Senate HPOL Oct/Nov 2025: medical examiners, invasive bodily examination, palliative care, hospital price transparency, PA licensing compact

Several of these bills advanced this week. All are linked here, or in the previous posts cited with background information.

Wednesday, October 29, 2025     12:30 p.m.

AGENDA

HB 4077 Rep. Rogers Health: medical examiners; process for medical certification of a death record; modify.

HB 4078 Rep. Mueller Health: medical examiners; requirements for an investigation of the cause and manner of death; modify.

SB 475 Sen. Wojno Health occupations: health professionals; invasive bodily examinations; prohibit under certain circumstances.

SB 476 Sen. Santana Health occupations: health professionals; definition of invasive bodily examination; add.

And any other business properly before the committee.

More about Medical Examiner bills

Bills regulating invasive bodily examinations are usually a response to the Larry Nasser scandal, and often run counter to hospital culture.

Wednesday, November 5, 2025      12:00 noon

AGENDA

SB 483 Sen. Bayer Health: other; palliative care advisory task force; create.

SB 449 Sen. Anthony Health facilities: hospitals; hospital financial assistance act; enact.

SB 450 Sen. Lindsey Health facilities: hospitals; certain hospital financial assistance policies; make subject to the hospital financial assistance act.

SB 451 Sen. Anthony Consumer credit: credit reports and reporting agencies; collection and reporting of medical debt information; regulate.

And any other business properly before the committee.

The cumulative hearing was scheduled, cancelled, and rescheduled for this time.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025      12:00 noon

AGENDA

SB 449 Sen. Anthony Health facilities: hospitals; hospital financial assistance act; enact.

SB 450 Sen. Lindsey Health facilities: hospitals; certain hospital financial assistance policies; make subject to the hospital financial assistance act.

SB 451 Sen. Anthony Consumer credit: credit reports and reporting agencies; collection and reporting of medical debt information; regulate.

SB 475 Sen. Wojno Health occupations: health professionals; invasive bodily examinations; prohibit under certain circumstances.

SB 476 Sen. Santana Health occupations: health professionals; definition of invasive bodily examination; add.

SB 483 Sen. Bayer Health: other; palliative care advisory task force; create.

HB 4077 Rep. Rogers Health: medical examiners; process for medical certification of a death record; modify.

HB 4078 Rep. Mueller Health: medical examiners; requirements for an investigation of the cause and manner of death; modify.

HB 4309 Rep. Prestin Health occupations: physician's assistants; physician's assistants licensure compact; provide for.

And any other business properly before the committee.

MHF position paper on health licensing compacts