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House committee advances HB 305 to clarify eligibility for health-care shortage program, adds dietitians and physician assistants
Summary
The House Postsecondary Education committee voted unanimously to report House Bill 305 favorably after Representative Kenneth Fleming asked that the bill explicitly include physician assistants and dietitians to address rural workforce shortages.
Representative Kenneth Fleming urged the committee to amend the scope of House Bill 305 to ensure physician assistants and dietitians are explicitly covered by a health-care workforce incentive program created earlier by House Bill 200.
Fleming, who identified himself as a state representative for the 40th House District, told the committee that conversations with the Council on Postsecondary Education and medical experts showed a…
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