California Board of Psychology approves 2025 sunset review report with amendments
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The California Board of Psychology voted to approve its 2025 sunset review report with changes discussed at its April 17, 2025 meeting and directed staff to finalize and submit the document to the joint legislative committees.
The California Board of Psychology voted to approve its 2025 sunset review report, including the amendments and recommendations discussed at the April 17, 2025 meeting.
Board member Fu moved to accept the report with the edited responses developed in the meeting; board member Kasuga seconded. After roll-call voting by members present, the motion carried and the board authorized staff to finalize the document for submission to the joint legislative committees.
The approved package contains draft responses and proposed statute language addressing 17 issues raised in the committee background paper. Staff had prepared a written response for each question and told the board it had 30 days from the committee hearing date to submit finalized responses. The board’s adoption initiates the next step in the sunset review process: the committees will review the board’s responses and those materials will inform any subsequent sunset legislation.
During discussion leading to the vote, the board reviewed administrative and licensing topics (including staffing and subject-matter-expert recruitment), licensing and exam issues (including declining national exam pass rates and proposed EPPP timing changes), enforcement and practice items (including a proposed exception to psychotherapist–client privilege for investigations), and policy questions around temporary out‑of‑state practice, telehealth, and artificial intelligence in practice. Staff indicated the board’s draft answers incorporate public comments and stakeholder letters submitted with the meeting materials.
Board Vice President Shikanda Rogers presided over the meeting. Staff described the process for finalizing the report and noted that the document is the board’s submission to the joint committees, not a staff-only product.
Next steps: staff will compile the adopted responses and submit the finalized sunset report to the joint committees in the legislatively required timeframe. The committees may use the board’s responses to draft or amend a sunset bill; any statutory changes would require subsequent legislative action and the governor’s signature before becoming law.
Public-record details: the meeting materials show the sunset review background paper raised 17 issues; the board discussed and amended responses in public session. The board also received and reviewed stakeholder letters on several items, which staff included in the hand‑carry materials for the meeting.
Meeting adjourned at approximately 3:49 p.m.
