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Sponsor of H.237 says psychologists should be able to prescribe after extra training
Summary
Representative Topper McFlan told the Senate Health & Welfare committee that H.237 would let psychologists in Vermont prescribe necessary medications after completing required graduate coursework, addressing psychiatrist shortages that delay patient care.
Representative Topper McFlan, sponsor of H.237, told the Senate Health & Welfare committee on Jan. 16 that the bill would allow certain psychologists to prescribe medication after completing specified graduate coursework.
"We're finding that when we're dealing with somebody with [a] mental health problem, ... if a prescription for some kind of drug is needed, they can't do it ... the psychiatrist is the only one that they…
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