Date: 02/24/2015
Final
Presentation on Music Therapy
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH CARE & HUMAN SERVICES
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02:19 PM -- Presentation on Music Therapy
The committee reconvened. Amy Wilson, Colorado Music Therapy State Task Force, described her practice as a music therapist. She described the settings in which music therapists practice and noted that are 141 board-certified music therapists in Colorado. She described the qualifications for music therapists and the practice of music therapy. She explained that music therapists will be seeking title protection next year, and discussed the reasons why the profession is pursuing regulation. She discussed the status of legislation concerning music therapists in other states and previous Colorado legislation on this issue. She showed the committee a video regarding the practice of music therapy.