Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize

Summary

The bill authorizes the state boards for professional counselors, social workers, marriage‑family therapists, and nurses to establish professional health programs that contract with outside entities to monitor and rehabilitate practitioners who are impaired by illness, substance use, or other conditions. Impaired professionals must pay all program costs, while all information gathered is kept confidential and the contracted entities are immune from civil or criminal liability. The boards may seek public or private funding for these programs, and any conflicting statutes are repealed.

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