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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5825: Nurses & physicians/cont. ed

Allowing nurses and physicians to satisfy a portion of their continuing education credits through providing services to medicaid enrollees or the uninsured.

Summary

  • Requires the nursing care quality assurance commission and the medical quality assurance commission to: (1) Adopt rules to allow a person renewing a license to satisfy up to twenty-five percent of his or her continuing education credits by providing medical services to people enrolled in medicaid or, at no cost, to people who are uninsured; and (2) Recognize the satisfaction of one continuing education credit for…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 20, 2013
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Senator (R-8)
Introduced
February 20, 2013 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2014
Companion bill
HB 1628

AN ACT Relating to alternative methods of satisfying continuing education credits for health care providers;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Senator (R-8)

9 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Nathan Schlicher D-26Bruce Dammeier R-25Senator D-46John Braun R-20Annette Cleveland D-49Karen Keiser D-33John Smith R-7Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Adam Kline D-37

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5825 in other sessions

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