Video & Transcript Research : 'unauthorized practice'
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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Live in El Paso, practice in Las Cruces.
- you define 25% of a practice, is that based on fees?
- When you say 25% of the practice, you like to say the worst is 25% of my practice?
- So right now in Colorado, for instance, they allow this practice.
- But with that, you know, that's already current practice.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 1/16/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee met for an introductory session focused on committee organization, staff roles, and an overview of the committee’s jurisdiction. Members and staff introduced themselves, and the chair explained that one member was absent due to a meeting with the governor. House fiscal staff member John Walls reviewed the committee’s budget spreadsheet and explained the agencies under the committee’s jurisdiction, including the Supreme Court, Board of Civil Legal Aid, Court of Appeals, district courts, Guardian ad Litem Board, Tax Court, Uniform Laws Commission, Board of Judicial Standards, Board of Public Defense, Human Rights Commission, Office of Appellate Counsel and Training, and the Competency Restoration Board. He also explained how fiscal notes work and how costs or revenue impacts are tracked for bills.
Nathan Hopkins then described the committee’s broad civil law jurisdiction, covering areas such as property, torts, contracts, civil rights, consumer protection, employment, family law, remedies, statutes of limitations, damages, burdens of proof, due process, and attorney general enforcement. He also outlined the committee’s role in government data practices under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, emphasizing the distinction between transparency and privacy and noting that bills affecting Chapter 13 are often re-referred to this committee. Ben Johnson added that he handles appropriations and court-related policy provisions, with most budget drafting expected later in the session.
A member asked about the Competency Restoration Board, and Johnson explained that it was created to address cases involving criminal defendants found incompetent to proceed, with the goal of coordinating placements and services to restore competency rather than serving as long-term civil commitment. The chair also noted the importance of privacy and technology issues, mentioning past bipartisan work on body cameras, license plate readers, and drones. The meeting ended with a brief announcement about a law school for legislators program and an invitation to attend upcoming Zoom sessions, after which the committee adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't care what religion you, you practice.
- Now let's go to the Unfair Practices Act.
- These private remedies already exist under the unfair trade practices.
- Pretending to be unfair trade practices. When it's really aimed at.
- I've never done an unfair trade practices claim. This is not, this is not my practice of law.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And general Kerr recommended practices.
- So we want to study that and see if there's better practices.
- She will have 30 miles away, said a practice.
- They're straight out of practice.
- If they want to go and it's an expense set up a practice on their own or go join another practice.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And to clarify, there is a small exemption for practices of three physicians or less. in a practice of
- Yeah, so imagine we have two... two separate practices, two separate sites, locations of our practice
- about two separate practices merging.
- page list of fees and the civil practice and remedies.
- All right, to practice. To practice. Yes, ma'am. So.
Bills:
HB5141, HB4638, HB2264, HB2035, HB4813, HB4408, HB2684, HB1621, HB2300, HB216, HB3829, HB4466, HB1747, HB2284, HB3614, HB2587, HB3219, HB3318, HB5147, HB4014, HB216
Keywords:
lease, state property, public purpose, Travis County, Health and Human Services, pharmaceutical initiative, drug distribution, healthcare services, generic drugs, advanced pharmaceuticals, cost savings, mental health, patient discharge, medical records, health care professionals, substance use, family involvement, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And of course, that was a violation of an AG opinion regarding the practice and of Texas law.
- Chairman Hughes: And so, believing that these practices were unethical and unlawful, the doctor whistleblew
- So free speech rights of course is good for doctors, but it's also good for the practice of medicine
- So whistleblower protections in terms of things like corrupt practices, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Let's say a physician sees a practice, a medical practice taking place that he believes to be in violation
Keywords:
biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 3, 2026 - 02:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Today I present HB 439, Practice of Chiropractic Medicine. The bill is about patient access.
- Today I present HB 439, Practice of Chiropractic Medicine. The bill is about patient access.
- Can a physician currently practicing under a temporary area of need certificate obtain any permanent
- CAN A PHYSICIAN 546 CURRENTLY PRACTICING UNDER A TEMPORARY AREA OF NEED CERTIFICATE
- Act does not explicitly state whether practice under a temporary ACM...
