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Committee hears bill to join interstate compact for respiratory-care licensure

2674991 · March 18, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 447 would enact the respiratory care interstate compact to allow respiratory therapists licensed in other member states to practice in Montana under compact rules; the law would take effect only after at least seven states adopt the compact.

Representative Ed Buttrey introduced House Bill 447 and told the Senate Business and Labor Committee the bill would enact a respiratory care interstate compact in Montana to increase license mobility for respiratory care practitioners.

Heather O'Hara, vice president and registered nurse with the Montana Hospital Association, testified the association supports the bill because it would increase…

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