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Committee advances bill to award continuing education credits to clinical preceptors
Summary
House Bill 242 was sent to the floor with a do‑pass recommendation. The bill would allow medical professionals who serve as preceptors for trainees to receive continuing medical education credits as an incentive to expand training capacity, particularly for rural areas; sponsors said the bill carries no fiscal impact in committee discussion.
The committee voted to send House Bill 242 to the House floor with a do‑pass recommendation after Representative Josh Wheeler described the measure as an incentive to expand clinical preceptorships by awarding continuing education credits to professionals who supervise trainees.
"One of the bottlenecks that we have to having more medical professionals ... is preceptorships or rotations," Wheeler said. HB 242 would authorize continuing medical education credits for clinicians who serve as preceptors, recognizing the unbilled time they spend training students and aiming to encourage more clinicians to take trainees, particularly in rural communities.
Representative Haley, who moved the motion, praised the bill as a pragmatic way to reward preceptors and said the training clinicians gain from teaching can be among the best continuing education. Committee members did not raise fiscal concerns and the motion passed by voice vote with the chair voting aye.
Sponsors said the policy is intended to be incentive‑based and not to create new direct payments to preceptors; no fiscal notes or funding sources were discussed at the Health and Welfare hearing.
