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Committee backs small change to allow PT assistants longer treatment windows before PT reassessment
Summary
Senate Business and Labor voted to concur on House Bill 454, which lengthens the window between supervisory physical-therapist reassessments of patients treated by physical therapist assistants from six visits or 14 days to eight visits or 30 days, supporters said the change improves rural access and preserves PT clinical judgment.
Representative Laurie Theel sponsored House Bill 454, which would change supervision frequency for physical therapist assistants so a supervising physical therapist must reassess after eight visits or 30 days, whichever comes first, instead of the current six visits or 14 days.
Proponents — including Emily Herndon (represented in testimony by Brett Ballard),…
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