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WVOTA meeting on June 6th at Holzer Clinic South Charleston, WV beginning at 10 am. Diana Davis will present on the recent licensure bill and positive impact on today's practice plus update on other legislative issues. Business meeting will follow. Address for meeting 313 MacCorkle Ave SW, South Charleston, WV. Contact person Debbie Shamblin at 304-746-3701(work) or 304-541-3853 (cell).
Please note that there is still a call for papers for the October WVOTA conference for all interested which can be sent to Mary Hager.
Call for papers for the WVOTA conference to be held in Charleston WV Saturday, October 31, 2009. Papers must be submitted by June 10, 2009 to Mary Hager, 5310 Edgebrook Rd., Cross Lanes, WV 25313 or by email to diamond 004@aol.com
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HB 2309 as amended by the Senate has passed both houses! After a lot of hard work by member of WVBOT and WVOTA a new modern licensure passed both houses at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday April 11th, the last day of the regular session.
This bill is an important update of the practice act. All members are encouraged to keep their eyes and ears open for more information from WVBOT for information on how this bill will affect practice and when it's provisions will be in effect.
WVOTA would like to thank all of the members who participated in this grass roots effort to improve practice and protect consumers. The phone calls and e-mails were essential in keeping this bill in the forefront of a busy legislative agenda. Mary Hager and Debbie Shamblin also deserve our greatest gratitiude. They spent a lot of their personal time including most of the day on Saturday at the capital talking to Senators, Delegates, Committee Lawyers, Legislative Assistants, and Administrative Assistants to keep this bill alive.
Additional recognition should be noted for the members of WVBOT who worked hard to craft a bill that represented modern OT practice and should be good enough to last another 30 years. Marty Douglas also took time off from his work to represent OT at all of the hearings regarding this bill.
Thanks again to all who participated in this process and supported our efforts.
Governor Manchin has declared April as Occupational Therapy month!
This year AOTA will be holding it's business meeting online. The meeting began this past Monday. If you have any concerns or opinions regarding the motions being considered by RA please let the RA representative for WV know. You can contact Dr Randy McCombie at rmccombie@hsc.wvu.edu. The list of current motions before the RA can be found at the AOTA web site or in OT Practice magazine.
Bills to monitor in the WV legislature:
Please go to wv.gov and click on legislative branch to find out the
details:
HB 2309 WVBOT Licensure bill: It is presently in the
Government Organization committee of the Senate for reading and
discussion before it can be brought to floor of Senate as a bill. At
that point, Senate will give it a new additional different number
....House sponsors of the bill: Morgan, Argento, Beach, Eldridge, Andes,
and c. Miller
HB 2858- Autism Spectrum Disorder- regarding medical coverage. Within
the bill, it states that no visits limits will be imposed for OT, PT,
or speech therapy.
SB (Senate bill) 429/ HB 2885- Uniform Credentialing for health care
practioners, OT is mentioned as service provider being included within
the bill
SB 217/HB 221- Physical Therapy: Promulgate legislative rule regarding
general provisions. Has moved from Government Organizations committee
to Judiciary committee in Senate
HB 2748/ SB 321- Certificate of Need- updating language and policy
regarding application and levels of health care requiring CON. OT is
mentioned as service provider for agency considering CON such as home
health.
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