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BSRB advisory committee reviews draft 116‑page addiction‑counseling survey report; recommends focused follow ups
Summary
Advisory members reviewed version 2 of a draft survey report summarizing responses from addiction‑counseling licensees (about a 27% response rate). The committee agreed to focus on a small set of survey questions at future meetings, including artificial intelligence, telehealth and supervision issues.
The Addiction Counselor Advisory Committee on Sept. 11 reviewed a second draft of a survey report the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board conducted of addiction‑counseling licensees.
Executive Director David Fye said the draft report for addiction counseling is about 116 pages with 29 appendices and that the survey drew approximately a 27% response rate among addiction‑counseling licensees. Fye said the report separates results by licensure tier (LAC, LMAC, LCAC) and includes both summarized data and open‑ended responses in the appendices.
Why it matters: the board and advisory committees plan to use the survey to identify workforce issues and possible regulatory or training responses. Fye said the survey may show issues the board cannot directly remedy but that the data could be shared with partners such as the Department of Labor or professional associations for workforce interventions.
Committee members discussed which parts to examine in depth at future meetings. The group agreed to focus on four questions at an upcoming meeting: (1) practice‑related areas needing continuing education or training, (2) supervision problems experienced in the last two years, (3) telehealth issues, and (4) use of artificial intelligence in practice. Fye recommended reviewing the AI question in time to make any December recommendations to the board on AI‑related regulation.
Fye said staff will produce a further cleaned version or a final report with an additional summary of questions asking whether respondents are pursuing higher licensure and whether they would obtain a multistate compact license if one were available for addiction counseling.
Closing: the committee agreed to examine two questions per meeting going forward and to return with more detailed summaries and the appended open‑ended responses for committee review.
