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Minutes for HB2471 - Committee on Health and Human Services
Short Title
Physical therapy licensure compact.
Minutes Content for Mon, Feb 5, 2018
The Chairperson opened the hearing on HB2471.
Norm Furse, Revisor Emeritus, explained that this bill would enact the physical therapy licensure compact, which he said, is an interstate compact that enters into an agreement among several states for a patrticular purpose or to accomplish a particular goal (Attachment 30).
Proponents:
Leslie Adrian, Director of Professional Standards, Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, said the physical therapy compact is modeled on mutual recognition. She explained that a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant must have a license in good standing the home state and the home state must be a member of the Compact. When a licensee wants to work in another member state, a compact privilege must be obtained. Ms. Adrian articulated the compact privilege is the authorization to practice in another state, and to determine eligibility for a compact privilege, the following criteria must be met: 1) home state must be in compact; 2) must hold a current license in home state; 3) have no current encumbrances against any license; and 4) must not have any disciplinary action for the past 2 years (Attachment 31).
Jennifer Caswell, Legislative Chair, Kansas Physical Therapy Association, is a proponent because the Compact allows physical therapists and assistants to apply for compact privilege to practice in any of the participating states. She confirmed that the American Physical Therapy Association and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy worked together to produce a bill that would protect the public and it makes sense for the profession (Attachment 32).
Opponents:
No opponents appeared before the committee.
Neutral:
Katleen Selzler Lippert, Executive Director, Kansas Board of Healing Arts testified before the committee as a neutral conferee because she said HB2471 does not require minimum state standards or provide any specific exclusion for criminal conduct or licensure discipline if older than two years (Attachment 33).
Proponent written:
Proponent written testimony was submitted by:
Representative Tom Phillips, Assistant Majority Leader, Kansas Legislature (Attachment 34).
Opponent and Neutral written:
There was no opponent or neutral written testimony.
There were questions from the committee concerning legality, along with questions concerning credentialing and licensing aspects of the bill. When all of the questions were answered, the Chairperson closed the hearing on HB2471.
