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Panel backs SB 196 to clarify direct access and insurer billing for physical therapists

2221727 · February 4, 2025
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Summary

Committee approved the second substitute to SB 196, clarifying that the bill does not expand physical therapists— scope of practice and aims to remove payer barriers to direct access and billing clarity.

The Senate Business and Labor Committee unanimously approved the second substitute to Senate Bill 196, described by sponsor Senator Musselman as a technical and clarifying update to physical therapist practice law.

Senator Musselman told the committee the substitute "does not, and I repeat, does not, create or open up the scope of practice as it pertains to physical therapists." He…

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