When the plan was heard in House health care licenses committee, GOP lawmakers voted against the bill. State Rep. William Hauter the Republican spokesperson for the committee and a doctor explains his stance.
“While the Republicans on the committee are 100% behind the efforts to create an even more highly educated, trained and credentialed surgical technologist profession in Illinois, it can not come at the expense of creating artificial healthcare workforce shortages,” Hauter said.
“We listened to the serious concerns of Illinois hospitals that this bill had the possibility of delaying surgical care and preferred waiting to see the bill language after final negotiations. I’m actually hearing good things, so we look forward to advancing it out of our committee in bipartisan fashion.”
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