Makes revisions relating to health professions. (BDR 40-353)

From the Legislature

AN ACT relating to health care; establishing the State Office of Health Care Workforce and Licensing in the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services; providing for the appointment of and prescribing the duties of the Director of the Office; creating the Account for the State Office of Health Care Workforce and Licensing; transferring authority over certain programs to the Office; authorizing certain entities to consult with and request the assistance of the Director; creating the Board of Behavioral Health Professionals within the Office; prescribing certain requirements governing the operation of the Board; establishing and authorizing the establishment of certain advisory committees; eliminating the licensing boards that regulate certain behavioral health professions and transferring the responsibility for regulating those professions to the Board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.