Sen. Gayle Harrell

Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; Creating the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; providing for recognition of psychologist licenses in compact states; maintaining that authority over a psychologist’s license remains with the home state but authorizing receiving states to define the scope of and act on a psychologist’s authority to practice in the compact state under the compact; requiring the Department of Health to report certain investigative information to the coordinated licensure information system; requiring the Board of Psychology to appoint an individual to serve as the state’s commissioner on the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission, etc.

Early Learning and Early Grade Success; Adding the Division of Early Learning to the divisions of the Department of Education; revising the duties of the Early Learning Programs Estimating Conference; providing requirements for minimum child care licensing standards; requiring students enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to participate in a specified screening and progress-monitoring program; revising the performance standards for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; authorizing certain child development programs operating on military installations to participate in the school readiness program, etc.

Agency for Persons With Disabilities; Defining the terms “certification” and “third-party credentialing entity”; beginning on a specified date, requiring that all support coordinators and certain direct service providers obtain and maintain certification by a third-party credentialing entity; requiring third-party credentialing entities to charge support coordinators a fee sufficient to cover certain costs; prohibiting direct service providers from being charged certain fees, etc.