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HB 2417

Debtor and creditor; Oklahoma Debtor and Creditor Act of 2025; effective date.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Kyle Hilbert

Allows audiologists and SLPs to practice across member states under a compact privilege, improving access and licensure/disciplinary information sharing.

Second Reading referred to Rules
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Bill Summary · HB 2417

Summary — HB 2417: Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact

Note on source document: The provided bill text contains two distinct items combined in one file — (1) an Interstate Compact bill establishing an Audiology & Speech‑Language Pathology Compact (text and synopsis attributed to Illinois HB2417), and (2) unrelated amendments to Arizona election statute §16‑550. This summary focuses on the Compact (the bill titled "AUDIOLOGY&SPEECH PATH COMPACT") and notes the presence of the unrelated election-law text.

Main purpose

Establishes the "Audiology and Speech‑Language Pathology Interstate Compact" to allow licensed audiologists and speech‑language pathologists to practice across member states under a compact privilege, with the aims of:
- increasing public access to services (including via telehealth),
- facilitating multistate licensure recognition,
- improving exchange of licensure and disciplinary information, and
- supporting military families who relocate.

Key provisions

  • Compact privilege: A license issued by a practitioner’s home state is recognized by other member states to authorize practice in those member states under a compact privilege. The practice is regulated where the patient/client/student is located at the time of the encounter.
  • Definitions: Detailed definitions for terms such as “home state,” “compact privilege,” “adverse action,” “current significant investigative information,” “impaired practitioner,” etc.
  • Military provisions: Special designation rules for active‑duty military personnel and their spouses to facilitate continuity of practice across moves.
  • Adverse action & accountability: Remote states may take adverse actions (suspension, revocation, restrictions) against practitioners holding compact privileges; member states must share licensing, investigative and disciplinary information.
  • Commission creation: Establishes an Audiology and Speech‑Language Pathology Compact Commission (a national administrative body composed of member states) with rulemaking authority, an executive committee, and responsibilities for oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement.
  • Data system: Creation/maintenance of a compact database to track licensure, privileges, investigative/disciplinary actions, and related reporting (may include use of NPDB reporting).
  • Enforcement, disputes & remedies: Outlines enforcement mechanisms, dispute resolution procedures, and the binding effect of compact rules.
  • Effective date: Compact becomes effective when enacted into law by the 10th member state (standard model for interstate compacts).
  • State implementation (Illinois-specific): If the Compact becomes law, Illinois’s Department of Financial and Professional Regulation must revise rules to conform and provide a report to the General Assembly with recommended statutory changes.

Who is affected

  • Audiologists and speech‑language pathologists seeking to practice in multiple states (including via telehealth).
  • State licensing boards/health regulatory agencies (new interstate cooperation and reporting obligations).
  • Patients/clients — increased access to cross‑state services.
  • Active duty military members and spouses who relocate.
  • State departments required to update rules and potentially statutes to conform to the Compact.

Procedural status and actions (as recorded in provided file)

  • Introduced: February 4, 2025.
  • House Committee Amendment No. 1 filed March 3, 2025 (amendment text appears to change wording at one location).
  • Referred to Rules Committee / re‑referred to Health Care Licenses Committee in some entries.
  • Committee hearings, reports, placement on calendar, and recorded votes are listed (including hearings on April 29 and actions on May 15–16, 2025); the document records that the bill passed the House (May 16, 2025) and was received from the House May 19, 2025. (Readers should verify current status with the official legislative website due to mixed/overlapping entries in the file.)

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Increased access to audiology and speech‑language services across state lines and via telehealth.
  • Administrative and IT costs for states to connect to the compact commission and maintain required data/reporting systems.
  • States must adopt conforming rules/statutory language and participate in information‑sharing; practitioners must understand obligations under both home state licensure and remote‑state practice standards.
  • The compact centralizes some oversight through the Commission while preserving state regulatory authority to protect public safety.

If you want, I can:
- Extract and display the Compact's defined terms and their exact text;
- Produce a one‑page checklist for a state regulatory agency to implement the Compact; or
- Verify current legislative status from the relevant state legislature's official tracking site.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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