Reciprocity and audiology compact.
Summary
Establishes a procedure to grant licenses and certificates to practice certain health care professions in Indiana. Requires the applicant to hold a current license or certificate from another state or jurisdiction and meet other requirements. Allows the applicant who meets certain requirements to apply for a provisional license or provisional certificate. Requires the provisional license or provisional certificate to be issued within 30 days. Provides for penalties for submitting false information on an application for a provisional license or provisional certificate. Requires a board to make a final decision on a license or certificate application before the expiration of a provisional license or provisional certificate. Provides that if a board has a pending application for initial licensure or certification that requires final approval by the board, the board shall meet not more than 31 days after the application is ready for approval. Provides that the medical licensing board may not issue a physician's license to an applicant using the reciprocity law beginning July 1, 2026. Eliminates certain requirements for an applicant seeking licensure as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, mental health counselor, addiction counselor, or clinical addiction counselor. Requires the boards that regulate bachelor's degree social workers, social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, licensed addiction counselors, licensed clinical addiction counselors, and respiratory care practitioners to issue a license by reciprocity within 30 days if certain requirements are met. Requires the speech-language pathology and audiology board to, before January 1, 2023, initiate and make every effort to enter into reciprocity agreements with contiguous states for individuals licensed as: (1) a speech-language pathologist; and (2) an audiologist; to practice the individual's profession under the license from one state in the other state. Adopts the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact. Makes conforming amendments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Mar 2, 2022
Signed Mar 18, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2022
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 46
Jan 24, 2022
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican36
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Mar 18, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 372: yeas 93, nays 1
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 343: yeas 50, nays 0
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the House
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Amended
Senate dissented from House amendments
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
Motion to dissent filed
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
upper
Feb 25, 2022
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 274: yeas 89, nays 0
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Amended
Amendment #1 (Vermilion) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 42: yeas 47, nays 0
upper
Jan 20, 2022
Amended
Amendment #4 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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