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Committee amends and passes bill expanding health-worker awards and loosening EMS licensing timeline
Summary
House Bill 305 was amended and unanimously passed out of the Senate Health Services committee to add occupations to a prior health-worker award program and to provide flexibility in licensing timelines tied to certificates of need.
Representative Ken Fleming presented House Bill 305, describing two primary changes: expanding an existing workforce award program to include additional health professions, and clarifying hospital-related ownership and licensing timelines for emergency medical services tied to certificates of need.
"...we funded this past, this past budget cycle that funded, health care workers. And it covered a broad spectrum," Fleming said, and added that "CPE has asked that we expand that to include dietitians and physician assistants." He said the change responds to demand…
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