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Bill Summary for Bill Number SB17-108 Date: 03/16/2017
Location: HCR 0107
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-108

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, INSURANCE, & ENVIRONMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G) to Senate Bil
Refer Senate Bill 17-108, as amended, to the Commi

PASS



03:09 PM -- SB 17-108

Representative Buckner presented Senate Bill 17-108 to the committee, along with amendment L.002 (Attachment G). This bill continues the regulation of speech-language pathologists by the Director of the Division of Professions and Occupations in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) from September 1, 2017, when the program is currently set to expire, to September 1, 2022. As recommended by the DORA Sunset Report, the bill removes references to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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03:18 PM -- Allison Foster, representing Colorado Speech Language & Hearing Association, testified in support of the bill.

03:20 PM --
Kathy Boada, representing Children's Hospital Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

03:32 PM --
Brian Tobias, representing DORA, answered committee members' questions.

BILL: SB17-108
TIME: 03:38:47 PM
MOVED: Buckner
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G) to Senate Bill 17-108. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED: Esgar
VOTE
Beckman
Buckner
Covarrubias
Humphrey
Jackson
Kennedy
Landgraf
Lontine
Ransom
Esgar
Ginal
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION:

BILL: SB17-108
TIME: 03:39:34 PM
MOVED: Buckner
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 17-108, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 8-2.
SECONDED: Esgar
VOTE
Beckman
Yes
Buckner
Yes
Covarrubias
Yes
Humphrey
No
Jackson
Yes
Kennedy
Yes
Landgraf
Excused
Lontine
Yes
Ransom
No
Esgar
Yes
Ginal
Yes
Final YES: 8 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS