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Kansas BSRB shifts staff toward investigations, flags fee‑fund decline and licensing portal rollout
Summary
The Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board said it will reassign licensing staff to bolster investigations and discipline, reported a steady decline in its fee fund to about $1.8 million, and confirmed licensee data is live on Kansas’ unified verification portal; board expects modest fee decreases to reduce the fund by about $75,000 annually.
The Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board on Monday said it will reallocate licensing staff to support investigations and disciplinary work while continuing efforts to cross‑train employees to maintain operational continuity.
Executive Director David Pye told board members the staffing change will move two staff who have primarily handled licensing into roles that provide investigative support and coverage for specialized functions. "We're going to start to include them on some of the investigation and disciplinary processes to provide some additional support to our investigators," Pye said during the board's Jan. 12 meeting.
Pye also reviewed the BSRB fee fund, which is funded by license revenue rather than the state general fund. He said the balance has declined from roughly $2.2 million in January 2023 to about $1.798 million in January 2026, a drop the board expected when it approved multi‑year fee decreases. The board has planned the decreases for five years to be able to monitor effects and to preserve operational stability if balances drop too low.
Pye told members the board submitted additional fee decreases to the Department of Administration; once approved by that office and the attorney general, he said the changes could take effect early in the spring. Staff estimate the new decreases will reduce the fund by about $75,000 per year on top of current trends.
On contingency planning, Pye said a prudent reserve target is roughly one year of expenditures to guard against extraordinary events such as a pandemic, when renewal revenues can fall.
Separately, Pye reported that the board successfully uploaded licensee records to Kansas’ unified license verification portal, prolicenseverify.ks.gov, allowing employers and members of the public to confirm a practitioner’s status across licensed professions. He thanked the Board of Healing Arts and licensing staff for testing and verifying the data upload.
The board did not take formal action on these internal operational items but expressed support for the direction and asked staff to provide more detailed budget information in upcoming meetings.
