CS/SB 710 (2015) -  Physical Therapy

General Bill by Health Policy and Grimsley (CO-SPONSORS) Ring
Physical Therapy: Redefining the term “practice of physical therapy”; providing that a licensed physical therapist who holds a specified doctoral degree may use specified letters in connection with her or his name or place of business; prohibiting a physical therapist with a specified doctoral degree from using the title “doctor” without informing the public of his or her profession as a physical therapist, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2015
Last Event: 05/01/15 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on Friday, May 1, 2015 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 04/07/15 1:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 9   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
  • Fiscal Policy

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 515 Subject: Physical Therapy Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
  • Original Filed Version
    • P 873230 , Health Policy Date Filed: 04/06/15, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/07/2015 03:54 PM
    • A 418508 , Health Policy, Grimsley Date Filed: 04/07/15, Line#: 49 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/07/2015 03:54 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 4/8/2015 10:09:48 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 4/6/2015 1:29:18 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 4/6/2015 1:13:26 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Time: 05/01/2015 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 372 Time: 04/09/2015 - 5:17 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 374 Time: 04/08/2015 - 8:35 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/08/2015 - 12:32 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 372 Time: 04/07/2015 - 3:23 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/07/15, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 04/02/2015 - 5:16 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 80 Time: 03/03/2015 - 7:55 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy -SJ 80 Time: 02/13/2015 - 9:16 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/05/2015 - 8:35 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
486.021 CS/CS/HB 515, CS/HB 547
486.081 CS/CS/HB 515
486.135 CS/CS/HB 515

(*) Not the latest version