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2026-05-08 Senate Journal

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HB 110                                                                                                                        
The Labor and Commerce Committee considered HOUSE BILL                                                                          
NO. 110 am "An Act relating to a social work licensure compact;                                                                 
relating to the practice of social work; and providing for an effective                                                         
date" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
          SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 110(L&C)                                                                                 
          "An Act relating to the rural health transformation                                                                   
          program; relating to audiologist licensure; relating to                                                               
          speech-language pathologist licensure; relating to the                                                                
          interstate medical licensure compact; relating to the                                                                 
          PA licensure compact; relating to occupational                                                                        
          therapists and occupational therapy assistants;                                                                       
          relating to physical therapy licensure; relating to the                                                               

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          practice of physical therapy; relating to physical                                                                    
          therapist assistant licensure; relating to the practice of                                                            
          occupational therapy; relating to the psychology                                                                      
          interjurisdictional compact; relating to the practice of                                                              
          respiratory care; relating to the duties of the                                                                       
          Department of Commerce, Community, and                                                                                
          Economic Development; relating to telehealth                                                                          
          provided by respiratory care practitioners; relating to                                                               
          a social work licensure compact; relating to the                                                                      
          practice of social work; relating to medical                                                                          
          malpractice liability of respiratory care practitioners;                                                              
          relating to immunity from civil liability for a                                                                       
          respiratory care practitioner providing free health                                                                   
          care services; relating to national criminal history                                                                  
          record checks; relating to respiratory care                                                                           
          practitioners providing documentation and treatment                                                                   
          plans for public school students with asthma or                                                                       
          anaphylaxis; relating to the recognition of EMS                                                                       
          personnel licensure interstate compact; prohibiting                                                                   
          unfair discrimination under group health insurance                                                                    
          against respiratory care practitioners; establishing the                                                              
          Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory                                                                          
          Council; and providing for an effective date."                                                                        
          (Title Change SCR 25)                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Bjorkman, Chair; Senator Gray-Jackson.                                                                 
Signing no recommendation: Senators Dunbar, Merrick, Yundt.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 3, zero, Department of Public Safety                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                                                  
         Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Department of Commerce, Community,                                                           
          and Economic Development                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.