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Public Meeting Notice  Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions on 9/18/26

September 18, 2026 - 10:00 am
Posted: September 10, 2026 2:35 p.m.
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Overview

Meeting commences

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Agenda

Board business

  • Roll call vote for attendance
  • Public meeting minutes of August 21, 2026 – VOTE 
  • Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
  • Application processing

Discussion

  • Review of comments from public hearing on proposed new section 140 CMR 2.00 prohibiting reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies – VOTE 

Hearing on denial of application

  • Kayson Jones – VOTE 

LMFT application review interview

  • Sydney Tanigawa – VOTE 
    • Interview with Sydney Tanigawa

LMHC application review – discipline in another jurisdiction

  • Elise Smithmier – VOTE 

LMHC application reviews

  • Andrea D’Ovidio – VOTE 
  • Florencia Lopez Allende – VOTE 

LMFT application review

  • Dolores Anabel Cabral Soto – VOTE 

NCMHCE ESL accommodation request  

  • Lonah Kabiu – VOTE 

Discussion

  • Monitoring Guidelines – VOTE 

Monitoring

  • Nancy-Jean Eagan, AMH-2024-0009, approval of proposed supervisor – VOTE
  • Emily Frank, 2022-000065-IT-ENF, revised 1st quarterly monitoring report, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarterly monitoring reports, and petition to terminate probation – VOTE
  • Lucia Mayers, conditional licensure agreement, approval of proposed supervisor – VOTE 
  • Jacob Hasson, AMH-2023-0003, 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)(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 monitoring report and 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.

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