At the Dec. 12 advisory meeting, Executive Director David Fye gave a broad operations update to committee members, summarizing technology, staffing and statutory changes that affect licensure processes.

Fye reviewed infrastructure work completed during his five years as executive director, including a previous migration to MyLicenseOffice and the upcoming two‑year migration to the state enterprise Acela platform. He said the agency has added an online payment portal, moved staff to laptops to support remote work and upgraded the public website to Granicus for improved accessibility.

On workforce and licensing changes, Fye said Kansas has adopted three multistate compacts affecting professions regulated by the BSRB — including PSYPACT for psychology — and that one compact is live while another is nearing implementation. He said a background‑check requirement will be implemented for new applicants to satisfy compact requirements and that existing licensees may opt in to become eligible for compact practice where applicable. “So what the board has recently agreed to is that for new applicants, as of a certain date, there will be a background check requirement,” Fye said.

Fye also outlined changes made through statute to support licensing portability and workforce reentry: reciprocity timelines were reduced to 12 months, temporary reinstatement licenses of six months were introduced for people returning to practice, and the board standardized temporary license durations and fees. He noted a modest staff expansion (from nine to 12 positions) and said investigators and staff roles are being reorganized to handle a recent increase in complaints.

What’s next: staff plan to provide dates for the jurisprudence webinars and complete the licensing‑system migration; the board will move forward with regulatory steps to finalize background‑check language.