Dozens testify for Safe Harbor bill to protect complementary and alternative practitioners; board‑licensed clinicians raise scope concerns

Supporters of H2504 and S1481, the so‑called “Safe Harbor” bills, told the Joint Committee on Public Health that the legislation would protect consumer access to broadly used, noninvasive complementary and alternative health services while imposing disclosure requirements and a list of prohibited acts to protect public safety. Dozens of practitioners, educators and patients described therapies including Reiki, homeopathy, life activation and other energy‑based or manual approaches that, they said, are low‑risk, widely used and provide cost‑effective help that complements conventional care. Testifiers said the bills would…