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House committee backs interstate licensure compact to ease cross‑state health care practice
Summary
The House recommended SB 14‑48 as amended, a bill adopting an interstate licensure compact to allow health‑care professionals to practice across state lines more easily; supporters said compacts improve access to care and account for military and family mobility.
The Committee of the Whole recommended that Senate Bill 14‑48 as amended do pass. The bill would adopt an interstate licensure compact to facilitate portability of health‑care professional licenses across state lines.
Representative Griffin moved the committee report and Representative Livingston’s appropriations amendment was adopted. Representative Bliss spoke in support, saying compacts increase access to care, hold providers to common accountability standards and are important for military families and rapid deployment of providers across state lines.
The committee recommended the bill do pass as amended and it was reported to the House for further consideration. The sponsor presented no additional closing comments on the floor.
Ending: SB 14‑48 advances with the appropriations amendment adopted; the transcript records committee adoption and the recommendation to report Do Pass.
