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Senate committee OKs changes to psychologist licensing to expand prescribing and supervision options
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1088 to the floor after testimony that the bill would reduce supervisory barriers for prescribing psychologists, add eligible collaborators, expand the definition of service extenders and require background checks for new licenses to comply with the interstate compact (PSYPACT).
Senator Mark Harris, Idaho State Senate, presented Senate Bill 1088 to the Health and Welfare Committee, saying the measure "improves and streamlines the practice of psychology in the state of Idaho by removing unnecessary barriers and deleting obsolete redundant language and making some other changes." The bill was sent to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The bill addresses four primary areas, sponsors told the committee: changing supervision requirements for provisional prescribing psychologists to a collaborative agreement model; broadening who may serve as a collaborating prescriber; clarifying that doctoral students whose programs do not award a separate master's may serve as "service extenders" under supervision; and adding a background-check requirement for new licenses (the change would not be retroactive for existing…
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