BILL ANALYSIS �
SB 933
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 933 (Runner)
As Amended August 31, 2011
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :40-0
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS 9-0 APPROPRIATIONS 16-0
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|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 |
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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
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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
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