Agenda for Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions on 2/20/26

Board business

• Roll call vote for attendance
• Public meeting minutes of January 16, 2026 – VOTE
• Executive session minutes of January 16, 2026 – VOTE
• Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
• Application processing

Discussion

• Unified Recovery and Monitoring Program (URAMP)
  • URAMP Operational Policy – VOTE
  • URAMP quarterly report – VOTE 

Hearings on denial of application

• Rene Kashmiri, applicant for LMHC – VOTE 

LMHC application reviews

• Benslyne Avril – VOTE
• Chanin James-Harwick – VOTE
• Joel Fils Tirone – VOTE
• Sharon May – VOTE
• Maria Gonzalez – VOTE 

NCMHCE ESL accommodation requests

• Elizabeth Delarosa Lawson – VOTE
• Jhanina Rodriguez – VOTE
• Lonah Kabiu – VOTE
• Min Yang – VOTE
• Tabitha Muchai-Kahura – VOTE
• Jenny Marcelin – VOTE 

Monitoring

• Xiaoyuan Yuan, Conditional Licensure Agreement, petition to terminate agreement – VOTE
• Alyson Marcell, Conditional Licensure Agreement, 3rd quarterly monitoring report and certificate of course completion – VOTE
• Emily Frank, 2022-000065-IT-ENF, 1st quarterly monitoring report – VOTE
• Ruth Greenfield Rone, 2021-001025-IT-ENF, approval of proposed supervisor – 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)(3) to discuss legal strategy, and 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 a petition for reinstatement, a continuing education extension request, and examination accommodation requests that involve medical records and information of patients.

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

Adjournment

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