HB 1861 - DIGEST

Declares an intent to: (1) Protect the right of all individuals to access every type of health care service and practitioner that they desire whenever possible. Protecting consumer access to health care services must include protecting consumer access to health care services from practitioners who are not licensed, certified, or registered by the state. Health care service practitioners who are not licensed, certified, or registered by the state must be able to provide the services that individuals seek without risking civil or criminal investigations or sanctions sought by the state, its agencies, boards, or commissions; and

(2) Allow health care practitioners who are not licensed, certified, or registered by the state, to provide any health care services sought by individuals, unless there exists clear and convincing evidence that the specific health care service causes serious physical or mental harm or causes imminent and significant risk of discernable, significant, and serious physical or mental injury, under the circumstances in which the health care practitioner knew, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known, would result in such injury.