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Subcommittee urges summit, continued work on access to care; public comment presses open panels for chiropractors and naturopaths
Summary
MLAC’s access-to-care subcommittee recommended a spring stakeholder summit and task force to tackle statutory, rulemaking, outreach and training barriers. In public comment, a clinician urged removing restrictions on chiropractic and naturopathic physicians and reopening managed‑care panels to improve access.
Co-chairs of the Management and Labor Advisory Committee’s access-to-care subcommittee presented findings and next steps on Nov. 6, urging continued stakeholder engagement and a spring summit to develop detailed remedies for access bottlenecks. “Within the letter, it sort of talks about the 6 buckets that we kind of identified that were common themes…statutory issues, rulemaking needs, outreach…training and education,” Emily Cronin told the committee.
Cronin and Kim Schleisinger said the subcommittee identified items that can be addressed quickly and others that require longer stakeholder discussion; they recommended a task force meet in the spring to continue the work. “So, that was mostly the, the bulk of the recommendations, is to kinda continue on,” Schleisinger said.
During the public‑comment period, Dr. Sabo urged the committee to support a legislative concept that would remove restrictions on chiropractic and naturopathic physicians and return managed‑care organizations to open panels, saying the current closed‑panel approach reduces access. “The 1st is that it removes the restrictions on chiropractic and naturopathic physicians. … We would suggest that the current closed panel system is part of the access problem,” Dr. Sabo said.
Co-chairs and the administrator signaled willingness to continue stakeholder outreach and to bring subcommittee recommendations back for action as appropriate. The committee did not take a formal vote on new statutory language on Nov. 6, instead recommending further work in the coming months and possible legislative filings in 2026.
