The Behavior Analyst Advisory Committee of the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board heard an update on the board's CE Broker partnership and asked staff to collect user-feedback before the agency pursues tighter integration.

David Fye, executive director for the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board, told the committee the CE Broker portal for all seven BSRB professions went live in January 2025 and is intended to let licensees upload verified continuing-education documentation for easier audit review. “This was something that the board worked on and this company was able to offer it as a free resource to the licensing board and also a free account for all licensees as a tool for them to upload documentation of their continuing education hours,” Fye said.

Committee members described practical problems and use cases. Emily Kessler said she would welcome a repository that removes the need for multiple spreadsheets, and other members asked whether CE Broker could automatically extract fields from uploaded PDFs. Fye said CE Broker can integrate with some continuing-education providers and that the BSRB is asking the vendor for metrics on how many licensees have signed up; that data was not yet available but Fye expected to report numbers at the August meeting.

Why it matters: The portal is intended to speed audits and reduce back-and-forth for federally and state-regulated providers. The BSRB audits about 10% of licensees for continuing-education compliance; a populated CE Broker account would let staff review audit documentation more quickly than the current paper-based or emailed process.

Key details
- CE Broker access for BSRB licensees went live in January 2025; use is optional. David Fye said the board recommends, but does not require, licensees to use the portal.
- The BSRB audits 10% of renewals for continuing-education compliance; audited licensees may present documentation via CE Broker or the traditional submission methods.
- The board is exploring an API that would provide a live check during electronic renewals to indicate whether a licensee’s uploaded hours meet requirements; that integration is not yet implemented.
- Users reported confusion with the initial link and how to identify license type when signing up; the BSRB plans additional guidance and to add direct links from profession pages on ksbsrb.ks.gov.

Next steps: Fye said the BSRB will collect signup statistics after an upcoming meeting with CE Broker representatives, add links in the professions pages and renewal pathway, and bring back feedback to the advisory committee. Committee members volunteered to collect peers’ reactions and to test draft website language for the public-facing profession description.

Quotes from the meeting
“...when we do the renewals and we do the auditing process, if someone is using a CE Broker account and they have uploaded their documentation ... we can log into the portal, review the documents, and then approve the person through the audit process much more quickly,” David Fye said.

“I would be interested in using it because ... that would be interesting,” Emily Kessler said, describing how a single repository could remove manual tracking.

Ending
The committee did not create a requirement to use CE Broker; members asked staff to report signup numbers and to expand outreach and user instructions. Fye said he would return with metrics and proposed website links at a future meeting.