03/27/2023 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

          SB 75-AUD. & SPEECH-LANG INTERSTATE COMPACT                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:39:27 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  BJORKMAN   reconvened  the   meeting  and   announced  the                                                               
consideration  of SENATE  BILL  NO.  75 "An  Act  relating to  an                                                               
audiology  and speech-language  interstate  compact; relating  to                                                               
the  practice of  audiology and  the practice  of speech-language                                                               
pathology; and providing for an effective date.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
This is  the second hearing.  He asked  the sponsor to  provide a                                                               
recap of SB 75 which was introduced to the committee on March 8.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:40:13 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  DAVID  WILSON,  District N,  Alaska  State  Legislature,                                                               
Juneau, Alaska, sponsor  of SB 75, stated that  SB 75 establishes                                                               
an  Act relating  to an  audiology and  speech-language pathology                                                               
interstate  compact. This  helps  promote  cooperation among  the                                                               
states; interstate  compact licensures help increase  the quality                                                               
of  care by  decreasing  burdens to  licensing while  maintaining                                                               
rigorous licensing standards and state sovereignty.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:40:55 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  BJORKMAN  asked if  members  had  questions for  the  bill                                                               
sponsor; seeing none, he opened public testimony on SB 75.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:41:22 PM                                                                                                                  
SUSAN ADAMS, Director of State  Legislative & Regulatory Affairs,                                                               
American  Speech, Language  and  Hearing Association,  Rockville,                                                               
Maryland,  stated  support  for  SB  75  and  offered  to  answer                                                               
questions about how the compact works.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:41:58 PM                                                                                                                    
NAHALE  KALFAS, General  Counsel,  Audiology and  Speech-Language                                                               
Pathology  Interstate Compact;  Legal Counsel,  Council of  State                                                               
Governments, Raleigh,  North Carolina,  stated support for  SB 75                                                               
and offered to answer questions about how the compact works.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:42:35 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN  closed public  testimony on  SB 75  and solicited                                                               
the will of the committee.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:42:54 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR BISHOP  moved to  report SB  75, work  order 33-LS0139\B,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BJORKMAN  found no  objection and SB  75 was  reported from                                                               
the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.