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Senate bill would expand access to positive support services, create competency pathway
Summary
Senate File 2596 would loosen experience requirements and fund a competency‑based training program to increase access to positive support (behavioral) services statewide; sponsors said the changes would help rural areas and hospitals while stakeholders requested modest start‑up funding.
Senators heard testimony on Senate File 2596, a bill to expand access to positive support services — formerly known as behavioral supports — by restoring pre‑2019 experience standards, creating a competency‑based training pathway, and funding a statewide competency program.
Sponsor Senator Fata said positive supports are evidence‑based, person‑centered interventions intended to reduce behaviors that interfere with community…
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