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Kansas BSRB advisory committee hears staffing, licensing and tech updates; board plans background checks for new applicants
Summary
At a Dec. 9 remote session, the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board social work advisory committee heard executive director David Fye outline operational changes — including CE Broker accounts, on-demand jurisprudence webinars, a move to a new licensing system and a planned background-check requirement for new applicants tied to the multistate social work compact.
David Fye, executive director of the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board, told the social work advisory committee on Dec. 9 that the agency is rolling out a series of operational changes intended to modernize licensing and ease compliance for practitioners.
Fye said the board has an agreement with CE Broker to provide free accounts to BSRB licensees so they can upload and track continuing-education documentation; initial opt-in after six months was roughly 15 percent, he said, and staff will continue outreach to encourage usage. He described an on-demand annual training for board and advisory members (about 54 minutes long) and said the agency is developing optional quarterly jurisprudence webinars that would provide one hour of CE credit.
The BSRB is shifting licensing platforms: the board previously moved from an Access-based system to MyLicenseOffice (MLO) and is now preparing to join the state enterprise licensing system (Acela), which Fye said should improve online licensure applications and functionality.
Fye also reviewed licensing-policy changes adopted in recent years, including a consistent 12-month reciprocity standard, a 6-month temporary reinstatement for applicants returning to practice and reduced reinstatement fees for people who have been out of practice at least a year. He said the board has standardized temporary licenses across professions and reduced some clinical-hour requirements to align more closely with other states.
On legislation and budget, Fye reminded the committee that the BSRB is fee-funded (it does not draw on the state general fund) and noted a statutory mechanism that requires approximately 10 percent of fee-funded agency revenues — subject to a limit — be transferred to the state general fund. He said those transfers reduce agency flexibility but are statutory in nature.
On compacts, Fye said the board is preparing to require background checks for new license applicants because multistate compacts the BSRB has joined include background-check eligibility components; the board aims to implement that requirement in early 2026 pending rulemaking and administrative steps. He said the social work multistate compact has been passed by 31 states (30 effective) and that Kansas is preparing to align processes so applicants seeking a multistate license meet compact standards.
The advisory committee asked for follow-up materials and supporting data on CE Broker opt-in and the jurisprudence pilot; Fye said full survey reports for the agency’s recent licensee survey are being converted from draft to final and should be available on the BSRB website in early 2026.
The committee adopted the meeting agenda and approved minutes from prior meetings by voice vote earlier in the session. It also confirmed a standard meeting schedule for 2026. The advisory committee will continue reviewing regulatory language and items on the board’s workplan at future meetings.
