Upcoming Leadership Listening Hour Webinar
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council is pleased to bring you another installment of its monthly webinar series entitled Leadership Listening Hour. This webinar will be an interactive virtual session designed for Council licensees to engage in open and candid conversations with the Executive Director and executive staff. This informal and unscripted forum provides an invaluable opportunity to ask questions, share concerns, and discuss any issues related to the profession.
What to Expect:
– Direct Access: Connect directly with the Executive Director and key leadership team members.
– Open Dialogue: Enjoy an informal, conversational atmosphere where your voice is heard.
– Monthly Sessions: Held once a month to ensure regular and consistent communication.
– Varied Topics: Discuss a wide range of topics relevant to your professional practice and the agency’s operations.
Why Attend:
– Engage with Leadership: Gain insights from the top executives and get answers to your pressing questions.
– Share Your Perspective: Contribute your thoughts and feedback on important issues affecting the profession.
– Stay Informed: Keep up-to-date with the latest developments and initiatives from the agency.
How to Join:
– Date and Time: The Leadership Listening Hour will be held on September 29, 2025 at 12pm.
– Platform: This virtual session will be conducted via Zoom.
– Registration: Please register in advance by clicking here.
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council has NOT approved continuing education credit for attending this presentation.
Posted on August 23, 2025
Online Licensing System Unavailable on July 14th
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council will be upgrading its database payment portal on Monday, July 14th, from 7am to 1pm. During this upgrade, members of the public will continue to have access to the Council’s website and jurisprudence exams but will be unable to access the online licensing system.
This means individuals will not be able to perform any functions requiring access to the online licensing system, such as applying for a license or supervisor status, renewing a license, changing their contact information, requesting a name change, or searching the license database.
Therefore, members of the public should plan accordingly. In particular, licensees with July renewal deadlines are encouraged to renew their license in advance of this planned outage to ensure agency staff are not overwhelmed with requests for assistance after the upgrade is complete.
While every effort has been made to ensure a speedy return to service following the upgrade, the public should anticipate some inconvenience during the upgrade process. To that end, licensees and members of the public are encouraged to share this information with their friends and colleagues to ensure a high level of preparedness for this planned outage.
Posted on July 3, 2025.
Upcoming Insights Over the Lunch Hour Webinar
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar entitled Insights Over the Lunch Hour: An Update from Executive Staff. During this webinar, licensees and members of the public will have the opportunity to hear from and visit with the following staff:
- Darrel Spinks, Executive Director;
- Robert Romig, Deputy Executive Director
- Patrick Hyde, General Counsel;
- Sarah Faszholz, Board Administrator for the Marriage and Family Therapy and Social Work Boards;
- Cristina De Luna, Board Administrator for the Professional Counseling Board; and
- Diane Moore, Board Administrator for the Psychology Board.
Agency staff will provide you with a regulatory update on the issues being watched or considered by the Council and its member boards. Attendees will be given the opportunity and are encouraged to ask any questions they may have. NOTE: Agency staff will not answer questions about a pending application or complaint.
The webinar will begin at 12pm on July 16, 2025 and may run longer than the noon hour, depending upon attendee interest and questions. Agency staff will provide ample time for the question-and-answer period. If you are interested in attending this virtual event, please click here to register for the webinar.
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council has NOT approved continuing education credit for attending this presentation.
Posted on July 3, 2025
2025-2029 Strategic Planning Survey Now Open
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council has begun the process of strategic planning for fiscal years 2025-2029. Strategic planning is a long-term and future-oriented process of assessment, goal setting, and decision making. It includes a multiyear view of objectives and strategies for the accomplishment of agency goals. The strategic planning process incorporates and sets direction for all agency operations.
A strategic plan is the formal document that communicates the agency’s goals, directions, and outcomes to various audiences, including the Governor, the Legislature, the agency’s employees, client and constituency groups, and the public. The Texas Government Code, Chapter 2056, requires strategic planning for all agencies in the executive branch of state government.
As part of the strategic planning process, the Council would like to ask for your input regarding trends, conditions, opportunities, and obstacles that influence the Council as an agency or the regulated professions under the Council’s jurisdiction. In assessing your input, the Council will identify specific need indicators within the practice of a regulated profession and will address the major issues anticipated to affect the Council during fiscal years 2025-2029.
If you would like to participate in this survey, please click on the button below.
Ideas and suggestions for strategic planning make a difference. The Council makes process improvements and rule changes based upon public input, and we share your feedback with state lawmakers. Therefore, any input that you could give would be greatly appreciated. To that end, please complete the survey on or before January 31, 2024 at 5pm, at which time the survey will close.
Posted on December 28, 2023.
2023 Customer Service Survey Now Open
In accordance with Chapter 2114 of the Government Code, the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council is conducting its biennial customer service survey.
The Council strives to provide licensing, enforcement, and other regulatory services to the public in an honest, fair, thorough, cost-efficient, and timely manner.
In order to assist the Council with improving its services, please take a moment and respond to this brief survey regarding your experience with the Council.
Survey responses must be received on or before December 31, 2023 at 5pm, at which time the survey will close.
Posted on October 26, 2023.
