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UNDERWRITTEN BY: PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR 95 Broadway, Amityville, NY 11701 www.americanprofessional.com Claire Jacobs, PhD Editor David White, CAE Executive Director Robert McPherson, PhD SUMMER 2003 VOLUME 54, ISSUE 2 Director of Professional Affairs Lynda Keen Features Membership Manager/Bookkeeper 8 Go Boldly Forth! Making Psychology a Household Word Ronald F. Levant, EdD, ABPP Sherry Reisman Director of Conventions & Non-Dues 10 TPA and Rio Grand Valley Psychological Association Meets for TPA BOARD OF TRUSTEES International Exchange Mary Elizabeth De Ferreire, PhD Deanna Yates, PhD President 15 PSY-PAC Update C. Alan Hopewell, PhD Paul Burney, PhD President-Elect Paul Burney, PhD Departments President-Elect Designate Walter Cubberly, PhD 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT Past-President Deanna Yates, PhD Board Members 4 FROM TPA HEADQUARTERS: Sunset Process Ron Cohorn, PhD Patrick Ellis, PhD David White, CAE, Executive Director Richard Fulbright, PhD Charlotte Kimmel, PhD 12 Council of Representatives Joseph C. Kobos, PhD Joseph C. Kobos, PhD, ABPP Suzanne Mouton-Odum, PhD Roberta L. Nutt, PhD Dean Paret, PhD 16 Substance Abuse Elizabeth L. Richeson, PhD Norman Anderson, PhD Ollie Seay, PhD Jarvis Wright, PhD 17 Legislative Day EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS C. Alan Hopewell, PhD Richard M. McGraw, PhD 18 LAW: The Duty to Report Sexual Abuse Federal Advocacy Coordinator by Any Mental Heath Care Provider Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD Sam A. Houston CAPP Representative 19 Spotlight on Sherry L. Lee Jerry R. Grammer, PhD Texas Psychology Foundation President 20 A Test Drive: The Brand New HIPAA Product from the APA Practice Mary Martin Organization Student Division Director Charlie Cooper, PhD, Director of Professional Affairs, North Carolina Psychological Association, and Sally Cameron, Executive Director, North Carolina Psychological Association PUBLISHER 21 The “Must Do” Steps for HIPAA Compliance Rector Duncan & Associates P.O. Box 14667 Austin, Texas 78761 22 Interested in Practicing in Rural Underserved Communities? 512-454-5262 Nina Levitt, EdD, Director for Education Policy of APA Public Policy Office Stephanie Shaw Managing Editor 23 Membership Application Pat Huber Advertising Sales 27 New Members Julie Mangano Art Director 26 PSY-PAC Contributors The Texas Psychological Association is located at 1011 Meredith Drive, Suite 28 TPF donations 4, Austin, Texas 78748. Texas Psychologist (ISSN 0749-3185) is the official publication of TPA and is 29 Inside TPA published quarterly. www.texaspsyc.org 32 Classified Advertising 32 Advertisers’ Index SUMMER 2003 Texas Psychologist 1 FROM THE PRESIDENT Presidential Briefing As I write this article, we are in the middle of the 78th Texas Legislative session. By the time you receive this journal, I am sure the session will be over. Whether or not the prescriptive legislation is passed remains to be seen, but what we have learned about the legislative process has been invaluable. already knew the process. And even though the meetings is essential for our the turnout was small, our presence was organization. Establishing relationships will felt, and a great deal was accomplished. We also make the road easier in 2005 when we are learning that our visits to the capitol pay come up against Sunset. off when we already have a good One personally important happening is relationship with our legislators. Because the completion of the report to the our organization is not known in the capitol Commission on Mental Health. By the as well as many other groups, we have a lot time this article is printed, the Commission of catching up to do. We psychologists need report should have been published. Having to develop relationships with our legislators worked mainly in the private sector, my by both monetarily and physically taking a year of work on the report was very part in the work of the campaigns. We need challenging due to unfamiliarity with to be seen at fundraisers, and we need to be certain topics. However, the experience was Deanna F. Yates seen on the hill supporting issues other than very rewarding, and hopefully the report TPA President our own professional ones. will be well received. We made many This session, the Public Policy recommendations to President Bush, and ach session, we, as psychologists, Committee has been extremely active, both we are hopeful that many of them will be become more knowledgeable in the physically on the hill and also by sending put either into executive order or Elegislative arena. Yet, we are about out alerts and TPA public policy legislation. We naturally asked for parity for twenty years behind many of the other statements. We have testified for several mental health and expect that that bill will health care groups. We finally comprehend bills besides our own. We have supported become law in the very near future. I am what other groups have understood for agendas of other groups including the also hopeful that many of the issues in the years—the absolute importance and TSBEP, the Mental Health Association of report will be addressed in presentations at priority of grassroots advocacy. While TPA Texas, and the social workers. Ollie Shea our convention this year. has seen the need for lobbying and, to some has worked tirelessly on issues relating to By now, I hope everyone is up to date on extent, the importance of the PAC, actual appropriations affecting MH/MR and on HIPAA compliance. We have kept our grassroots advocacy has not developed as other issues, such as competency to stand professional affairs officer, Bob McPherson, well as it should have. trial and the death penalty for the mentally very busy this year presenting workshops I believe that in spite of Legislative Day retarded and mentally ill. Other around the state on HIPAA. By now, he falling on the day of the ice storm in Austin, psychologists have setup and attended should be one of the country’s best experts we had a more sophisticated group of meetings with their house representatives on the topic, and he is still open to doing psychologists appear on the hill this session. and our lobbyists. These meetings are more workshops for those of you who have For the first time, we felt it unnecessary to important in getting our issues on the table. been in denial. He is also available for do the usual training before going to the Furthermore, having a constituent arrange phone consultations that can be arranged capitol, because the group that showed up these visits and actually travel to Austin for through the TPA central office. TPA is also 2 Texas Psychologist SUMMER 2003 making continuing education programs on Getaway. This year, we will be traveling to disorder. You can earn six hours of CE various topics available over the Internet. Cancun, a favorite site for past getaways. credit, bring your family on a very They can be found and downloaded at the The trip is planned for July 19th-23rd. reasonably priced vacation, and have a tax TPA web site, so you can complete them on Suzanne Mouton has agreed to do the write-off—all at the same time. So, I hope your own time schedule. workshop, which will be on to see you there for some fun in the sun. ✯ A major activity coming up before Trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling). convention is TPA’s Annual Family Suzanne is a nationally known expert in this New home study articles now 2003 available from TPA nnual a convention November 6-8, 2003 Westin Galleria Dallas, Texas 100+ continuing education offerings including Texas Mental Health Law CE exam (J. Ray workshops, symposia, research papers, and Hays, PhD, JD) This CE exam is an roundtable discussions. accompaniment to the Texas Mental Health Law book published by Texas Psychological Association - 4 hours Also included in registration fee: Exhibits, receptions, breaks and luncheons.