Revise visit frequency required of supervisory physical therapists
HB 454 revises the required frequency of patient visits by a licensed physical therapist when supervising a physical therapy assistant. This bill directly affects licensed physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, and the patients they serve. It changes the supervisory requirement, allowing a physical therapist to make an onsite or telehealth visit once for every eight visits made by an assistant, rather than six. Additionally, the time-based supervisory visit is extended from every two weeks to every 30 days, whichever occurs first.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 11, 2025
Signed May 5, 2025
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The bill text was cleaned up by removing redundant page headers and footers, such as 'END' markers and page numbers, which were likely artifacts from the original print layout. The substantive content of the act, which revises the frequency of patient visits required when a physical therapist supervises a physical therapy assistant, remains unchanged.
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Removed redundant page headers, footers, and 'END' markers that were present in the previous version but are not part of the legislative text.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2025 · House Mar 1, 2025
How they voted
47–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 14, 2025
D
Democratic18
94% Yea
R
Republican32
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-1-2)
senate
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 1, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (97-0-3)
house
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Morgan Thiel
RRepublican
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