BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 933 Page 1 SENATE THIRD READING SB 933 (Runner) As Amended August 31, 2011 Majority vote SENATE VOTE :40-0 BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS 9-0 APPROPRIATIONS 16-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Ayes:|Hayashi, Bill Berryhill, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, | | |Allen, Butler, | |Blumenfield, | | |Eng, Hagman, Hill, Ma, | |Bradford, Charles | | |Smyth | |Calderon, Campos, | | | | |Davis, Donnelly, | | | | |Dickinson, Hall, | | | | |Hill, Lara, Nielsen, | | | | |Norby, Solorio, | | | | |Wagner | |-----+--------------------------+-----+--------------------------| | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY : Repeals the Hearing Aid Dispensers Licensing Law (HADLL) and recasts those provisions into the Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and Hearing Aid Dispensers Licensure Act, and renames the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Fund (SLPAF) to the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Fund (Fund). EXISTING LAW establishes: 1)The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board (Board) to regulate the practice of speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers. 2)The Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Licensure Act to regulate the practices of speech-language pathology and audiology. 3)The HADLL which provides for the licensure and regulation of hearing aid dispensers. 4)The Hearing Aid Dispensers Account (HADA) under the SLPAF. SB 933 Page 2 FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, negligible state fiscal impact. The Board indicates that the consolidation into one fund will help stabilize revenue and streamline operations. COMMENTS : According to the author, "SB 933 is a cleanup measure that serves to merge and consolidate the relevant Practice Acts for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers. AB 1535 (Jones), Chapter 309, Statutes of 2009, merged the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board (SLPAB), and the Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau (HADB) to form the Board, effective January 1, 2010. However, AB 1535 did not merge or consolidate the relevant Practices Acts and, as such, many of the existing provisions regarding the Board's administrative oversight are either redundant or obsolete. "This bill is not intended to change or alter any of the licensing or enforcement provisions governing the professions, but instead will provide technical cleanup regarding the governance structure and oversight of the Board. The provisions of SB 933 will make necessary technical changes relative to combining the laws applicable to speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers. The cleanup provisions will clarify the Board's oversight responsibilities for the three governed professions and will eliminate duplicative and obsolete laws that are no longer applicable pursuant to the merger of SLPAB and HADB." Analysis Prepared by : Joanna Gin / B.,P. & C.P. / (916) 319-3301 FN: 0002408