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Commission reviews school psychology regulation revisions; plans public workshop after staff presentation
Summary
Staff described a multi‑year rewrite of Nevada's school psychology regulations to align with contemporary practice; commissioners moved the draft to a public workshop. Nevada Medicaid staff said a state plan amendment to permit billing by school psychologists had been approved.
The Nevada Commission on Professional Standards heard a presentation on proposed revisions to school psychology regulations and agreed to move the draft to a public workshop for further public input and refinement.
Dr. Jackie Nygaard, educational programs professional with the Nevada Department of Education, told commissioners that Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) chapter 3.91 sections 3.315 through 3.319 have not seen substantial revision since about 1999 and that a work group convened to develop updates aligning regulations with modern, evidence‑based school psychology practice. Nygaard said the work group combined four regulations into NAC 3.91.315 to streamline requirements and recommended repealing several existing sections (NAC 3.91.316, 3.91.317, 3.91.318, and 3.91.319) because their content is incorporated into the new consolidated language.
Christy Miguel, identified in the record as an identity superintendent, informed the commission that Nevada Medicaid approved a state plan amendment (SPA) to allow school psychologists to bill Medicaid for certain services, including identification and stabilization and other health services. "Nevada Medicaid just approved what's called a state plan amendment, a SPA, to include school psychologists in the ability to bill for Medicaid," Miguel said.
Commissioner Winger raised a question about whether the school psychology assistant license would have a renewal requirement; Department staff said the assistant license renewal language had been changed in a temporary regulation to allow five‑year renewal and that the assistant license was not before the commission for action at this meeting. After discussion, Vice President Collier announced that the item would be set for a public workshop.
The department said the revised draft also references a recently passed regulation for school psychology assistants adopted the previous September and that additional edits were incorporated following multiple work group iterations. The public workshop will provide an opportunity for practitioners and stakeholders to comment on the consolidated regulatory language before the commission considers formal adoption.
