C8493A0E500CDFF0872587E30070FE17 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SUNSET HEARING FOR MASSAGE THERAPY

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Date Feb 8, 2022
Location Old State Library

Sunset hearing for massage therapy - Committee Discussion Only

01:34:14 PM

The committee was
called to order. All members were present. Jennifer Lockwood,
Department of Regulatory Agencies, provided an overview of the sunset report
for the Massage Therapy Practice Act, and discussed the programming governed
by the act. Ms. Lockwood responded to questions regarding an administrative
recommendation on massage therapy concerning language inclusivity that
was not incorporated into the draft sunset bill. Michael Nicoletti,
representing DORA, provided additional input on testing massage practitioners
in languages other than English.

01:50:15 PM

Frank Sturgell, representing himself, testified on the sunset review of the Massage Therapy Practice Act, discussing potential barriers to massage therapy practice.

01:53:57 PM

Garin Vorthman, representing
the Colorado Coalition of Massage Therapists, made herself available to
respond to questions regarding massage therapy.

01:56:37 PM	Motion	Introduce LLS. No. 22-032.01.
	Moved	Tipper
	Seconded	Weissman

	Bacon	Yes
	Benavidez	Yes
	Bockenfeld	Yes
	Carver	Yes
	Daugherty	Yes
	Luck	No
	Lynch	No
	Roberts	Yes
	Woodrow	Yes
	Tipper	Yes
	Weissman	Yes
		YES: 9 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:56:39 PM

Representatives Tipper and Carver were appointed sponsors for the introduced bill.

Sunset hearing for massage therapy - Committee Discussion Only

Colorado General Assembly