The primary bill sponsors, Representatives Garcia Sander and Feret, introduced Senate Bill 25-166 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill expands the Medical Transparency Act to require select regulated medical practitioners to communicate information about their state-issued qualifications: verbally upon first meeting a patient, when practicable; via worn name tag, if they are practicing at select facilities that are licensed or certified by the Department of Public Health and Environment; and in any advertisements (including business cards and letterheads) that identify them by name. The bill also prohibits these advertisements from falsely representing any of the practitioner’s qualifications. Exemptions for communicating state-issued qualifications are provided for practitioners who have safety concerns or who do not interact with patients directly.

A handout was provided to the committee (Attachment F).

The panel responded to questions from the committee.

The primary bill sponsors provided closing comments on the bill.

Members of the committee provided closing comments on the bill.