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Advisory committee flags telehealth licensing limits at state borders as continuity-of-care issue
Summary
Kansas advisory committee discussed frequent telehealth problems when clients or clinicians cross state lines, including verification of client location, limits on cross‑state practice, temporary permits and impacts on students and families.
The Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board(BSRB) Master's-Level Psychology and Clinical Psychotherapy Advisory Committee discussed telehealth licensing limits and client-location verification at its Oct. 1 meeting, saying those limits are creating continuity-of-care problems for clients who cross state lines for short periods.
Committee members described repeated situations in which clients travel across state lines for work, college or short trips and cannot use their established Kansas providers remotely because the client, not the clinician, is physically located out of state. "We ask them at the beginning of the session where they're located," said Ginger Hill, advisory committee member, describing how providers currently document location for each telehealth visit.
The committee said the restriction…
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