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Committee clears slate of workforce, licensing and technical bills; several require further monitoring
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee passed more than 50 bills in a single session, advancing technical updates to licensing accreditation, data-sharing corrections, criminal-background checks tied to federal rules, and measures to bolster UI fraud investigation funding. Several measures were noncontroversial; others will need fiscal and implementation review.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Wednesday advanced a broad package of bills covering professional licensing, workforce services, unemployment insurance and technical statutory updates.
What passed: Committee members moved and passed dozens of measures, including technical accreditation-name updates for physician assistants and occupational therapists (SB 269, SB 271); registration-date changes for surgical technologists (SB 270); repeal of an obsolete certificate-recording law (SB 272); immunity for board-called expert witnesses (SB 273); a fellowship pathway for foreign medical…
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