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Board declines to advance proposed carve‑out for notice‑to‑consumers in correctional settings after split debate
Summary
The Board debated a staff‑draft legislative proposal that would allow exceptions to the required written notice of a clinician’s full name and license number for clinicians working in specified correctional and inpatient psychiatric settings. After testimony and extended debate about safety versus transparency, the board did not move the draft forward.
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences discussed a staff‑draft legislative proposal on Feb. 20 that would, in narrowly defined settings, allow employers to withhold a clinician’s full name and license number from written “notice to consumers” if the employer provides an alternate complaint process and the licensee verifies that process is in place.
Policy counsel Roseanne Helms summarized the background: SB 1024 (enacted January 2025) requires licensees to provide license and registration information to clients at the onset of psychotherapy. Staff reported receiving concerns from clinicians…
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