Bill Text: NH HB188 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relative to the duration of physical therapy.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-10 - Signed by Governor Sununu 08/08/2023; Chapter 231; eff: 10/07/2023 House Journal 17 [HB188 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB188-Enrolled.html

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HB 188 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0414

05/10

 

HOUSE BILL 188

 

AN ACT relative to the duration of physical therapy.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Popovici-Muller, Rock. 17; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Rochefort, Graf. 1; Rep. McMahon, Rock. 17; Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Nagel, Belk. 6; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the requirement that a physical therapist refer a patient to a health care provider if there is no documented improvement after 25 days of treatment.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0414

05/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to the duration of physical therapy.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Physical Therapy Practice Act; Referral to Health Care Professional.  Amend RSA 328-A:9, II to read as follows:

II.  A physical therapist shall refer a patient or client to appropriate health care practitioners when:

(a)  The physical therapist has reasonable cause to believe symptoms or conditions are present that require services beyond the scope of practice; or

(b)  Physical therapy is contraindicated[; or

(c)  There is no documented improvement within 25 calendar days of the initiation of treatment].

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.