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Committee hears OPR request for time to study licensing of speech-language pathology assistants
Summary
Witnesses from the Office of Professional Regulation told the Senate Government Operations Committee they support a required Sunrise review of speech-language pathology assistants but asked for time to update research and produce legislative language; OPR set a target to complete the review by Nov. 15.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations heard testimony March 31 on H.588, the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) bill, about whether speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) should be brought under state regulation.
OPR Director Jennifer Cohen told the committee the office supports the bill language that directs a Sunrise report on SLPAs and said OPR will follow its usual public-notice and stakeholder process. The committee chair recorded a deadline of "November 15" for that report.
The agency traced the issue to a 2014 Sunrise review and subsequent legislative…
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