Mississippi Senate Bill 2812 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 73-38-3, 73-38-9, 73-38-11, 73-38-13, 73-38-15, 73-38-21, 73-38-23, 73-38-25, 73-38-27, 73-38-31 And 73-38-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists Will Be Licensed And Regulated By The State Board Of Examiners For Audiology And Speech-language Pathology Instead Of The State Board Of Health; To Create The State Board Of Examiners For Audiology And Speech-language Pathology And Provide For Its Membership And Its Powers And Duties; To Create The Audiology And Speech-language Pathology Licensing Fund, Which Will Be Used For Paying The Costs Of Administering The Licensure Law; To Change The Name Of Speech-language Pathology Aides And Audiology Aides To Speech-language Pathology Assistants And Audiology Assistants; To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No Person Will Be Granted A Teacher License To Work In The Public School System As An Audiologist, Audiology Assistant, Speech-language Pathologist, Or Speech-language Pathology Assistant Without A Professional License Granted By The State Board Of Examiners For Audiology And Speech-language Pathology; To Repeal Section 73-38-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That The State Board Of Health Is The Licensing Agency For Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists; And For Related Purposes.

State Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech Language Pathology; create.

Sen. Dean Kirby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2812.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2812IN.htm