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Committee stays Board of Communication Disorders rule for 90 days while legislators and department confer on licensure pathway
Summary
The committee voted to stay proposed rule changes for the Board of Communication Disorders and Sciences for 90 days to allow legislators and the Department of Health to discuss statutory licensure pathways and fees; the rule update would have aligned accrediting-body references and extended clinical-fellow timelines.
The Joint Government Operations Committee voted to place a 90‑day stay on proposed rule changes from the Board of Communication Disorders and Sciences to allow further discussion with lawmakers.
Olivia Johnson, legislative liaison for the Department of Health, said the proposed change would update accrediting information and align clinical-fellow timelines with American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) standards that allow more time to complete clinical fellowships while on a provisional license. Senator Crow asked that the committee stay the rule so members could consult with Senator Watson, who had raised statutory concerns earlier about temporary licensure pathways and related fees.
Department staff said a statutory change would be required to alter the temporary license pathway, including any Medicare reimbursement issues raised by recent CMS guidance. The committee agreed to stay the proposed rule for 90 days so legislators and agency counsel can discuss the statutory licensure pathway and fee concerns and report back to the committee.
