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Relating to massage therapy, including child and dependent adult abuse reporting and continuing education requirements, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: House committeeJanuary 27, 2022
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 24, 202293–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 25, 202244–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 23, 2022
- Done: Signed into lawMay 23, 2022
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What’s in it
AI summary Licensed massage therapists must now report any suspected child or dependent adult abuse. To do this, they are required to complete special training as part of their professional license. If a therapist knows about abuse but fails to report it, they could face criminal charges or be held responsible for damages in court.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the practice of massage therapy. The bill adds licensed massage therapists to the list of persons required to report child and dependent adult abuse. By operation of law, such persons are required to complete training regarding the identification and reporting of child and dependent adult abuse, and the board of massage therapy is required to require the completion of such training as a condition of licensure. The bill allows a licensed massage therapist to include the completion of such training toward the fulfillment of the continuing education requirement. A person required to report a suspected case of child or dependent adult abuse who knowingly and willfully fails to do so is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855. A person required to report suspected child or dependent adult abuse who knowingly fails to do so is civilly liable for the damages proximately caused by such a failure.
House subcommittee
Named January 11, 2022 (as HSB 509). On January 19, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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