Public Meeting Notice  Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions – 8/16/24

Board business
 

• Roll call vote for attendance
• Public meeting minutes of July 19, 2024 – VOTE
• Executive session minutes of July 19, 2024 – VOTE
• Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
• Application processing 

Discussion
 

• Barriers to Entry Project Review of LMHC Application Process
  • Dea Biancarelli of Accenture Consulting
• Unified Recovery and Monitoring Program
  • Jonathan Dillon of Bureau of Health Professions Licensure

Hearings on denials of applications
 

• Noelia Gonzalez, applicant for LMHC – VOTE
• Lucia Mayers, applicant for LMHC – VOTE
• Yesenia Garcia Velez, applicant for LMHC – VOTE

 LMHC application review interviews
 

• Xiaoyuan Yuan – VOTE
  • Interview of supervisor Brian Jones
  • Interview of Xiaoyuan Yuan 

 Monitoring interviews
 

• Kathleen Brennan, 2021-000311-IT-ENF, 4th quarterly monitoring report and petition to terminate supervision – VOTE
  • Interview of Kathleen Brennan and supervisor Laura Delaplain
• Zachary Etter, conditional licensure agreement, petition to terminate agreement – VOTE
  • Interview of Zachary Etter

 LMHC application review
 

• Aliyan Turner – VOTE

LMFT application review
 

• Laura McMaster – VOTE

 NCMHCE ESL accommodation request
 

• Chie Mitsui – VOTE

 Monitoring
 

• Jessica Soto Sierra, 2021-000229-IT-ENF, 6th, 7th, and 8th quarterly monitoring reports and petition to terminate probation – VOTE
• Charlene Kelly, 2020-000430-IT-ENF, 8th quarterly monitoring report and petition to terminate probation – VOTE
• Jaqueline Dupont, 2021-000408-IT-ENF, 3rd quarterly monitoring report – 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.

Quasi-judicial session CLOSED under G.L. c. 30A, § 18

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.