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Sponsor agrees to narrow chiropractic prescribing bill after debate on training and Medicaid costs
Summary
Representatives debated a bill granting chiropractors an elective prescriptive endorsement; opponents raised concerns about training, addictive medications and malpractice costs; sponsor agreed to remove Medicaid coverage and limit allowable drugs in a Senate amendment.
Representative Rob Lander introduced House Bill 500 to allow a license endorsement permitting chiropractors to prescribe a limited class of medications after additional training. The sponsor said the endorsement would be voluntary and subject to board rules on required pharmacology education, storage, and disposal protocols.
Sarah Swanson, commissioner at the Department of Labor and Industry, testified proponentally and described administrative costs: about $10,000 for…
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