HB4375 S IC AMT #1 2-24

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The Committee on Interstate Cooperation moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 4375-H. B. 4375 -- A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article designated §30-32A-1, §30-32A-2, §30-32A-3, §30-32A-4, §30-32A-5, §30-32A-6, §30-32A-7, §30-32A-8, §30-32A-9, §30-32A-10, §30-32A-11, §30-32A-12, §30-32A-13, and §30-32A-14, all relating to joining the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission; providing for a purpose; providing for definitions; providing for telehealth; requiring criminal background check and setting educational and other requirements for audiologists and speech language pathologists; authorizing member state to charge fee for granting compact privilege; providing for state participation in the compact; establishing the privilege to practice in member states; providing for change in primary state or residence procedures relating to licensing for active duty military personnel and their spouses;  providing for procedures relating to duties, meetings, responsibilities, and adverse actions; establishing the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission and providing for an executive committee; providing for a data system available for use among the member states; providing for rulemaking authority of the commission; providing for dispute resolution, and enforcement provisions of the commission among the member states; providing for date of implementation among the member states; providing for applicability of the existing rules at the time a new member state joins the commission; providing for withdrawal of any member states and conditions that must be met until withdrawal is effective; providing for a six month period before withdrawal is effective; providing for construction and severability of the provisions of the compact; and providing for a binding effect of the laws and rules of the compact among the member states.

Adopted

Rejected