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Senate Human Services Committee keeps hearing on physical therapy informed-consent bill open until students can testify
Summary
Sponsor Senator Randy Burkhard asked the Senate Human Services Committee to continue the hearing on Senate Bill 2169, relating to physical therapy patient informed-consent forms, so university students planned to testify can appear; the committee kept the hearing open until the next scheduled Monday.
The Senate Human Services Committee kept open the hearing on Senate Bill 2169, a bill relating to patient informed consent in physical therapy, after sponsor Senator Randy Burkhard asked the panel to delay final testimony so students could appear.
Senator Randy Burkhard, sponsor and a state senator from Minot, told the committee he had planned to bring physical therapy students from the University of Mary but there was a scheduling mix-up. "We were planning on bringing the students to the capital next Monday, 27th. So I would respectfully request that you continue this hearing to Monday, 27th," Burkhard said. The committee chair agreed to keep the hearing open to allow the students to testify.
Burkhard said the bill addresses consent forms and asked the committee to note a drafting typo in the bill (the word "consent form" had been mistyped in the draft). No other testimony was offered in favor or opposition during the session. The chair closed oral testimony for the moment but said the record and the hearing would remain open until the next Monday so the students could appear.
No formal vote was taken on SB 2169 during the session. The committee did not adopt any amendments during the sitting and explicitly kept the hearing open to allow further testimony at the next scheduled date.
