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Senate passes cleanup bill to streamline regulation of hearing instrument fitters and dispensers

3169546 · May 1, 2025
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Summary

Committee substitute Senate Bill 904 — a Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) cleanup bill — passed the Senate. The bill clarifies advisory-board consultation, removes a continuing-education exemption for new licensees and allows any licensed physician to sign certain authorization statements affecting minor access.

The Texas Senate passed committee substitute Senate Bill 904, described by sponsor Senator Dean Zaffirini as a TDLR-requested cleanup measure that updates licensing and regulation for hearing instrument fitters and dispensers.

Zaffirini told the chamber the bill would…

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