HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3480        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2825

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul McMurtry and Nick Collins

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act providing for provisional licensure for speech-language pathologists.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/20/2017

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

1/20/2017

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

 

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

 

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

 

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

 

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

 

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

 

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

 

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

 

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

 

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

 

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

 

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

 

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

 

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

 

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

 

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

 

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

 

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

 

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

 

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

 

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3480        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2825

By Messrs. McMurtry of Dedham and Collins of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2825) of Paul McMurtry and others for legislation to provide for provisional licensure for speech-language pathologist or audiologist.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3879 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act providing for provisional licensure for speech-language pathologists.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after section 144A, the following section:- 

Section 144B. (a) The board shall issue a provisional license as a speech-language pathologist to each applicant who meets the requirements set forth in this section.  It shall issue the provisional license to each person so licensed, which shall be conclusive evidence of the right of such person to practice for a period of supervised professional practice in the area in which a license under section 144 is being sought and required by the national certifying body for speech-language pathology. The provisional license shall be valid for no longer than the period of supervised professional practice. 

(b) To be eligible for license by the board as a speech-language pathologist                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         , an applicant shall:

(1) be of good moral character; and

(2) possess at a minimum (a) a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent and (b) a master’s degree or its equivalent in the area of speech-language pathology granted by an educational institution which incorporates academic course work and the minimum hours of supervised training required by the national certifying body for speech-language pathology.

(c) The applicant for the provisional license as a speech-language pathologist shall apply to the board in writing on an application form prescribed and furnished by the board. At the time of filing the application, an applicant for a provisional license shall pay to the board a fee which shall be set by the secretary of administration and finance.  

SECTION 2.  Section 146 of said chapter 112is hereby amended by inserting in line 3, after the words “ section 144”, the following words:- or section 144B,.

SECTION 3.  Said section 146 of said chapter 112 is hereby amended by inserting in line 9, after the words “section 144” the following words:- or section 144B,.

SECTION 4.  Notwithstanding any general or special law, or rule or regulation to the contrary, insurance companies shall accept the provisional license of a speech-language pathologist as a full license for the purpose of credentialing clinicians.