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Committee advances HB2761 after technical fixes and amendments to SLPA licensing language
Summary
House Bill 2761 was amended to refine definitions for speech-language pathology assistants, add communication-practice language, clarify the secretary's disciplinary authority, and passed out of the Committee on K-12 Education Budget; committee members flagged background-check and payment issues for future action.
The Committee on K-12 Education Budget voted to advance House Bill 2761 after adopting technical and substantive amendments that refine licensing language for speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) and clarify disciplinary authority.
Revisor Meyer described a technical amendment to update language on page 4 so that a licensed SLPA "means any individual who meets the minimum qualifications established by this act for licensing as a speech language pathologist assistant, or pathology assistant." He also clarified that references to "secretary" should mean "the secretary of aging and disability…
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