Health Care Practitioners and Massage Therapy; Requiring that a certain annual report required of the Department of Health include specified data; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of massage therapists and massage establishments under certain circumstances; revising quorum requirements for the Board of Massage Therapy; prohibiting sexual activity and certain related activities in massage establishments; revising advertising requirements and prohibitions for massage therapists and massage establishments; requiring the department’s investigators to request valid government identification from all employees while in a massage establishment, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,034,032
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 197 (Ch. 2024-148)
Substituted CS/CS/HB 197
Read 2nd time
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/24
CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/15/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
Now in Fiscal Policy
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/08/24, 10:45 am, 412 Knott Building
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/30/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Introduced
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
Filed
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 896 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 896 c1 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 320058 - Amendment to S 896 Filed | PDF HTML |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) (2/16/2024 2:04 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) (2/13/2024 1:45 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) (2/8/2024 1:32 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) (2/7/2024 11:48 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Post-Meeting) (1/30/2024 11:11 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) (1/29/2024 8:46 AM) |
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