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and heard a series of health care-related bills, with Chair Tuck emphasizing respectful debate and noting that all bills on the agenda would be voted on that day. The first measure, HB 743, would give the Attorney General authority to investigate and bring civil actions against health care practitioners who violate Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and would make aiding or abetting such conduct a third-degree felony. Supporters said it closed loopholes and protected minors and parental rights, while opponents argued it was vague, overbroad, and could chill lawful care and professional judgment. The bill passed 13-4 and was reported favorably.
The committee then unanimously approved PCS for HB 567, which narrows a continuing-education requirement for podiatrists so only those who prescribe controlled substances must take the related two-hour course. It also unanimously approved HB 439, allowing chiropractors, under specified training and certification requirements, to inject vitamins and nutrients while continuing to prohibit intravenous injections. The committee also passed HB 1235 to enter Florida into the respiratory care interstate compact, and HB 1237, a linked public-records/public-meetings exemption needed to implement that compact; both measures were supported as workforce and access-to-care bills and passed without opposition.
Later, the committee approved PCS for HB 809, which addresses temporary physician certificates in areas of need and aims to prevent doctors from losing the ability to practice when area designations change. Members asked about licensure pathways and the effect of federal or board designation changes, and supporters framed the bill as protecting continuity of care in underserved communities. The committee also unanimously passed HB 1347 to align clinical laboratory personnel licensing with federal CLIA standards amid staffing shortages, and HB 1515, a public-records exemption tied to a uterine fibroid research database.
Finally, the committee approved HB 169 updating acupuncture statutes, including terminology changes and limits on injection therapy, and HB 1021, Representative Young’s first bill, allowing qualified hospital pharmacists in Level I and II trauma centers to administer emergency medications at a physician’s direction during life-threatening situations. HB 1021 drew the most questions, mainly about scope, definitions, and who could authorize the pharmacist, but after a technical amendment it passed unanimously. All remaining bills were reported favorably, and the meeting adjourned after the final vote.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Justice, Public Safety, & Judiciary (3-4-25)
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- or those that are PR practicing or those that are PR practicing<00:15:14.519>
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which engage in private practice which engage in private practice which offsets
Summary:
The subcommittee met to discuss the guardian ad litem system, including appointment qualifications, training, payment, and whether any changes are needed. Roll was called, the February 25, 2025 minutes were approved, and the chair emphasized that the meeting was informational only and no vote would be taken. Representatives from the Court of Justice, including Chief Justice Deborah Henry Lambert and several family and district judges, testified about how the system has evolved since concerns raised in 2019 about overappointment and fees.
Court witnesses said the judiciary responded to earlier concerns by requiring open appointment lists of trained and qualified attorneys, improving training, and increasing oversight of fee orders. They reported that statewide GAL fees have fallen from a little over $14 million in 2019 to about $12 million, even as caseloads have grown, and said the average payment works out to about $650 per case, with the statutory cap for trial-level GAL fees still set at $500 since 1986. They argued that the current local appointment model works well, especially in rural areas, and warned that moving to a DPA-style regional model would create serious scheduling and conflict problems because of overlapping dockets and related criminal cases.
Judges from rural districts described shortages of available attorneys, high burnout, travel burdens, and the difficulty of finding enough counsel in smaller counties. They also said the Court of Justice cannot seek certain federal Title IV-E reimbursements, but urged the legislature to encourage the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to pursue that funding through an MOU. One judge noted that some appointed attorneys are effectively underpaid relative to private rates and that better compensation would help attract and retain lawyers.
The discussion also covered training standards adopted after the 2019 audit. Witnesses said Rule 37 now requires initial training and four hours of multidisciplinary continuing training every two years, with topics including child development, trauma-informed care, substance use, child welfare, forensics, ethics, and communication with clients. They said the Court of Justice has offered in-person regional trainings and remote options, and that the goal is to keep qualified attorneys on the appointment lists while improving representation for children and parents in dependency, neglect, abuse, and termination-of-parental-rights cases.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- or practice care that is not legal in another state.
