Bill Summary

SB 1480 Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need (2026 Session)
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Sponsors
by Burton  CS Sponsors: Health Policy
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Summary
Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need; Revising the conditions under which the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Board of Nursing, respectively, are authorized to issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizing certificateholders to continue primary care services after such areas lose their critical need designation under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
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committees of reference
   S Health Policy
   S Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
   S Rules
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Actions
01/08/26
SENATE
Filed
01/16/26
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Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
01/21/26
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On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 412 K
01/26/26
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Favorable with CS by Health Policy; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/28/26
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
01/28/26
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Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
01/30/26
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On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 K
02/04/26
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Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/04/26
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Now in Rules
02/12/26
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On Committee agenda - Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 K
02/17/26
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Favorable by Rules; 23 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/18/26
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
02/18/26
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
02/19/26
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Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
02/19/26
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Retained on Calendar
03/03/26
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
03/06/26
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Read Second Time; Substituted for HB 0809; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 0809
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bill text & filed amendments
1480
Filed on 01/08/26
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Amendment 755302 DE
Burton
Filed on 01/23/26
Replaced by CS
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1480C1
Filed on 01/28/26
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
458.315
459.0076
464.0121
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