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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, we have thousands, one person told me, between maybe 6,000 and 8,000 massage therapists or Asian
- </c><00:28:46.399><c> in</c> therapists or Asian body workers in therapists or Asian body workers in
- . therapist. therapist.
- Really, when we talk about 362, we talk about it as massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy is actually
- <c> actually</c> and Asian bodywork therapy is actually and Asian bodywork therapy is actually delineating
Keywords:
massage therapy, Asian bodywork therapy, massage therapist, Asian bodywork therapist, licensure, professional licensing, health occupations, Department of Health, commissioner of health, advisory council, protected title, unlicensed practice, scope of practice, consumer protection, background check, professional liability insurance, continuing education, credentialing examination, state preemption, municipal regulation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members, happy to take questions on behalf of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
- Southeast Asian veterans. I'm definitely happy. Who doesn't want more money, right?
- However, I know that this bill also mentions the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
- Thank you, Chair of the Asian Pacific Caucus, which represents ten of us.
- On Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
Keywords:
cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:23:26.159><c> conflict</c> war in Laos, Southeast Asian conflict war in Laos, Southeast Asian
- I'm definitely Southeast Asian veterans.
- </c> clear uh message to our Southeast Asian clear uh message to our Southeast Asian community<00:28:
- </c> clear for our Southeast Asian community? clear for our Southeast Asian community?
- </c> the chair of the Missile Asian-Pacific the chair of the Missile Asian-Pacific Caucus<00:31:25.520
Keywords:
cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a professional Asian bodywork therapist who has maintained an active practice in the Commonwealth
- I'm here to lend my support for Asian bodywork therapy being able to achieve professional state licensure
- In the future, Asian bodywork training may become increasingly reliant on certification programs from
- In the future, Asian bodywork training may become increasingly reliant on certification programs from
- Bill 422, Warren's bill, on the other hand, is very specific and limited to Asian bodywork therapy.
Summary:
The committee opened a hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure and reviewed a broad agenda including credit card fees, event ticketing, music therapy licensure, senior psychologist licensure, CPA pathways, school mental health licensure, and a bill regulating alternative healing therapies. The chairs explained hearing logistics, including three-minute testimony limits and submission of written testimony, and noted that more than 70 people had signed up to testify. Legislators and advocates were heard out of order throughout the day.
A major portion of the hearing focused on credit card surcharge and interchange legislation. Restaurant owners, the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, NFIB, and other small-business witnesses supported bills allowing merchants to add convenience fees and, in one proposal, preventing card companies from charging fees on tax and tip portions of transactions. They argued that swipe fees are a major and growing cost, especially for restaurants, and that Massachusetts is one of only two states that bars surcharges. Opponents from the Cooperative Credit Union Association, the Electronic Payment Coalition, and the Electronic Transactions Association warned that the proposals would create compliance burdens, fragment the payment system, raise legal preemption issues, and disrupt a system they described as efficient and secure.
The committee also heard competing testimony on ticket transferability and ticket resale. Supporters, including the National Consumers League and Sports Fans Coalition, said bills on ticket transferability would protect consumers who cannot attend events and would increase competition and savings in the secondary market. Opponents, including United Musicians and Allied Workers and theater owners, argued that mandatory transferability would weaken artists’ and venues’ ability to prevent scalping and predatory resale, and that some ticket sellers should be exempt from the broader ticketing regulations. Separate testimony supported music therapy licensure, senior psychologist licensure, and new CPA education pathways, with witnesses saying these measures would expand access to care and strengthen the workforce while maintaining professional standards. The hearing also drew extensive opposition to S.261 on alternative healing therapies, with practitioners and clients arguing it would overregulate spiritual and holistic practices and was not an effective response to human trafficking concerns.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/11/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> therapy and Asian bodywork therapy. therapy and Asian bodywork therapy.
- and Asian bodywork therapists in Minnesota.
- And that could be dealt with with an amendment for the education of the massage therapists and Asian
- </c><00:47:22.160><c> and</c><00:47:22.280><c> Asian</c><00:47:22.480><c> body</c> massage therapists
- and Asian body massage therapists and Asian body workers.<00:47:23.120><c> Thank</c><00:47:23.360><c
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Social Services Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are finally at a point that House Bill 165 authorizes physician associates, occupational therapists
- requirements and limitations for dry needling treatments and prohibits physician associates, occupational therapists
Keywords:
human remains, indigent, burial, cremation, next of kin, social services, environmental impact, nursing education, preceptorship programs, healthcare workforce, nurse shortage, clinical training, dry needling, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, referral process, neuromusculoskeletal pain, Western medicine
Summary:
The Senate Health and Social Services Committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the prior two meetings, and briefly acknowledged the tragedy at Christiana Care before moving to legislation. The committee heard House Bill 385, which creates a statewide nurse preceptor grant program to expand clinical training placements for nursing students; testimony from nursing organizations, health care associations, and educators emphasized workforce shortages, the need for preceptor stipends and training, and the bill’s potential to help students complete programs and remain in Delaware. Members asked about eligibility and reporting, and several senators asked to be added as co-sponsors. Public comment was uniformly supportive, and the bill was advanced out of committee.
The committee then considered House Bill 424, which repeals Delaware’s Autism Surveillance and Registration Program and requires DHSS to expunge protected health information collected through the registry. The sponsor and DHSS said the registry is no longer used for research or policy development and that repeal would reduce outdated reporting burdens; Autism Delaware, the Delaware Health Care Association, and the State Council for Persons with Disabilities support the change. A committee member raised the question of whether families would be notified before records are expunged, and DHSS said that process was not yet clear and would need further verification. Members discussed the issue, and the bill also moved forward.
House Bill 419 was next, making children in foster care automatically eligible for the Purchase of Care child care subsidy and extending the same treatment to certain kinship and safety-plan placements through House Amendment 1. The Children’s Department and advocacy groups said the bill would provide immediate stability for children and caregivers, reduce delays from applications and income verification, and support working foster and kinship families. The committee also heard House Bill 359, which would allow cremation as an option for unclaimed and indigent remains when there is no family objection or next of kin cannot be found, addressing a shortage of burial plots and lowering costs; funeral industry testimony focused on preserving next-of-kin rights. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 475, creating a Delaware Nursing Advancement Fund financed by a $10 surcharge on nursing licenses and disciplinary fines to support workforce data collection and analysis through a nonprofit partner, and House Bill 165, authorizing physician associates, occupational therapists, and APRNs to perform dry needling under training and practice standards set by the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. All of the bills received supportive testimony, several members added their names as co-sponsors, and the committee adjourned after moving through the agenda.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - Part 1 - 03/27/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- What I understand is there's 5,000 to 8,000 unlicensed massage and bodywork therapists in Minnesota without
- What I understand is there's 5,000 to 8,000 unlicensed massage and bodywork therapists in Minnesota without
- What I understand is there's 5,000 to 8,000 unlicensed massage and bodywork therapists in Minnesota without
- Um, it says the limitations practice of massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy do not include, and
- What this does is it provides specific limitations to the practice of massage therapy and the Asian bodywork
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture (7-20-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvz_NVCo--M, 2026-06-21T07:17:04+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Call to Order: 00:00:12
Roll Call: 00:00:18
Approval of June 8, 2023 Minutes: 00:02:30
Discussion on the implementation of 2023 Regular Session HB 9 Relating to Economic Relief for Local Communities: 00:02:45
Update on the Management of Asian Carp in Kentucky 00:45:21, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/04/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Those would be people who are operating a location with more than one either massage therapist or bodywork
- </c> they almost say that massage therapists they almost say that massage therapists are<01:25:35.120
- That's very important. board of massage therapist into line board of massage therapist into line with
- > uh,</c><01:27:48.239><c> that</c> Asian body work therapists, uh, that Asian body work therapists,
- body work and the board of as Asian body work and the board of massage<01:35:09.760><c> therapists</
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/25/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Article 3 covers massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy.
- and Asian bodywork therapy.
- Asian bodywork therapy. Asian bodywork therapy.
- </c> licensure for music therapists. licensure for music therapists.
- ,</c><01:33:19.480><c> care</c> um social workers, therapists, care um social workers, therapists, care
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- bodywork therapists, and RSA 328-B, which is relative to massage therapists and massage establishments
- or anybody from the advisory board of reflexologists, structural integrators, and Asian bodywork therapists
- from the advisory board of reflexologists, structural integrators, and Asian bodywork therapists.
- <01:31:45.840><c> provides</c> middle-aged Asian woman who provides middle-aged Asian woman who provides
- </c><01:40:13.920><c> Um</c> therapists here as perpetrators. Um therapists here as perpetrators.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/15/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> massage establishment or bodywork massage establishment or bodywork establishment<00:11:05.760><
- I think um I— for therapist to perform massage for therapist to perform massage therapists<00:54:30.240
- Was it a massage therapist?
- Was it a massage therapist?
- Was it a massage therapist?
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/04/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> they almost say that massage therapists they almost say that massage therapists are<01:20:15.040
- bodywork therapists, that does take the language and point it to RSA 310, section 8, as opposed to having
- Both of the boards of reflexology, structural integration, and Asian bodywork, and the board of massage
- body work, and the board of as Asian body work, and the board of massage<01:29:49.760><c> therapists
- </c> and the marriage and family therapist and the marriage and family therapist master's<02:10:21.040
TX
Bills:
HB109, HB136, HB 109, HB136, HB694, HB 1201, HB1716, HB2071, HB2216, HB2358, HB2807, HB2886, HCR78
Keywords:
taxation, ballot propositions, public funding, voter information, transparency, training, public officials, candidates, requirements, political education, mental health, inpatient psychiatric facility, juvenile treatment, residential treatment facility, emotionally disturbed juveniles, Department of State Health Services, Health and Human Services Commission, state grant, facility construction, facility expansion
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Why not get a new therapist in Massachusetts? Well, that takes time.
- These changes are within the scope of entry-level physical therapist education and training.
- The Compact is widely supported by physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, including those
- So having a therapist that really gets OCD and being able to continue care with that therapist outside
- So having a therapist that really gets OCD and being able to continue care with that therapist outside
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills involving professional licensure, clinical practice, and public health-related workforce issues. The chair explained that no votes would be taken at the hearing and that the purpose was to gather public input. Early testimony focused on Marnie’s Law, with supporters describing the bill as a no-cost, preventive measure to require nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer after a family tragedy and arguing it could reduce misdiagnosis and save lives.
A major portion of the hearing centered on bills affecting clinical decision-making and licensure compacts. Supporters of the physician ownership/clinical autonomy bills argued they would protect independent practices from corporate interference after the Steward collapse, while supporters of EMS, dental, psychology, physical therapy, and physician assistant compacts said the measures would improve workforce mobility, reduce delays, and expand access to care, especially for rural patients, military families, and telehealth users. Several witnesses emphasized that the compacts would not reduce standards and would strengthen public protection through shared disciplinary databases and streamlined credentialing.
There was also testimony on bills to ensure safe medication administration and to protect the independence of complementary and alternative health care practitioners. Nursing representatives urged that only licensed professionals administer medications in hospitals, hospices, and home care settings, warning that delegation to unlicensed staff could endanger patients and nurses’ licenses. A complementary and alternative care witness supported consumer access with mandatory disclosures and limits on reserved medical acts. On the dental compact, witnesses were split: some supported portability and workforce flexibility, while others warned the compact lacked a hands-on skills exam and could weaken Massachusetts’ regulatory authority and patient safety. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on the psychology compact, physical therapy compact, and physician assistant bills, with most speakers favoring expanded interstate practice and reduced administrative barriers.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Business and Professions and Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Mar 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- therapists, and things of that nature?
- Anything that did increase public confidence in professional massage therapists, certified massage therapists
- therapists' own experiences tell a different story, with some therapists waiting over a year and a half
- Emlix is for occupational therapists and physical therapists.
- If you force therapists to take the national test, you're going to be eliminating a number of therapists
Summary:
The joint sunset oversight hearing reviewed five regulatory entities: the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Board of Psychology, the Physician Assistant Board, the Podiatric Medical Board, and the California Massage Therapy Council. Across the hearing, each entity described recent accomplishments, licensing and enforcement workload, workforce shortages, and efforts to modernize processes. Common themes included streamlining licensure, expanding access to care, addressing telehealth or emerging technology, and balancing consumer protection with workforce needs.
For the Board of Behavioral Sciences, members discussed workforce shortages in mental health, supervision barriers, telehealth confidentiality, AI in therapy, interstate compacts, school-based services, and military spouse licensure. The board said it has expanded outreach, improved licensing processes, and created temporary practice authority tracking, while also expressing concern about counseling compacts and emphasizing California-specific law, ethics, and cultural competency. Public commenters supported the board’s work and the possible move to a national MFT exam, while also urging more resources.
The Board of Psychology highlighted fee adjustments, streamlined licensure pathways, enforcement process improvements, new CPD requirements, and proposed changes including a psychotherapist-client privilege exception for investigations. Committee members and public witnesses focused heavily on that privilege proposal, with some members opposing it as too broad and privacy-invasive, while the board argued it is needed to obtain records in bias and sexual misconduct cases. The board also discussed workforce shortages, processing improvements, and the use of inactive status for psychological associates.
The Physician Assistant Board reported growth in the PA workforce and education programs, SB 697 implementation, and financial pressure from rising enforcement costs. The main policy debate centered on physician-to-PA ratios and practice agreements, with board representatives and many public commenters arguing that current restrictions limit access to care, especially in rural areas, while the California Medical Association defended the need for explicit ratios and agreements. The board also discussed AI, fee increases, and tracking temporary practice authority. The Podiatric Medical Board described licensing and renewal reforms, residency expansion, enforcement support, and budget constraints, while public testimony raised concerns about a proposed fee increase and about reimbursement parity and practice recognition for podiatrists. Finally, the California Massage Therapy Council defended the certification model over licensure, citing lower costs, local government collaboration, anti-trafficking work, and its role in vetting applications and disciplining bad actors; no formal votes or final actions were taken during this portion of the hearing.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Legislative Oversight & Sunset
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill would allow the Board of Massage and Bodywork to determine which courses remain in person and
- bill also aligns with existing efforts by the American Massage Therapy Association and associated bodywork
- And like the representative mentioned, the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment of massage therapists
- The Bureau projects an average of 24,700 openings for massage therapists each year.
- The Bureau projects an average of 24,700 openings for massage therapists each year.
Keywords:
SB295, Delaware, Title 24, aesthetician, aesthetics, cosmetology, barbering, electrology, nail technology, scope of practice, license display, apprentice permit, Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, microdermabrasion, microneedling, dermaplaning, chemical peel, exfoliation, lash extensions, brow tinting
Summary:
The Senate Legislative Oversight Committee met in hybrid format, approved the minutes from its April 22 and May 13 meetings, and then heard two bills. HB 420 would modernize massage therapy licensure by allowing the Board of Massage and Bodywork to decide which coursework may be completed in a hybrid format and which must remain in person, while also removing outdated references to a license type the board no longer issues. The sponsor said the change would improve access for students who cannot easily travel or stop working, while preserving public protection through board rules.
Public testimony on HB 420 was entirely supportive. Robert Overmiller spoke in favor, and Mackenzie Francis of Alpha School of Massage also supported the bill, citing workforce growth in massage therapy and arguing that hybrid education would expand access, especially for students entering the field later in life. No committee questions or objections were raised.
The committee then discussed HB 378, which would continue the Council of Corrections’ partnership with the Criminal Justice Council and avoid the sunset of that arrangement in 2026. Members noted the bill stemmed from a prior Joint Legislative Oversight effort to provide the council with staff support and training. Robert Overmiller again testified in support, and there was no opposition or further public comment. The meeting concluded after discussion of the two bills, with no votes recorded in the transcript.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Adds another respiratory therapist to the board, and the new wellness program to manage impaired practitioners
- The bill also includes language that would allow respiratory therapists to practice under the direction
- :07:04.160><c> fingerprinting,</c> The bill also includes language that would allow respiratory therapists
- Association of Alabama is seeking the amendment that would take out the language allowing respiratory therapists
Keywords:
court costs, Choctaw County, jail funding, municipal court, criminal proceedings, education funding, student outcomes, K-12 education, RAISE Act, accountability, special education, English language learners, local education agency, respiratory therapy, respiratory therapist, respiratory care, licensure, licensing board, advanced practice provider, nurse practitioner
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 155, HB 1102, HB 1109, HB 1356, HB 1469, HB 1323, HB 1376 (05/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- So there are places where the owner is not necessarily a massage therapist, but the place has massage
- So this adding a license for somebody who doesn't have any experience in personal reflexology, Asian
- So there are places where the owner is not necessarily a massage therapist, but the place has massage
- So this adding a license for somebody who doesn't have any experience in personal reflexology, Asian
- So there are places where the owner is not necessarily a massage therapist, but the place has massage
Keywords:
9:00am HB 155
9:30am HB 1102
10:30am HB 1109
11:00am HB 1356
11:30am HB 1469
1:00pm HB 1323
2:00pm HB 1376, 928, house, all
Summary:
The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate.
The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions.
Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time.
The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota's facing a shortage of marriage and family therapists, and one barrier is the difficulty in
- licensed therapists from getting other states.
- and family therapist, and I'm here<00:26:05.200><c> as</c><00:26:05.280><c> the</c><00:26:05.400><c>
- </c><00:26:33.960><c> The</c> therapists to become licensed here.
- The therapists to become licensed here.
Keywords:
opioid use disorder, OUD, medication-assisted treatment, MAT, pharmacist prescribing, pharmacy practice, controlled substances, Schedule III, Schedule IV, Schedule V, DEA registration, Board of Pharmacy, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, buprenorphine, naltrexone, harm reduction, prescription authority, pharmacist intern, Minnesota pharmacy law