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Committee hears bipartisan bills to join physical therapy licensure compact
Summary
Representatives Rob Beierlein and Fitzgerald asked the House Health Policy Committee to approve legislation joining Michigan to the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, which would let eligible physical therapists and assistants obtain compact privileges to practice across member states without a separate license in each state.
Representatives Rob Beierlein and Fitzgerald (sponsors) and patient- and profession-level witnesses told the Michigan House Health Policy Committee that House Bills 4101 and 4102 would authorize Michigan to join the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact so licensed physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) may obtain compact privileges to practice in other member states without securing a separate full state license.
Brian Gilbert, president of the American Physical Therapy Association of Michigan and a former state licensing-board chair, said joining the compact would ease workforce constraints and be “a recruitment tool” for bringing clinicians to Michigan and helping…
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