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• Compacts create a way for professionals to serve patients across state lines while preserving standards
• consistency and reliability while helping to preserve Washington's authority to ensure that high professional
• simply state on behalf of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and over 100,000, 117,000 dietetic professionals

Bills: HB2088

Keywords: nutritional health, dietetic professionals, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare regulation, 904, all

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• The bill provides that only a licensed human person may use the professional titles and abbreviations
• This program assists health care professionals with any health condition that may affect safe practice
• Marissa Engels is testifying opposed on SB 6210 on behalf of the Association of Washington Healthcare

Bills: SB5877, SB5904, SB5988

Keywords: anesthesiology, medical personnel, surcharges, licensing, healthcare regulations, nursing titles, licensure, healthcare professionals, patient safety, professional standards, opioid treatment, accreditation, health department, fee authority, substance abuse, 904, all

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• It is no secret that border communities have fewer health care professionals, and I can attest to that
• It is a strategic and investment to incentivize new health care professionals to serve in areas with
• What we've learned since then is that our state needs a broader range of mental health professionals.
• That's why Senate Bill 646 adds a few professionals to the program, which are licensed. master social
• Associate-level professionals are allowed to have private practice.

Bills: HB2476, HB2893, HB4848, HB5062, SB37, SB60, HB2860, HB4930, SB646, SB 37

Keywords: living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council

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• The bill allows a health professional to voluntarily choose to wear a lead apron even if the procedure
• Our professional obsession, like a college football obsession, is to learn to tackle and block.
• professionals.
• professionals are exposed to it, every doctor, every nurse, everyone in the room.
• But that is the reality for healthcare workers who work in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Bills: SB1001, SB1011, SB1016, SB1052, SB1072, SB1100, SB1112, SB1113, SB1116, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1122, SB1123, SB1124, SB1125

Keywords: appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, medical examiners, sudden infant death, autopsy protocols, forensic pathology, public health, religious exemption, employment practices, COVID-19 vaccination, accommodation, discrimination, assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent

Bills: HB25, HB38, HB997, HB 1119, HB25, HB38

Keywords: HB 25, Texas nutrition, nutrition education, healthy living, public health, school physical activity, recess, physical education, nutrition and wellness course, health curriculum, State Board of Education, Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee, ultra-processed foods, artificial colors, food additives, chronic disease, metabolic health, culinary medicine, functional medicine, dietary guidelines

Bills: HB25, HB38, HB997, HB 1119, HB25, HB38

Keywords: HB 25, Texas nutrition, nutrition education, healthy living, public health, school physical activity, recess, physical education, nutrition and wellness course, health curriculum, State Board of Education, Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee, ultra-processed foods, artificial colors, food additives, chronic disease, metabolic health, culinary medicine, functional medicine, dietary guidelines

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• These are professionals who are using their... professional expertise to review the records and are under
• The purpose of the program is to incentivize healthcare facilities to conduct these types of evaluations
• But we do this, not only, we do Compact Illinois in healthcare, but we do them in other things, too.
• In terms of, you know, already being a medical professional, and then I like the part where you say that
• It will allow well-trained and experienced health care professionals who would otherwise need to leave

Bills: HB713, HB827, HB932, HB499, HB510, HB163, HB296, HB879, HB913, HB163, HB296

Keywords: healthcare, maternal health, reporting requirements, Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, health provider immunity, workplace violence, nurses, grant program, healthcare facilities, safety measures, safety, nursing, grants, healthcare safety, verbal abuse, physical abuse, nurse empowerment, occupational therapy, licensure, interstate practice

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• Uh, we know that this is impacting newborns and their healthcare. Healthcare.
• Healthcare providers and educators across the country on best practices and trauma-informed care, and
• Professionals do not report parents for not affirming, affirming or for misgendering their children.
• When the law says this shall not be considered abuse, it sends a message to professionals.
• I am a healthcare provider, nursing background of emergency medicine along with pediatrics.

Bills: HB 2646, HB 3941, HB 5153, HB 5155, HB 5394, HB 1106, HB 426, HB 4529, HB 3984, HB 4273, HB 1097, HB 3940, HB 1941, HB 4377, HB 3153

Keywords: child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health

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• we work with throughout the state is that the intent of this category of caregiver is not to professionalize
• Taxpayers fund services, and they demand that their money support high-quality professional care.
• Taxpayers fund services, and they demand that their money support high-quality professional care.
• I really recognize the importance of providing that guidance to our professional staff... ...recognize
• the importance of providing that guidance to our professional staff to clean out those records after

Bills: HB2337, HB2311, HB2088, HB2148, HB2132

Keywords: training requirements, caregiving, family member, individual providers, home care, workforce education, investment accountability, administrative changes, oversight, education policy, nutritional health, dietetic professionals, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare regulation, education, pay it forward program, tuition, student loans, financial aid

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• So, it makes a claim on the healthcare program that normally fails to indicate the type of license.
• They bring lived experience that professionals like me cannot provide.
• Prosthetics professionals and yourself and you're for the bill, is that correct? That's correct.
• And the professional people. But currently, that's not the process. And you keep saying this.
• HB 1097 ensures no professional can delay or delegate action when a child's safety is at risk.

