Health Care Practitioners and Massage Therapy
Summary
Health Care Practitioners and Massage Therapy; Requiring that a certain annual report required of the Department of Health include specified data; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of massage therapists and massage establishments under certain circumstances; revising quorum requirements for the Board of Massage Therapy; prohibiting sexual activity and certain related activities in massage establishments; revising advertising requirements and prohibitions for massage therapists and massage establishments; requiring the department’s investigators to request valid government identification from all employees while in a massage establishment, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,034,032
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Mar 5, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Feb 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/15/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/08/24, 10:45 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/30/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 4, 2024
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jonathan Martin
RRepublican
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