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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 159
BY SENATOR MORRELL
HEALTH SERVICES. Amends the membership of the commission to study the licensure
and regulations of behavior analysts.
A RESOLUTION1
To amend the membership for the Behavior Analysts Licensure and Regulation Study2
Commission that shall study the licensure and regulation of behavior analysts and3
to require a report on the baseline framework for such licensure and regulation on or4
before February 1, 2013.5
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Senate adopted Senate Resolution No. 110 of the 20126
Regular Session on May 17, 2012, and Senate Resolution No. 142 of the 2012 Regular7
Session on May 28, 2012; and8
WHEREAS, Senate Resolution Nos. 110 and 142 established and provided for the9
Behavior Analysts Licensure and Regulation Study Commission; and10
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the membership of the commission and to11
change the meeting and reporting requirements of the commission and to provide for12
member appointments and commission officers.13
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana14
does hereby amend the membership and dates for the initial meeting and reporting for the15
Behavior Analysts Licensure and Regulation Study Commission.16
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Behavior Analysts Licensure and Regulation17
Study Commission shall consist of the following members:18 SR NO. 159
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(1) The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, or his designee.1
(2) The state superintendent of education, or his designee.2
(3) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of3
Psychologists, or his designee.4
(4) The executive director of the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board5
of Examiners, or his designee.6
(5) The executive director of the Louisiana Behavior Analysis Association, or his7
designee.8
(6) The executive director of the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language9
Pathology and Audiology, or his designee.10
(7) The dean of the College of Education, Nicholls State University, or his designee.11
(8) The president of the Louisiana Psychological Association, or his designee.12
(9) The chairperson of the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners, or his13
designee.14
(10) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, or15
his designee.16
(11) A representative of the Developmental Disability Council.17
(12) The parent or guardian of a child who currently receives or has received applied18
behavior analysis (ABA) services appointed by the president of the Senate.19
(13) The parent or guardian of a child who currently receives or has received applied20
behavior analysis (ABA) services appointed by the chairman of the Senate Committee on21
Health and Welfare.22
(14) Paul M. Hebert Law Center's full-time health law professor who has direct23
experience in the field of behavior analysis, or his designee.24
(15) The head of the Psychology Department at McNeese State University, or his25
designee. 26
(16) The director of the Autism Center at Children's Hospital, or his designee.27
(17) The director of the St. Mary's Residential Training School, or his designee.28
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the names of the commission membership shall29
be submitted to the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, and the secretary30 SR NO. 159
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of the Department of Health and Hospitals shall call the organizational meeting of the1
commission.2
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the appointee of the president of the Senate shall3
be the chairman of the commission, and the appointee of the chairman of the Senate4
Committee on Health and Welfare shall be the vice-chairman of the commission.5
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health and Hospitals shall6
staff the commission.7
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Behavior Analysts Licensure and Regulation8
Study Commission shall have its first meeting on or before June 30, 2012.9
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall report to the Senate10
through its president on the baseline framework for licensure and regulation of behavior11
analysts on or before February 1, 2013.12
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the provisions of this Resolution shall supersede13
any conflicting provisions of Senate Resolution No. 110 or Senate Resolution No. 142.14
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the15
secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, the state superintendent of education,16
the executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, the17
executive director of the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors' Board of Examiners,18
the executive director of the Louisiana Behavior Analysis Association, the Louisiana Board19
of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, the dean of the College of20
Education of Nicholls State University, the Louisiana Psychological Association, the21
Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners, the Louisiana State Board of Medical22
Examiners, the Developmental Disability Council, the president of the Louisiana Senate, the23
chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, the Paul M. Hebert Law Center,24
the Psychology Department of McNeese State University, the Autism Center at Children's25
Hospital, and the St. Mary's Residential Training School.26 SR NO. 159
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tracy Sabina Sudduth.
DIGEST
Morrell SR No. 159
Amends the membership for the Behavior Analysts Licensure and Regulation Study
Commission and requires a report on the baseline framework for such licensure and
regulation on or before February 1, 2013.