Bills: HB2646, HB3941, HB5153, HB5155, HB5394, HB 1106, HB426, HB4529, HB3984, HB4273, HB 1097, HB3940, HB1941, HB4377, HB3153

Keywords: child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health

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• We know that this is impacting newborns, and their healthcare providers confirm that newborns are uninsured
• The organization conducted interviews with maternal healthcare providers, and one family physician noted

Bills: HB2646, HB3941, HB5153, HB5155, HB5394, HB 1106, HB426, HB4529, HB3984, HB4273, HB 1097, HB3940, HB1941, HB4377, HB3153

Keywords: child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health

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• Representative Barrault provides relative to artificial intelligence to require a health care professional
• It provides that a health care professional disclose the use of any recording device, software, or service
• This is lived professional experience.
• reconstitution, or similar acts for immediate administration when carrying out the orders of a health care professional

Bills: HB414, HB457, HB475, HB611, HB616, HB740, HB897, HB925, HB926, HB931, HB949, HB962, HB1076

Keywords: healthcare, criminal convictions, employment, background checks, prohibited offenses, homelessness, homeless shelter, emergency shelter, transitional housing, group home, halfway house, shelter standards, housing standards, sanitation, habitability, fire marshal, inspection, local permitting, parish government, Louisiana Department of Health

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• professional is not primarily working in the designated safety zone.
• If the health professional is working primarily in the radiation protection system's designated safety
• And it is our duty as lawmakers to protect the very health care professionals that save our families'
• And I hope that we can do the right thing for our health care professionals.
• These are incredibly important for the safety of our health care professionals.

Bills: SB1052, SB1115, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1124, SB1171, SB1172, SB1174, SB1175, SB1214, SB1233, SB1235, SB1316, SB1345, SB1372, SB1399, SB1458, SB1494, SB1496, SB1564, SB1602, SB1621, SB1628, SB1630, SB1631, SB1668, SB1672, SB1814, SB1821

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection

Bills: HB 12, HB 149, SB 229, SB 1361, SB 1749, SB 1897, SB 2113, SB 2566, SB 2677, SB 1652, SB 2327, SB 2344, SB 2696

Keywords: artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, automobile sales, finance, retail seller, motor vehicle purchase, motor vehicle sales, pricing restrictions, third-party financing, education, funding, student assessment, accountability, standards, motor vehicle, financing

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• First, we are adding a number of categories of professionals to the program.
• These professionals require at least a master's degree.
• educators who train the next generation of mental health care professionals.
• Many mental health professionals have no idea they may qualify for this program.
• In addition to adding those other professionals and increasing the amounts.

Bills: SB1998, SB646, SB2786, SB2076, SB2615, SB1961, SB1418, SB2647, SB1322, SB2788

Keywords: pediatrics, medical education, subsidiary, preceptorship, medical training, student programs, mental health, loan repayment, education funding, mental health professionals, healthcare access, Texas Success Initiative, exemption, public officers, employees, higher education, Capitol view, Austin, urban planning, construction

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• First, we're adding a number of categories of professionals to the program.
• These professionals require at least a master's degree.
• Counselors serve a dual role in schools as both educators and mental health professionals.
• Many of our current mental health professionals have no idea they may qualify for this program.
• In addition to adding those other professionals and increasing the amounts for all of the current professionals

Bills: SB1998, SB646, SB2786, SB2076, SB2615, SB1961, SB1418, SB2647, SB1322, SB2788

Keywords: pediatrics, medical education, subsidiary, preceptorship, medical training, student programs, mental health, loan repayment, education funding, mental health professionals, healthcare access, Texas Success Initiative, exemption, public officers, employees, higher education, Capitol view, Austin, urban planning, construction

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• board-certified patient advocate with extensive health care policy experience, not just in my professional
• including direct or indirect payment of an enrollee's health insurance costs by a health care professional
• Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1557 requires health professionals, prior to performing any medical
• This is simply a duty that is prescribed when we, as health care professionals, are taking care... ..
• professionals are taking care of patients and to break it down like if you this and if you that every

Bills: HB2408, HB2434, HB2725, HB2728, HB2729, HB2730, HB2731, HB2732, HB2733, SB1192, SB1398, SB1399, SB1494, SB1557, SB1813, SB1821

Keywords: nursing board, regulatory actions, disciplinary actions, expungement, healthcare professionalism, controlled substances, prescription monitoring, opioid crisis, healthcare regulations, patient safety, prescription drugs, opioids, healthcare, pain management, utilization controls, AHCCCS, Department of Economic Security, social services, welfare programs, vocational rehabilitation

Bills: HSB314, SF304, HF708, HSB500, HSB501, HSB502, HSB503, HSB504, HSB505, HSB506

Keywords: medical release, incapacitated, terminal illness, serious medical condition, parole, risk assessment, victim impact statement, supervision, care facility, Iowa, minors, medical consent, healthcare services, sexually transmitted infections, privacy, youth healthcare, healthcare decisions, palliative care, hospice care, life-sustaining procedures

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• independent rural health clinic; Chris Bowman, Michael Brooks Family Clinic; and Buzz Johnson, Louisiana Healthcare
• independent rural health clinic; Chris Bowman, Michael Brooks Family Clinic; and Buzz Johnson, Louisiana Healthcare
• I currently employ 18 employees, one physician, four nurse practitioners, and a licensed professional
• I currently employ 18 employees, one physician, four nurse practitioners, and a licensed professional

Bills: HB288, HB403, HB420, HB783, HB815, HB915, HB927, HB933, HB944, HB962, HB971, HR74, SCR3, SCR20, SB5, SB34, SB37, SB190, SB255, SB270, SB273, SB314, SB415

Keywords: medical terminology, documentation, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, healthcare, medical records, billing, homemade food, food safety, small business, exemption, regulation, Department of Children and Family Services, background checks, child welfare, employee screening, safety regulations, criminal history, non-lactational dairy, labeling requirements

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• He's a good football player, and his goal is to be a professional football player for the Buffalo Bills
• He's a good football player, and his goal is to be a professional football player for the Buffalo Bills

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial