SB 556 - Under current law, if the State Committee of Psychologists finds merit to a complaint made by a prisoner under the care and control of the Department of Corrections or who has been ordered to be taken into custody, detained, or held as a sexually violent predator, and takes further investigative action, no documentation may appear on file nor may any disciplinary action be taken in regards to the licensee's license unless there are grounds for the denial, revocation, or suspension of a license.

This act includes complaints made by individuals who have been ordered to be evaluated in a criminal proceeding involving mental illness.

Under this act, a psychologist subject to the complaint by an individual who has been ordered to be evaluated in a criminal proceeding involving mental illness prior to August 28, 2020, may submit a written request to destroy all documentation regarding the complaint, and notify any other licensing board in another state, or any national registry who had been notified of the complaint, that the Committee found the complaint to be unsubstantiated.

This act is identical to SB 451 (2019), and is substantially similar to HB 1962 (2020), a provision in HCS/SCS/SBs 673 & 560, HB 441 (2019) and HB 2709 (2018).

JOSIE BUTLER

Statutes affected:
Introduced (3290S.01): 337.068

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Senate Committee Minutes:
SENATE COMMITTEE MINUTES Bill No.: SB 556
Sponsor: Riddle
Hearing Date: 5/4/2020


COMMITTEE: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

CHAIRMAN: Luetkemeyer

DATE REFERRED: 1/9/2020 DATE HEARING REQUESTED:



STAFF:
Mary Grace Bruntrager
Bradley Green
Cindy Kadlec
Katie O'Brien


WITNESSES GIVING INFORMATION:



WITNESSES FOR:
Dr. Rick Gowdy - Missouri Department of Mental Health
Susan Flanigan - Missouri Department of Mental Health
Chuck Hollister - Missouri Psychological Association


WITNESSES AGAINST: