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2023 SESSION

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HB 1946 Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities.

Introduced by: H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Behavior analysts; assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria; certifying entities. Provides in the criteria for licensure as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst established by the Board of Medicine that certain documentation must be provided by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board or its successor. Under current law, such documentation must be provided by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board or any other entity that is nationally accredited to certify practitioners of behavior analysis. This bill is identical to SB 1406.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102108D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/23/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1946ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/27/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102108D
• 01/10/23  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/19/23  House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
• 01/24/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/23  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/23  House: Read first time
• 02/03/23  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/06/23  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/16/23  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/23  Senate: Read third time
• 02/20/23  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/23  House: Enrolled
• 02/23/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1946ER)
• 02/23/23  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/25/23  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/02/23  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
• 03/02/23  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
• 03/27/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/23)
• 03/27/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)