Maryland House Bill 551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-5)
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-28 - Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing a certain educational qualification required for an applicant for a physical therapist assistant license who was educated in limited physical therapy outside of any state; and altering certain educational qualifications for applicants for physical therapy licenses or physical therapist assistant licenses who were educated in any state to require the applicant to have graduated from a certain accredited program and have satisfactorily completed certain clinical education requirements.

Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications

Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]
Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D]
Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]
Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Sid Saab [R]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]
Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2020-02-27 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-28	Senate	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-02-27	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2020-02-25	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-02-25	House	Favorable with Amendments {196187/1 Adopted
2020-02-24	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2020-01-28	House	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-27	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB692 (Crossfiled) 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 575

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health Occupations	13	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health Occupations	13	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0551?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0551f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0551t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0551_19618701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0551_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0207.pdf