Agenda for Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions – 11/15/24

Board business

• Roll call vote for attendance
• Public meeting minutes of October 18, 2024 – VOTE
• Executive session minutes of October 18, 2024 – VOTE
• Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
• Application processing

Hearing on denial of application

• Yesenia Garcia Velez, applicant for LMHC – VOTE

LMHC application review – reference

• Matthew Friend – VOTE

LMHC application reviews – education

• Christopher Shutzer – VOTE
• Sophia Brown – VOTE
• Carolina Polanco Rosario – VOTE

NCMHCE ESL accommodation requests

• Rose Yona – VOTE
• Debora Barbosa – VOTE
• Cecilia Ashu – VOTE

National MFT Examination ESL accommodation request

• Graciela Guttierez – VOTE

Discussion

• Delegation of decisions on examination accommodation requests to Executive Director and Associate Executive Director

Monitoring

• Jacqueline Dupont, 2021-000408-IT-ENF, revised 3rd quarterly monitoring report and 4th quarterly monitoring report – VOTE
• Catherine Stavrakas, 2020-000400-IT-ENF, 3rd and 4th quarterly monitoring reports – VOTE

Comments from professional associations

Open session for topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair 48 hours before meeting

Executive session CLOSED under G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7) to comply with G.L. c. 4, § 7, ¶ 26(c) and G.L. c. 214, § 1B; specifically, the Board will discuss and evaluate examination accommodation requests that involve medical records and information of patients.

Investigative conference CLOSED under G.L. c. 112, § 65C

Adjournment

If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in the meeting, contact the DPH ADA Coordinator Stacy Hart at stacy.hart@mass.gov in advance of the meeting.  While the Board will do its best to accommodate you, certain accommodations may require distinctive requests or the hiring of outside contractors and may not be available if requested immediately before the meeting.