Occupational Licensing Interstate Compact (Physical Therapy)

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• 2026-05-21 — Education: all other employees; school psychologist licensure compact; enact. Creates new act.: cross-connection with school-psychologist-licensure-compact: Both establish interstate licensure compacts allowing practitioners to practice across member states without re-licensing. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-22 — Health occupations: physical therapists; physical therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16187a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4102’25: HB 4101 enacted — adds sec. 16187a to the Public Health Code (1978 PA 368) to enact the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, tie-barred to HB 4102’25; enables PTs licensed in a member state to practice across state lines under compact terms. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-29 — Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact. Amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16335 et seq.) & adds secs. 17820a & 17820b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4101’25: HB 4102 (tie-barred to HB 4101’25) enacted — amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 and adds secs. 17820a & 17820b of 1978 PA 368 to modify the PT licensing process to operationalize the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, with immediate effect. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-09 — Occupations: individual licensing and registration; licensing reciprocity under the occupational code for certain individuals who hold an out-of-state license; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding sec. 216.: HB 6058 pursues a parallel but distinct approach — general out-of-state licensing reciprocity under the Occupational Code (1980 PA 299, adding sec. 216) rather than a profession-specific interstate compact under the Public Health Code; introduced. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-11 — Health occupations: respiratory therapists; respiratory care interstate compact; provide for. Amends sec. 18701 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18701) & adds secs. 16187h & 18703a.: SB 1037 extends the interstate health licensure compact model to respiratory therapists by amending sec. 18701 and adding secs. 16187h and 18703a of 1978 PA 368, paralleling the PT, OT, and PA compact bills; introduced. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-04-22 — Health occupations: physical therapists; prescription requirement for physical therapy treatment; eliminate, and make other modifications to the practice of physical therapy. Amends secs. 17801, 17820, 17822, 17824 & 17825 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17801 et seq.) & adds sec. 17825a.: SB 144 amends overlapping Public Health Code sections (17801, 17820, 17822, 17824, 17825) to eliminate the prescription requirement for physical therapy treatment — a scope-of-practice change distinct from, but touching the same statutory framework as, the PT licensure compact bills (HB 4101/4102); passed chamber. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact. Amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16335 et seq.) & adds secs. 17820a & 17820b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4101’25: Companion bill HB 4102 (tie-barred to HB 4101’25) amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 and adds secs. 17820a & 17820b of 1978 PA 368 to modify Michigan’s physical therapist licensing process to operationalize the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact; passed chamber. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: physician’s assistants; physician’s assistants licensure compact; provide for. Amends sec. 18001 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18001) & adds secs. 16188, 17011b, 17511b & 18011b.: HB 4309 extends the interstate licensure compact model to physician assistants by amending sec. 18001 and adding secs. 16188, 17011b, 17511b, and 18011b to the Public Health Code, paralleling the PT and OT compact bills. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: occupational therapists; occupational therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16188. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4104’25: Related bill HB 4103 (tie-barred to HB 4104’25) would enact a parallel Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact by adding sec. 16188 to the Public Health Code, mirroring the physical therapy compact framework for a different health profession. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: physical therapists; physical therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16188. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4102’25: HB 4101 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4102’25, adds sec. 16188 to the Public Health Code (1978 PA 368) to enact the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, allowing PTs licensed in a member state to practice across state lines; bill ordered enrolled after passing chamber. (novelty: 2)

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