HB765--LICENSUREREQUIREMENTSFORSPEECH-LANGUAGEPATHOLOGISTS
SPONSOR: Stinnett
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
ProfessionalRegistrationandLicensingbyavoteof19to0.
Currently,arequirementforlicensureforspeech-language
pathologistsandaudiologistsissubmittingevidenceofcompletion
ofaclinicalfellowshipfromsupervisors. Theperiodof
employmentmustbeunderthedirectsupervisionofapersonwhois
licensedbytheStateofMissouriintheprofessioninwhichthe
applicantseekstobelicensed. Thisbillchangestheperiodof
employmenttobeunderthedirectsupervisionofaspeech-language
pathologistingoodstanding.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatwehaveaspeech-language
pathologistshortageinthisstate.Weneedtomakesureweare
doingeverythingwecantomakeiteasierformorespeech-language
pathologiststocometoMissourifromotherstates.Thisbill
updatesanoutdatedlawpreventingspeech-languagepathologists
trainedinotherstatesfromworkinginMissouri.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Stinnett;
BrentHemphill,MoSpeechHearingAssn.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
OTHERS:OtherstestifyingonthebillsaytheDivisionof
ProfessionalRegistrationwillworkwiththebillsponsortomake
sureweareupdatingthisstatutorylanguagethecorrectway.
TestifyinginpersononthebillwasWesleySutton,Divisionof
ProfessionalRegistration.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.