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Relating to the referral of a patient for diagnostic imaging by a physical therapist
Sponsored by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 6, 2023
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 19, 202348–2
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 4, 202383–14
- Done: To the GovernorMay 9, 2023
- Done: Signed into lawJune 1, 2023
HF 174 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 174, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 174 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Physical therapists would be allowed to order X-rays or MRI scans for their patients. A licensed professional must still perform and read the imaging results. After getting the results, the physical therapist must send them to the patient's primary doctor within seven days unless the doctor already has them.1
Read the official explanation
This bill amends the definition of “physical therapy” to permit the referral of a patient by a physical therapist for diagnostic imaging, including plain radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging, provided the diagnostic imaging is performed and the results are interpreted by an appropriately licensed and qualified health care professional. The physical therapist who ordered the diagnostic imaging shall report the results of the diagnostic imaging to the patient’s designated primary care provider within seven days following receipt of the results to ensure patient coordination of care, unless the patient does not have a designated primary care provider or the health care professional who performed and interpreted the diagnostic imaging previously provided the results to the primary care provider.
Changed since by amendment H-1176; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 17, 2023 (as SSB 1046). On January 25, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
2 written public comments to its subcommittee: January 25, 2023 (1), January 25, 2023 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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