Resolution would ask lawmakers to study ways to address health care shortages

The resolution would direct the Legislative Research Commission to set up a health care workforce task force. The task force would include House and Senate members, including members appointed by each chamber’s minority floor leader. It would review efforts to increase the number of health care professionals while maintaining high care standards, consider new or expanded efforts, and recommend possible legal or rule changes. The Legislative Research Commission must consider and approve the task force’s final membership. The resolution gives no start date for setting up the task force.

The task force would meet at least monthly and send recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission. The recommendations would go to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the interim committees on health services and education. Meetings would take place at least monthly during the 2026 interim. Recommendations would be due by December 1, 2026.

The Legislative Research Commission could assign the study to an interim joint committee or its subcommittee instead. This option applies to the health care workforce issues identified in the resolution. The resolution does not set a completion date for an alternative assignment.