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Committee approves licensure compact, expands optometrist scope; two bills advance
Summary
In executive action the House Business and Labor Committee approved two bills: House Bill 183 (Montana joins the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact) and House Bill 218 (expands scope for optometrists). Both bills passed the committee and will move to the House floor.
The House Business and Labor Committee completed executive action on two bills and sent both to the House floor.
- House Bill 183 (Licensure compact): Vice Chair moved that the committee pass HB 183, which joins Montana to a multi-state professional-licensure compact. The committee passed the motion. Proxies recorded in the hearing transcript indicated several members voting by proxy in favor; the chair announced the bill had passed out of committee.
- House Bill 218 (optometry scope): Vice Chair moved passage of HB 218 (an optometry scope-of-practice measure). The committee held a roll-call vote; the motion passed on a recorded vote of 18–2 and will go to the House floor.
The committee discussion included comments in support of expanded access to eye-care services in rural Montana; some members expressed caution but the motion passed. The two bills will appear on the full House calendar for floor consideration.
