MS HB50 | 2025 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Failed on February 13 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-13 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Provide For The Licensure Of Professional Music Therapists By The State Department Of Health; To Provide For Definitions; To Provide For The Establishment, Appointment And Membership Of The Music Therapy Advisory Committee; To Direct The Department To Seek The Advice Of The Advisory Committee For Issues Related To Music Therapy; To Provide The Powers And Duties Of The Advisory Committee; To Provide That Beginning On January 1, 2026, No Person Without A License As A Professional Music Therapist Shall Practice Music Therapy Or Use Any Title That Implies That The Person Is A Professional Music Therapist; To Prescribe Certain Requirements For Professional Music Therapists In The Provision Of Music Therapy Services; To Provide For Licensure Application And Qualifications For Licensure; To Provide For License Renewal; To Provide For Disciplinary Actions Against Licensees; To Direct The State Board Of Health To Set Certain Fees; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Require That All Fees Collected By The Department Under This Act Shall Be Deposited Into The Special Fund; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health.

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History

DateChamberAction
2025-02-13HouseDied On Calendar
2025-02-12HouseRead the Third Time
2025-02-04HouseTitle Suff Do Pass
2025-02-04HouseDR - TSDP: AP To PH
2025-01-30HouseDR - TSDP: PH To AP
2025-01-10HouseReferred To Public Health and Human Services;Appropriations A

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