Full Name:
Mick Bates
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Pamela; 4 Children: Callan, Mikeal, Clare, Allison
Birth Date:
06/14/1970
Birth Place:
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Home City:
Beckley, WV
Religion:
Catholic
BS, Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, 1987-1991
Candidate, West Virgina State Senate, District 9, 2022
Delegate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, District 30, 2014-2022
Candidate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, District 30, 2020
Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 27, 2008
Member, Raleigh County Board of Education Wellness & Safety Committee, present
Former Member, Commission on Special Investigations, West Virginia State House of Delegates
Former Chair, Finance Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates
Former Member, Joint Finance Committee, West Virginia General Assembly
Former Member, Joint Government and Finance Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates
Former Member, Joint Health Committee, West Virginia State Assembly
Former Member, Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates
Former Member, Rules Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates
Former Member, Select Committee on Education Reform A, West Virginia State House of Delegates
Former Member, Small Business Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates
Owner, Praxis Corporation, Bodyworks Health Fitness Rehabilitation, 1995-present
Clinical Instructor, Marshall University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Clinical Instructor, West Virginia University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Interim Director, Physical Therapist Assistant Program, Mountain State University, 2010-2012
Member, American Federation of Musicians, Local 136, present
Member, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, present
Lector/Member, Knights of Columbus, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, present
Member, Private Practice Physical Therapist Association, present
Member, Catholic Schools of West Virginia Diocese School Board
Member, Health Care Advisory Panel, West Virginia's Workers Compensation Commission
Former Member, National Advisory Panel on Reimbursement Policy & Planning, American Physical Therapy
Former Chair/Board Member, Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Founding Member, Robert C. Byrd Society
Former Board Member, West Virginia Physical Therapy Association
Former Reimbursement Chair, West Virginia Physical Therapy Association
Member, Raleigh County Democratic Executive Committee, 2010
Awards:
Young Guns Award, 2005, West Virginia Executive Magazine
American Hearth Association, 2016, Champion for Tobacco Free West Virginia
Honoree for Generation Next, 2007
Father's Occupation:
Coal Miner