- The provider has to know what the laws are where they're practicing and practice within those laws.
- Yes, but are the EMS folks medical practice act?
- And so with this compact, it gives... ...to practice.
- The response explained that she was referring to scopes of practice.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- While perhaps uncommon, these practice exams... ...these practice exams, unrelated to the procedure that
- for unconscious practice exams.
- We train doctors who practice where they train.
- They also can practice in acute care.
- best practices.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hybrid hearing on a wide range of bills focused on patient safety, workforce development, health equity, and access to care. A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 2362/S. 1491, which would require health care providers to offer trained chaperones for sensitive exams. Sponsors and supporters said the bill is a common-sense safeguard prompted by cases of physician sexual abuse, and survivors gave emotional testimony describing grooming, isolation, and abuse during exams when no chaperone was present. Support also came from a health services researcher, a physician, and a RAINN representative, all arguing that trained chaperones and clearer documentation would improve transparency and protect patients. Committee members asked about clarifying who may serve as a chaperone and whether the bill would apply to other clinicians such as PTs and OTs.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 2401/S. 1485, which would require explicit informed consent for certain educational exams performed on unconscious patients. The bill’s supporters said patients should know in advance if students or physicians will conduct non-medically necessary exams while they are under anesthesia, and that the measure would protect survivors from retraumatization. The hearing then moved to H. 2537, a primary care access bill. Health Care for All, the Massachusetts Medical Society, pediatric and internal medicine physicians, and a patient advocate described long waits, provider shortages, and difficulty finding primary care, especially for low-income people and people of color. They supported the bill’s proposed primary care spending target, payment reforms, Medicaid graduate medical education funding, and a commercial payment floor for health centers.
Another set of bills addressed workforce and safety issues. H. 2397/S. 1593 would establish a nursing workforce center; nursing leaders said Massachusetts should make the current workforce council permanent to support data collection, apprenticeships, and long-term planning for the state’s largest health care workforce. H. 2396/S. 1535 would require safe patient handling and mobility programs in health facilities; nurses described serious injuries from lifting patients and said better equipment and programs would reduce staff injuries and improve patient outcomes. H. 2501/S. 1505 on LGBTQ+ health disparities drew support from a medical student and Doctors for America, who urged collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data to improve care and school outcomes. Finally, H. 2448/S. 1522 on patient safety and equitable access to care drew strong support from nursing organizations and individual nurses who described unsafe staffing, burnout, and patient harm, while the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems opposed the bill as redundant for psychiatric facilities already regulated by the Department of Mental Health.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/06/25
Health and Human Services
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- These delays have been allowed to practice, and there's delays in patients from getting care.
- Certified midwives have been practicing in some states for upwards of 30 years.
- Certified midwives have been practicing in some states for upwards of 30 years.
- Certified midwives have been practicing in some states for upwards of 30 years.
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for midwif fre scope of practice for midwif fre scope of practice for certified
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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Act approach of the data Practices Act approach of the data Practices Act restoring - of money to deal with data practices of money to deal with data practices requests<00:15:43.000>
- budget to deal with any data practice budget to deal with any data practice requests<00:16:31.040
- It doesn't create any additional data practice requests.
- or 1365 which is the the data practices or 1365 which is the the data practices section<00:56:26.039
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- institution's best management practices institution's best management practices for<00:41:19.400
- do um GIS map and track all practices do um GIS map and track all practices implemented<00:43:09.680
- wants to know the outcomes of a practice wants to know the outcomes of a practice or<00:43:19.440
- <00:45:51.319>
um adoption of conservation practices um adoption of conservation practices - It's not going to pay for a practice.
Keywords:
HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a co-owner of a medium-sized family medicine practice in Arlington.
- As a practicing family physician and co-owner of my practice, I can speak firsthand about how unreasonable
- That is not a typical practice. Captain of Carrick. Thank you.
- So Massachusetts has removed all barriers and restrictions to scope of practice for all advanced practice
- We are a direct primary care practice.
