03/25/1996 03:08 PM House L&C

 HB 497 - CHIROPRACTIC PEER REVIEW                                           
                                                                               
 Number 0095                                                                   
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN KOTT announced the first order of business to come before            
 the House Labor and Commerce Committee was HOUSE BILL NO. 497, "An            
 Act relating to chiropractic peer review; and providing for an                
 effective date."                                                              
                                                                               
 TIM SULLIVAN, of Representative Eldon Mulder's staff, read a                  
 sponsor statement for HB 497, as follows:  "The Chiropractic Peer             
 Review Committee was formed by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners            
 in 1994 pursuant to statute 08.20.185(a), the statute we are                  
 proposing to amend today with this bill.  The initial Peer Review             
 Committee consisted of three chiropractors.  The board then added             
 a lay person to the committee.  Under current statute, only the               
 chiropractors on the committee have immunity for decisions they               
 make as committee members.  The lay person does not have immunity             
 for those same decisions.  House Bill 497 would extend immunity to            
 the lay person by extending immunity to all members of the                    
 committee."                                                                   
                                                                               
 Number 0314                                                                   
                                                                               
 REPRESENTATIVE GENE KUBINA made a motion to move HB 497 from the              
 House Labor and Commerce Committee, with attached zero fiscal note            
 and individual recommendations.  It was noted for the record that             
 the Board of Chiropractic Examiners supports HB 497.                          
                                                                               
 Number 0348                                                                   
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN KOTT announced that, there being no objection, HB 497 was            
 passed out of the House Labor and Commerce Committee with attached            
 zero fiscal note and individual recommendations.