21RS HB 39

House Bill 39

Actions

Last Action	01/05/21: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to audiology and speech-language pathology.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	244
Sponsor	W. Thomas
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 334A.010 to enact and enter into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; establish definitions; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for audiologists and speech-language pathologists; recognize a multistate licensure privilege for audiologists and speech-language pathologists to practice audiology and speech-language pathology via telehealth; establish provisions for active duty military personnel and their spouses; authorize a remote state to take adverse action against an audiologist or speech-language pathologist's privilege to practice within that member state; authorize a home state to take adverse action against an audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's license issued by the home state; create the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or representatives of the Commission who act in accordance with the compact; require the Commission to create a database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse actions, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states; establish procedures for rulemaking; authorize the Commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and non-member states; require provisions of the compact to become effective the day it is enacted into law once a state enters the Compact; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.
Index Headings of Original Version	Licensing - Audiologists and speech-language pathologists, interstate compact Occupations and Professions - Audiologists and speech-language pathologists, interstate compact Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Audiologists and speech-language pathologists, interstate compact Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission, creation Interstate Cooperation - Audiologists and speech-language pathologists, interstate compact

09/15/20	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/05/21	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)