HB 441 Modifies provisions relating to prisoner complaints made against a psychologist license

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Current Bill Summary

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HB 441 - Under current law, if the Board finds merit to a complaint made by a prisoner under the care and control of the Department of Corrections or who has been ordered to be taken into custody, detained, or held as a sexually violent predator, and takes further investigative action, no documentation may appear on file nor may any disciplinary action be taken in regards to the licensee's license unless there are grounds for the denial, revocation, or suspension of a license.

This act includes complaints made by individuals who have been ordered to be evaluated in a criminal proceeding involving mental illness.

Under this act, a psychologist subject to the complaint by an individual who has been ordered to be evaluated in a criminal proceeding involving mental illness prior to August 28, 2019, may submit a written request to destroy all documentation regarding the complaint, and notify any other licensing board in another state, or any national registry who had been notified of the complaint, that the Board found the complaint to be unsubstantiated.

This act is identical to a provision contained in SS/SCS/HB 113 (2019), HCS/SB 164 (2019), and is substantially similar to SB 451 (2019) and HB 2709 (2018).

JOSIE BUTLER


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