92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB1356
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House Sponsors:
BERNS-HARTKE-RIGHTER-CURRY,JULIE-WINKEL AND MITCHELL,BILL.

Senate Sponsors:
MYERS

Short description: 
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY                                                  

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends  the  Illinois  Speech-Language  Pathology  and  Audiology      
   Practice Act.  Makes technical changes to  a  Section  concerning  the      
   legislative declaration of policy.                                          
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          225 ILCS 110/2                                                       
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b new                                              
          105 ILCS 5/14-1.09c new                                              
          105 ILCS 5/14-6.03 new                                               
          105 ILCS 5/21-2                                                      
          105 ILCS 5/21-14                                                     
          225 ILCS 110/3                                                       
          225 ILCS 110/3.5                                                     
          225 ILCS 110/7                                                       
          225 ILCS 110/8                                                       
          225 ILCS 110/8.5 new                                                 
          225 ILCS 110/8.6 new                                                 
          225 ILCS 110/8.7 new                                                 
          225 ILCS 110/8.8 new                                                 
          225 ILCS 110/10                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/11                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/13                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/16                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/16.5                                                    
          225 ILCS 110/18                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/26                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/27                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/28                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/29                                                      
          225 ILCS 110/29.5                                                    
          225 ILCS 110/31a                                                     
        Deletes  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.   Amends   the      
   Illinois   Speech-Language   Pathology  and  Audiology  Practice  Act.      
   Provides for the licensure of  speech-language  pathology  assistants.      
   Lists  the  qualifications for licensure, the minimum requirements for      
   speech-language  pathology   assistant   programs,   the   duties   of      
   speech-language  pathology  assistants,  and  the  restrictions on the      
   duties of speech-language pathology assistants.   Provides  guidelines      
   for  supervision  of speech-language pathology assistants.  Amends the      
   School Code.  Provides for the regulation of speech-language pathology      
   assistants  who  work  under  the  supervision  of  a  speech-language      
   pathologist  in  a  school  setting.   Lists  the   duties   and   the      
   restrictions  on the duties of speech-language pathologists.  Provides      
   that a speech-language pathologist or  audiologist  who  has  met  the      
   continuing  education  requirements  of  the  Illinois Speech-Language      
   Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and rules promulgated under  that      
   Act  shall  be  deemed  to  have satisfied the continuing professional      
   development requirements established by the State Board  of  Education      
   and  the  Teacher  Certification  Board  to obtain an Initial Teaching      
   Certificate or to obtain or renew a Standard Certificate or  a  Master      
   Certificate.                                                                
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          105 ILCS 5/21-2                                                      
        Defines a  "speech-language  pathologist"  for  the  purposes  of      
   supervision   of  a  speech  language  pathology  assistant.   Removes      
   completion of any continuing  education  activities  approved  by  the      
   American   Speech-Language   Hearing  Association  from  the  list  of      
   continuing  professional  development  activities.   Provides  that  a      
   holder  of  a  teaching  certificate  endorsed  as  a  speech-language      
   pathologist  who  has  been  granted  the  Certificate   of   Clinical      
   Competence  by  the  American  Speech-Language Hearing Association may      
   renew his or her Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year      
   renewal cycle established in subsection (d) of  Section  21-2  of  the      
   School Code.                                                                
        GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE                                     
        Recommends that the bill be further amended to provide that a          
   person holding a bachelor's degree in communication disorders who was       
   employed to assist a speech-language pathdogist on the effective date       
   of this amendatory Act is eligible for licensure if he or she sumits        
   an application with the required fee.                                       
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0510

   Last action date: JAN-01-2002

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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