House Health committee approves amendment to SB 411 on dry needling; engineers get fee clarification
March 23, 2026 | 2026 Legislature Georgia, Georgia
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The House Health Committee on Wednesday approved an amendment to Senate Bill 411, a bill that clarifies professional roles and training standards around dry needling and makes a technical change affecting the Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensure Board.
The committee adopted an amendment to insert the word “physician” at the start of line 26, expanding the list of practitioners included in language about who may perform dry needling. The chair called a voice vote; the amendment was approved and the substitute bill as amended moved forward (vote tallies were not specified in the transcript).
Christy Turello of ACEC Georgia, the trade association for engineers, told the committee that section 5 of the bill (incorporating language from House Bill 1428) simply clarifies that the Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensure Board may retain incidental revenues such as licensure-verification and credit-card fees. “All section 5 does is clarify that the Professional Engineers and Land Surveyor Licensure Board can retain incidental revenue,” Turello said, adding that the change resolves ambiguity created by earlier legislation.
Clinical stakeholders also spoke briefly in favor of the bill’s health-care provisions. Dr. Ben Braxley, a licensed physical therapist who said he had participated in the collaborative drafting process, described the outcome as positive for physical and occupational therapists and said the training parity requirement reflects the committee’s earlier work.
Committee members said they had agreed with the author on the physician insertion and did not pause the broader bill to resolve outstanding questions about athletic trainers. The committee advanced the amended substitute to the next step; the transcript does not record a roll-call tally or a final House vote.
The committee hearing also included routine procedural remarks and scheduling; no other formal actions on SB 411 were reported in the transcript.
The committee adopted an amendment to insert the word “physician” at the start of line 26, expanding the list of practitioners included in language about who may perform dry needling. The chair called a voice vote; the amendment was approved and the substitute bill as amended moved forward (vote tallies were not specified in the transcript).
Christy Turello of ACEC Georgia, the trade association for engineers, told the committee that section 5 of the bill (incorporating language from House Bill 1428) simply clarifies that the Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensure Board may retain incidental revenues such as licensure-verification and credit-card fees. “All section 5 does is clarify that the Professional Engineers and Land Surveyor Licensure Board can retain incidental revenue,” Turello said, adding that the change resolves ambiguity created by earlier legislation.
Clinical stakeholders also spoke briefly in favor of the bill’s health-care provisions. Dr. Ben Braxley, a licensed physical therapist who said he had participated in the collaborative drafting process, described the outcome as positive for physical and occupational therapists and said the training parity requirement reflects the committee’s earlier work.
Committee members said they had agreed with the author on the physician insertion and did not pause the broader bill to resolve outstanding questions about athletic trainers. The committee advanced the amended substitute to the next step; the transcript does not record a roll-call tally or a final House vote.
The committee hearing also included routine procedural remarks and scheduling; no other formal actions on SB 411 were reported in the transcript.
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