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Senate panel advances interstate compact to ease cross-border care for audiologists and speech-language pathologists
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 91, an interstate compact designed to let licensed audiologists and speech-language pathologists provide continuity of care across state lines, with sponsors and testifiers emphasizing benefits for rural and military families.
Senate Bill 91, which would join Arkansas to the interstate Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology compact, passed the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee by voice vote after testimony and committee questions.
Senator Kim Hammer introduced the bill and yielded to witnesses who described clinical and family impacts that the compact is intended to address. "Sarah was diagnosed with hearing loss when she was 3 years old…Currently, without the interstate compact, I'm unable to provide follow-up care for Sarah," Dr. Madison Howe, an audiologist and vice president of the Arkansas Speech Language Hearing Association, told the committee,…
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