2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 10
BY SENATOR LAMBERT
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to develop and implement a plan
for managed care organizations to provide reimbursement for psychological services
provided by psychology doctoral interns and post-doctoral fellows.
WHEREAS, Louisiana has a mental health crisis, with over three million people in
the state of Louisiana living in communities that lack a sufficient number of mental and
behavioral health providers; and
WHEREAS, psychologists are an integral part of the mental and behavioral health
provider community in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the psychology profession currently faces difficulties in funding training
for psychology doctoral interns and post-doctoral fellows and sustaining the few existing
slots left in the state; and
WHEREAS, a psychology doctoral intern is defined as an unlicensed student who
is currently enrolled in a formal doctoral training program and presently completing a
psychology doctoral internship program which is approved by the Association of Psychology
Postdoctoral and Internship Centers or the American Psychological Association; and
WHEREAS, a post-doctoral fellow is defined as an unlicensed supervisee who has
completed a doctorate in psychology, and who is presently completing a plan of supervision
approved by the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists; and
WHEREAS, psychology doctoral interns and post-doctoral fellows are authorized
to provide and charge for all services that a licensed psychologist is authorized to provide
but do not receive any Medicaid reimbursements for the services; and
WHEREAS, many states, including Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, and others provide
Medicaid reimbursement for supervised trainees; and
WHEREAS, allowing Medicaid reimbursement for these services would increase
access to underserved populations and build a pipeline of psychologists trained to provide
integrated services to those populations.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
request the Louisiana Department of Health to coordinate with the Louisiana State Board of
Examiners of Psychologists to implement a plan for providing Medicaid reimbursement for
services provided by psychology doctoral interns and post-doctoral fellows.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and the executive director of the Louisiana
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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