2024 24LSO-0525
STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0143
Practice of behavior analyst and technician-family members.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Olsen, Bear, Chadwick,
Neiman, Penn, Trujillo, Yin and Zwonitzer,
Dn and Senator(s) Brennan and Hutchings
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to psychology and behavior analysts;
2 authorizing family members to deliver behavior analyst
3 services to a recipient as specified; authorizing
4 caregivers or family members to act as behavior technicians
5 as specified; providing rulemaking authority; and providing
6 for effective dates.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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10 Section 1. W.S. 33-27-125(a)(viii) and (ix) is
11 amended to read:
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13 33-27-125. Exemptions; behavior analysis.
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1 (a) The following persons when practicing within the
2 scope of their authority and their education and training
3 may engage in acts included in the definition of the
4 practice of behavior analysis under W.S. 33-27-113(a)(xiii)
5 without being licensed as a behavior analyst or assistant
6 behavior analyst under this act:
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8 (viii) A behavior technician who delivers
9 behavior analysis services under the supervision of a
10 licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior
11 analyst. A behavior technician shall not represent himself
12 as a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant
13 behavior analyst and shall only use titles that communicate
14 his unlicensed status, such as "applied behavior analysis
15 technician," "behavior technician" or "tutor." As used in
16 this paragraph, "behavior technician" means a
17 paraprofessional who practices under the supervision of a
18 licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior
19 analyst and who delivers services as assigned by the
20 supervisor responsible for the technician's work or a
21 caregiver or family member of a recipient of behavior
22 analyst services who delivers services to a recipient under
23 the supervision of and has been properly trained by a
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1 licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior
2 analyst. The services that may be assigned to a behavior
3 technician shall not include designing assessment or
4 intervention plans or procedures;
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6 (ix) A caregiver or family member of a recipient
7 of behavior analysis services who delivers behavior
8 analysis services to the recipient under the authority and
9 direction of a licensed behavior analyst or licensed
10 assistant behavior analyst. The caregiver or family member
11 shall not represent themselves as a licensed behavior
12 analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst under this
13 paragraph and shall deliver behavior analysis services only
14 to the person who is receiving behavior analysis services
15 from the licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant
16 behavior analyst who is supervising the caregiver or family
17 member; or
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19 Section 2. The board of psychology shall promulgate
20 all rules necessary to implement this act.
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1 Section 3.
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3 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of
4 this section, this act is effective July 1, 2024.
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6 (b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective
7 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
8 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
9 the Wyoming Constitution.
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11 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 33-27-125