Although many factors have contributed to the decline in geographic mobility over the past several decades, the role of occupational licensing is undeniable. When workers must become re-licensed in a [...]
Rent Check Lots of good news from the Sunshine State! A proposed bill would give psychiatrists the power to prescribe certain medications related to the treatment of mental illness. Governor [...]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is kicking off his administration with a day-long “Florida Deregathon” tomorrow, focusing on occupational licensing in the state. From the Governor’s press release: Governor DeSantis recently [...]
A bill introduced in the Florida Senate would give licensed psychologists limited prescribing powers relevant to their scope-of-practice as mental health professionals. From the bill’s summary: An act relating to [...]
Rent Check A new Georgia Bill would disallow licensing boards from revoking or denying licenses for those who have defaulted on student loan debt. Family physicians, despite being better qualified [...]
Fifteen states across the country have laws that allow for the denial or revocation of an occupational license for individuals who have defaulted on their student loans. We’ve written about [...]
A new study from the Annals of Family Medicine finds that while family physicians are better prepared today than before, their profession is becoming more specialized, with implications for regulatory [...]
Rent Check Ohio leads the nation in occupational licensing reform. The most groundbreaking part of HB 255? Mandatory review of licensing boards every six years, which would require they be [...]
One of the main troubles with our current healthcare system is the overuse of emergency rooms to address non-emergency health problems. The CDC found that in 2015, of the nearly [...]
Nationally, there is a wide disparity in licensing regulations. This patchwork of discrete regulations gives reformers two options: to throw their weight behind repealing individual licensing requirements one at a [...]