BILL NUMBER: SB 322	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2013

   An act relating to healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 322, as introduced, Price. Applied behavioral analysis
therapists: certification.
   Existing law defines "applied behavioral analysis," for purposes
of provisions governing services for the developmentally disabled, to
mean the design, implementation, and evaluation of systematic
instructional and environmental modifications to promote positive
social behavior and reduce or ameliorate behaviors that interfere
with learning and social interaction. Existing law provides for the
licensure and regulation of various healing arts practitioners,
including, but not limited to, marriage and family therapists,
clinical social workers, educational psychologists, and professional
clinical counselors, by the Board of Behavioral Sciences in the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to provide for the certification of applied behavioral
analysis therapists.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to provide for the certification of applied behavioral
analysis therapists.