Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Committee endorses bill to standardize medical and mental evaluation standards for health licensing boards
Summary
The Senate Business and Labor Committee heard testimony and voted to concur on House Bill 238, a bill that standardizes when occupational licensing boards may order mental or physical evaluations for licensees in health professions.
Quinlan O'Connor, chief legal counsel for the Department of Labor and Industry, told the committee House Bill 238 sets clear standards licensing boards should consider before ordering invasive mental or physical evaluations of licensees: "the duration of the risk, the nature and severity of the potential harm, the likelihood that the harm will occur, and the imminence of that potential harm," he said.
O'Connor said the change is intended to give licensees…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
