MA H304

Bill

Providing for provisional licensure for speech-language pathologists

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to provide for provisional licensure for speech-language pathologist or audiologist. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

AI Summary

This bill provides for the issuance of provisional licenses for speech-language pathologists in Massachusetts. It creates a new section in Chapter 112 of the General Laws that allows the Board of Registration in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to issue provisional licenses to applicants who meet certain educational and character requirements, such as possessing a bachelor's and master's degree in speech-language pathology. The provisional license allows the holder to practice under supervision for the period required by the national certifying body. The bill also amends existing law to ensure that insurance companies must accept the provisional license as a full license for the purpose of credentialing clinicians.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (15)

Brian Ashe (D), Paul Brodeur (D), Paul Feeney (D), Kim Ferguson (R), Bill Galvin (D), Sean Garballey (D), Colleen Garry (D), Stephen Hay (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Louis Kafka (D), Kay Khan (D), John Lawn (D), Paul McMurtry (D), Christina Minicucci (D), Brian Murray (D),

Last Action

Accompanied S105 (on 09/09/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H304

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H304
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H304.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1179	Relative to hospital billing and licensure	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H203	Relative to licensure of equine dentists	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H205	Relative to debt collection licensure	Accompanied a new draft, see H3949	Similar To
H3053	Relative to the licensure of inspection stations	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H309	Relative to updating the plumbing code in order to accommodate agricultural uses	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H558	Relative to the licensure and regulation of au pair and nanny agencies by the Department of Early Education and Care	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
S105	Providing for provisional licensure for speech-language pathologists	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S137	Requiring domestic violence and sexual assault education for certain occupations	Accompanied S125	Similar To
S162	Relative to permitting apprenticing for Type 2 operator cosmetology licensure	Accompanied a study order, see S2534	Similar To

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