CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 184

Introduced by Assembly Member Mathis

January 10, 2019

An act to add Section 4990.11 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.


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AB 184, as introduced, Mathis. Board of Behavioral Sciences: registrants and licensees.
Existing law establishes the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to regulate various registrants and licensees under the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Educational Psychologist Practice Act, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act.
This bill would require the board to offer every applicant for an initial registration number or license and every applicant for renewal of a registration number or license under the board’s jurisdiction the option to elect to have the applicant’s home address be kept confidential.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 4990.11 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

4990.11.
 The board shall offer every applicant for an initial registration number or license and every applicant for renewal of a registration number or license under the board’s jurisdiction the option to elect to have the applicant’s home address be kept confidential.