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HB110

Alaska Health Care Licensing and Rural Program Act

Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 12:25 AM

In one sentence

This law updates rules for health worker licenses, creates agreements to share licenses between states, sets up a new group to help rural health programs, and adds specific duties for respiratory care workers.

What it does

  • Requires respiratory care practitioners to use their correct professional title on signs, stationery, or other advertising.
  • Updates the definition of 'health care provider' to include respiratory care practitioners and social workers.
  • Directs medical boards to implement interstate licensure compacts for physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, EMS personnel, and social workers.
  • Mandates national criminal history record checks for applicants seeking expedited licenses or compact privileges as a physician, osteopath, or physician assistant.
  • Establishes the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council.

Who it affects

  • Physicians, osteopaths, and physician assistants applying for licenses under interstate compacts
  • Respiratory care practitioners working in Alaska
  • Social workers licensed or seeking licensure through a compact
  • Psychologists and EMS personnel participating in interjurisdictional agreements
  • The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development

Limits and unknowns

  • The provided text lists the topics covered but does not include the full details of every new rule or compact.
  • Specific dates for when each part of this law starts are listed as 'see chapter' and are not fully detailed in this excerpt.

Plain language

Terms to know

Interstate Compact
An agreement between states that allows professionals to get a license or practice privileges in multiple places using one process.
Respiratory Care Practitioner
A licensed health worker who treats breathing problems and manages airway care for patients.
Expedited License
A faster way to get a professional license, often used when moving between states under an agreement.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

HEALTH CARE/LICENSURE COMPACTS/SOCIAL WRK An Act relating to the rural health transformation program; relating to the interstate medical licensure compact; relating to the PA licensure compact; relating to the psychology interjurisdictional compact; relating to the practice of respiratory care; relating to the duties of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; relating to telehealth provided by respiratory care practitioners; relating to a social work licensure compact; relating to the practice of social work; relating to medical malpractice liability of respiratory care practitioners; relating to immunity from civil liability for a respiratory care practitioner providing free health care services; relating to national criminal history record checks; relating to respiratory care practitioners providing documentation and treatment plans for public school students with asthma or anaphylaxis; relating to the recognition of EMS personnel licensure interstate compact; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against respiratory care practitioners; establishing the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council; and providing for an effective date.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER3159
  2. (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/22 CH 28 SLA 263159
  3. (H) 12:55 P.M. 6/5/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR3058
  4. (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)3037
  5. (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 252989
  6. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE2988
  7. (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 A12988
  8. (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP2988
  9. (H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED2987
  10. (S) VERSION: SCS HB 110(FIN) AM S2903
  11. (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED2903
  12. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y19 N12840
  13. (S) PASSED Y13 N72839
  14. (S) RESCIND ACTION Y13 N72838
  15. (S) FAILED PASSAGE Y9 N112837
  16. (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 110(FIN) AM S2836
  17. (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC2836
  18. (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION2836
  19. (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y13 N72836
  20. (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC2832

Changes

Amendments

2 stored

AM 1

AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC 1586

AM 2

AM NO 2 FAILED Y19 N21 1599