Revision: May 17, 2023, 11:34 a.m.
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
May 17, 2023
2023-1919s
05/08
Amendment to HB 532-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists and other occupations and professions.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 6 with the following:
7 Office of Professional Licensure and Certification; New Classified Position; Appropriation.
I. One program assistant II position, labor grade 15, is hereby established as a classified position in the office of professional licensure and certification.
II. The amount necessary to pay for the position established in paragraph I and for the per diem and travel reimbursement as required under RSA 328-F:6 for the music therapy governing board established in this act is hereby appropriated to the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification. Salaries and necessary expenses shall be a charge against the office of professional licensure and certification fund.
8 New Paragraph; Physicians and Surgeons; Limitations Upon Operation of Chapter; Persons Excepted. Amend RSA 329:21 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. To a physician licensed in another state providing care to a patient in New Hampshire when there is a physician-patient relationship in the physician's home state of licensing with in-person exams conducted by the physician at intervals appropriate for the patient and the patient's medical condition, but not less than annually; or
9 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
2023-1919s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the allied health professionals.
II. Provides a licensing exemption for some physicians licensed out of state to treat existing patients in New Hampshire.