Relating to health care licensing; prescribing an effective date.
Summary
Digest: The Act makes a task force to look at health professional regulatory boards. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). [ Digest: Tells health care boards to give short-term permission to work. Starts January 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). ] [ Requires health professional regulatory boards to issue a temporary authorization to practice a health profession to eligible applicants within 10 days of receiving an application for licensure. Defines "health profession" and "health professional regulatory board." ] Establishes the Task Force on Health Professional Licensing Modernization. Directs the task force to submit three reports to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health, on or before September 15, 2024, September 15, 2025, and December 15, 2025. Sunsets on December 31, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Failed
Mar 2024
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2024
Last action Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2024
How they voted
24–33
Failed · 2 other
Total votes 59
Mar 4, 2024
D
Democratic35
94% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican23
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
In committee upon adjournment.
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (24-33-2)
house
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
Without recommendation as to passage, with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
3 primary · 26 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Daniel Bonham
RRepublican
P
Ed Diehl
RRepublican
P
Hai Pham
DDemocratic
Co
Anna Scharf
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hansell
RRepublican
Co
Bobby Levy
RRepublican
Co
Boomer Wright
RRepublican
Co
Cedric Hayden
RRepublican
Co
CC
Charlie Conrad
IIndependent
Co
CG
Christine Goodwin
RRepublican
Co
Court Boice
RRepublican
Co
David Smith
RRepublican
Co
DL
Dennis Linthicum
RRepublican
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