the board approved work with EBOS, a vendor that offers remedial disciplinary options (education, testing and graded assignments) intended to correct practice deficiencies in lieu of or in addition to traditional sanctions; it decided to add a sixth member to the Complaint Review Committee (CRC); and it approved pursuing a strategic plan to guide agency priorities.

Fye also reported the board recommended adding a thirteenth member to the full BSRB to represent the behavior analysis profession. That change will require statutory authorization by the Kansas Legislature and is scheduled for possible introduction in the 2026 session.

On regulation and disciplinary practice, Fye said the board is reviewing the unprofessional-conduct regulation grid to make language more consistent across professions and expects to route proposed changes through the Department of Administration and the Attorney General’s office before opening a 60-day public-comment period. He noted the board maintains an investigation policy and a frequently asked questions document on the BSRB website to clarify complaint and disciplinary procedures.

Fye summarized licensing trends: total licensees across behavior-analysis categories in Kansas numbered about 506 as of Jan. 13, 2025 (18 LABAs and 488 LBAs), and overall license totals across the agency continue to grow, though multistate compacts could change those dynamics.

Board members asked about investigator qualifications; Fye said investigators are full-time staff members trained in investigations and are not licensees under the board. He clarified the CRC members — the voting panel in disciplinary cases — are board members, and the board voted to add a sixth CRC seat to reflect the 12-member board.

The board’s planned partnership with EBOS was described as an effort to expand disciplinary responses: in some cases, licensees who agree to EBOS remediation would receive targeted learning and assessment, with the aim of improving practice while preserving accountability. Fye said the CRC would collect additional information about EBOS services as the board moves forward.

The board also voted to pursue a strategic plan (SWOT analysis and multi-year goals) and to continue monitoring legislative interim committee work that has been reviewing licensure and disciplinary operations in other boards.

Members were told the BSRB is monitoring legislative committee hearings, especially a House Special Committee on Government Oversight that has examined board-of-nursing processes; the BSRB staff are tracking questions and potential legislative proposals that could be introduced in 2026.

Fye said the board intends to notify advisory committees when proposed regulation language reaches the public-comment stage so stakeholders may comment.