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Committee approves H.237 to create prescribing specialty for psychologists
Summary
A Ways & Means committee approved H.237, establishing a stacked prescribing specialty for doctoral-level psychologists that requires additional training and a $100 specialty fee; the committee also approved a technical amendment changing language about fees.
A House Ways & Means committee approved H.237 on a roll call read as "ten-zero-one," advancing a measure to create a prescribing specialty for doctoral-level psychologists that would allow psychologists to prescribe mental-health medications after additional training and certification.
The bill, supported by the Office of Professional Regulation, stacks the new prescribing specialty on top of an existing psychology license rather than replacing it, and authorizes certification and separate specialty fees. "We did write a study about the feasibility and propriety of psychologists prescribing. We did find that the public could be adequately protected if psychologists prescribed if they went through additional training, which is outlined in this bill," said Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State and a presenter for the Office of Professional Regulation.
The committee adopted a single amendment to make the bill's fee…
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