Committee backs Kauai pilot to study psychologist prescribing authority in SB 847

The committee adopted amendments to SB 847 SD1 to establish a pilot program on Kauai that would grant limited prescribing authority to psychologists under a supervised pilot. The amendment directs the designated overseeing agency to conduct the pilot and submit a report at the conclusion of three years with a recommendation on whether to expand the pilot to other underserved areas, end it, or make prescribing authority permanent statewide.