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on several health care access and insurance-related bills, with most testimony focused on H.1136 to improve the prior authorization process. The Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Health Care for All, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, physicians, and hospital representatives all supported the bill, arguing that prior authorization delays care, increases administrative burden, contributes to clinician burnout, and can worsen patient outcomes. Witnesses described examples involving delayed cancer treatment, diabetes care, COPD medication, shingles pain treatment, and hospital discharge delays. They said the bill would preserve prior authorization but add guardrails such as longer validity periods, continuity-of-care protections, faster responses for urgent care, clearer lists of services requiring authorization, and more transparency and standardization.
The committee also heard testimony on H.1142/S.783 regarding equitable reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), with Senator Lovely and CRNA advocates supporting parity with physician anesthesiologists. They said CRNAs provide the same services at the same standard of care, but private insurers sometimes reimburse them at lower rates than physicians, which they argued is inconsistent with federal and state policy and harms access. Senator Keenan testified in support of a bill addressing claim denials and appeals, saying insurers should provide clearer explanations, time to resubmit claims, and timely appeal responses. Dr. Lorraine Schratz supported H.1126 to align state patient disclosure requirements with federal No Surprises Act rules, and Dr. Michael Trimbley supported H.1120 to recognize direct primary care as not being insurance and to encourage primary care participation.
The committee also heard testimony on H.1140/S.801 to remove barriers to patient care by updating insurance statutes to reflect nurse practitioners’ full practice authority, and on H.1168/S.A.18 to eliminate the PCP referral requirement for specialty gynecological care. Witnesses on those bills described delays and denials affecting autism diagnosis, nutrition coverage, and endometriosis care, and said the proposals would reduce unnecessary barriers and improve timely access. After testimony and a few member questions, the chair closed the hearing; no votes were taken during the session.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (03/12/2025)
Health and Human Services
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of medications and overall uh practice of medications and overall uh practice - how they couldn't leave their practice how they couldn't leave their practice to<00:16:56.199>
- a reasonable practice in the practice<00:19:36.159>
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that <00:19:36.880>if <00:19:37.000>your practice of medicine that if your practice- to put some rules around this practice to put some rules around this practice uh uh uh and<00:22
- a reasonable practice in the practice<00:19:36.159>
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Chair Trumbull: NEXT WE MOVE TO TAB 2, SENATE BILL 294 ON PHARMACY PRACTICES FOR PRODUCT HEALTH
- PHARMACY PRACTICE PRINCIPLES ACT AND AT THAT POINT RECOGNIZE VARIOUS CONDITIONS THAT IT WAS A VERY GOOD
- PHYSICIANS AND PHARMACISTS HAVE BEEN ENTERING INTO COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENTS OR CHRONIC HEALTH
- THERE IS NO NEED TO LIMIT PRACTICES FOR MODERN PATIENT CENTERED CARE WHICH CAN LOWER HOSPITALIZATIONS
- MY NAME IS MARIO LOPEZ, CARDIOLOGIST PRACTICING IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FOR 37 YEARS.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 5th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Our state's reentry to practice requirement is two years.
- two-year restricted license allowing independent practice.
- Are they practicing?
- Go to practice from other countries.
- and want to practice in small-town New Mexico?
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/11/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- How would your practice change? How would your practice change?
- They're wellness practices.
- alternative about these practices. alternative about these practices.
- <01:37:59.280>
Early a practical necessity. Early a practical necessity. - I own my own practice.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jun 24th, 2025
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- It has clear and sufficient authority over the licensees and those authorized to practice in the state
- public accountancy in California under existing interstate practice rules, and those working under a
- Steven Abelowitz, and I've been working as a practicing pediatric physician for almost 30 years.
- help me grow my practice to reach more patients and provide. better care.
- My name is Jorge Gonfer on behalf of myself as a practicing EMT and a future physician in support.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Legislative Commission on Data Practices 12/11/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- practices act can be extremely costly. practices act can be extremely costly.
- is to respond to data practices is to respond to data practices requests. requests. requests.
- mine who's an expert on data practices mine who's an expert on data practices laws
- as a practical matter.
- Practice principles.