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Committee sends bill to floor requiring clinicians to identify credentials in ads and at first patient contact
Summary
The House Health & Human Services Committee approved Senate Bill 152, a transparency measure requiring clinicians to identify their license type in advertisements and at first patient contact, and advanced it with a 12‑1 vote.
The committee moved Senate Bill 152 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation after hearing doctors, emergency physicians and medical groups say patients are often confused about who is providing care.
Sponsors Representative Garcia Sander and Representative Ferre presented the bill as a transparency measure: clinicians should wear identification that makes license type immediately clear and should verbally introduce themselves and their professional role when establishing a new patient relationship. The bill would…
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