Practice of physical therapy; clarifying certain exemption from referral. Effective date.
Senate Bill 808 amends Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Practice Act to clarify direct access to physical therapy services. The bill specifies that licensed physical therapists, including those working under direct-to-employer contracts, can evaluate and treat patients for up to 30 days without a referral from another healthcare practitioner. For treatment extending beyond 30 days, a referral is required from an updated list of providers, which now includes Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. This legislation impacts licensed physical therapists and patients seeking direct physical therapy care.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed Apr 23, 2025
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The bill was transitioned from the House version to the Senate version, with minor formatting adjustments and a date update. The substantive policy content regarding physical therapy referral exemptions and practice scope remains unchanged.
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Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date from 04/16/2025 to February 24, 2025.
Page footers and committee report headers updated to reflect Senate floor version formatting.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 23, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 04/23/2025
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Health
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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