FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2015

March 12, 2015

Mr. Speaker:

    Your BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 519

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 1, line 13, strike the semicolon and insert in lieu thereof a period.

     2. On page 1, strike lines 14 through 16 in their entirety.

     3. On page 6, line 8, through page 7, line 10, strike Subsection O in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsections:

          "O. A physical therapist shall refer a patient to the

patient's licensed health care provider if:

                (1) after thirty days of initiating physical therapy intervention, the patient has not made measurable or functional improvement with respect to the primary complaints of the patient; provided that the thirty-day limit shall not apply to:

                     (a) treatment provided for a condition related to a chronic, neuromuscular or developmental condition for a patient previously diagnosed by a licensed health care provider as having a chronic, neuromuscular or developmental condition;

                     (b) services provided for health promotion, wellness, fitness or maintenance purposes; or

                     (c) services provided to a patient who is participating in a program pursuant to an individual education plan or individual family service plan under federal law; or

                (2) at any time, the physical therapist has reason to believe the patient has symptoms or conditions requiring treatment that is beyond the scope of practice of the physical therapist.

          P. As used in this section, "licensed health care provider" means:

                (1) a physician licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act;

                (2) an osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 10 NMSA 1978;

                (3) a chiropractic physician licensed pursuant to Chiropractic Physician Practice Act;

                (4) a podiatrist licensed pursuant to the Podiatry Act;

                (5) a dentist licensed pursuant to the Dental Health Care Act;

                (6) a doctor of oriental medicine licensed pursuant to the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act;

                (7) a certified nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act;

                (8) a certified nurse-midwife licensed pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act and registered with the public health division of the department of health as a certified nurse-midwife;

                (9) a certified nurse specialist licensed pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act; or

                (10) a physician assistant licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act."".

     4. On page 7, lines 11 and 12, strike Section 2 in its entirety.