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Relating to the licensing of, and granting of clinical privileges to, certain health care professionals
Sponsored by Rep. Ann Meyer (R), Rep. Dr. Megan L. Srinivas (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 19, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Hospitals and professional licensing boards would no longer be allowed to ask applicants about their past history of mental illness or substance use disorders. These organizations can still ask if an applicant has a current condition that is not being treated and could make it unsafe for them to do their job. This change affects healthcare workers applying for licenses or the right to practice at a hospital.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to applications for clinical privileges to practice at a hospital and for licenses for health-related professions. The bill requires the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to adopt rules prohibiting a hospital or rural emergency hospital from including on an application for clinical privileges a question regarding whether the applicant has a past history or diagnosis of mental illness, substance use disorders, or other physical or behavioral health conditions. The rules shall allow a hospital or rural emergency hospital to include a question regarding whether the applicant currently has any condition that is not being appropriately treated which impairs or adversely affects the applicant’s ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety in a competent, ethical, and professional manner. The bill similarly prohibits licensing boards for health-related professions from asking about an applicant’s past history or diagnosis of mental illness, substance use disorders, or other physical or behavioral health conditions. The bill allows licensing boards for health-related professions to ask whether the applicant currently has any condition that is not being appropriately treated which impairs or adversely affects the applicant’s ability to practice.
House subcommittee
Named February 10, 2026. On February 11, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2210 Relating to the licensing of, and granting of clinical privileges to, certain health care …90th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
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