2025 bills / H.B. 188
H.B. 188 Dry Needling Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill adds dry needling to the official definitions of physical therapy and occupational therapy, requires occupational therapists to register before doing it, and makes physical therapists' dry needling registration a licensing requirement rather than an exception. It also states that no referral is needed for either therapy and lets occupational therapists assist with mental wellness.
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Official description
- moves the registration requirement for a physical therapist using dry needling from an exception to unlawful and unprofessional conduct to a requirement for licensing
- expands the definition of both physical therapy and occupational therapy to include dry needling
- clarifies that no referral is needed for physical therapy or occupational therapy
- creates a registration requirement for an occupational therapist to engage in dry needling
- allows occupational therapists to assist with mental wellness
- makes technical changes
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/10/2025 4:52 PMWho voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to approve it · 2/10/2025 4:54 PMWho voted how
- 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · 2/18/2025 3:19 PMWho voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · 2/26/2025 5:30 PMWho voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/7/2025 8:15 PM