Recent News and Legislative Updates

Cramer, part of the Performance Health family of brands, was selected as Official Launch Partner of the film Race. Race is based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrust him onto the world stage of the 1936 Berlin Games.

Bon Vital’, another part of the Performance Health family, is also a proud supporter of this inspiring film.

Rhode Island’s existing massage therapy statute does not expressly prevent towns and cities from enacting their own local licensing or other regulation of massage therapists and massage therapy businesses. A new bill, HB 7007, states this position expressly by proposing that language be added to the statute stating that “any city or town may, by ordinance, regulate the opening, the presence, the location, and the operation of any massage business or massage parlor located or operating

Kansas SB 40 and HB 2123, which we have discussed in previous updates, carried over into the current legislative session. The bills would create a system of mandatory state licensure for massage therapists in the state. It appears unlikely that the bills will pass in the legislature this year, but we will keep you informed of important developments.