House Education

Education Committee will come to order. Will you please call the roll? Representatives of Bacon. Here. Bradfield. Here. Bradley. Flinell. Gilchrist. Hamrick. Here. Artsuk. Here. Johnson. Here. Phillips. Yes. Stuart. Here. Story. Here. Here. Martinez. Here. Madam Chair. Here. All right. We do have quorum, so we will begin with House Bill 261231. We have our bill sponsors in the room. We have our bill sponsors in the room. Hi. Madam Chair, would you. Would you like to begin now that. Madam Chair. Thank you. Mr. Chair. Thank you. Members of the Education Committee, as bill sponsors, we are committed to addressing the real and ongoing access challenges students face in obtaining timely sports physicals, particular particularly in rural communities. That problem is not theoretical. It requires a durable solution. We also recognize that CHASA operates through its medical advisory committee to determine qualified providers. That process must be part of the solution. And so through stakeholding, House Bill 1231, we have discussed with CHASA that they will work with the physical therapy community over the interim to establish a clear, accessible and equivalent approval process process for physical therapists to perform pre participation physicals. This process must be structured…