Date: 04/30/2013
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB13-238
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR, ECONOMIC, & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer Senate Bill 13-238 to the Committee on Appro | PASS |
02:26 PM -- Senate Bill 13-238
Representative Ryden, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 13-238 to the committee. The reengrossed bill requires hearing aid providers to be licensed by the Division of Professions and Occupations (the division) within the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Hearing aid providers are persons who engage in the practice of dispensing, fitting, and or dealing in hearing aids. Among other things, the bill:
• defines the scope of practice of hearing aid providers;
• specifies educational background and examination requirements to become licensed;
• establishes an apprentice license status;
• requires the division to adopt necessary rules;
• provides the DORA with the ability to set fees and schedule license renewals;
• establishes the grounds for disciplinary proceedings; and
• authorizes the director of the division to take disciplinary actions.
The licensing program is repealed September 1, 2020, following a sunset review.
Representative Ryden stated that many of the bill's provisions had been discussed during the testimony of the prior bill, Senate Bill 13-228.
02:28 PM -- Jim Lee, representing the Colorado Hearing Society, spoke in favor of the bill. He discussed his organization's intent to work the division on rule-setting this summer.
02:29 PM -- Robert Hoffarth, representing the Colorado Hearing Society, spoke in favor of the bill.
02:30 PM -- Drs. Terri Ives and Sandy Gabbard, representing the Colorado Academy of Audiology, spoke in favor of the bill.
02:32 PM
Representative Ryden made closing comments.
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| BILL: | SB13-238 | |
| TIME: | 02:32:14 PM |
| MOVED: | Ryden |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 13-238 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 7-3, with 1 excused. |
| SECONDED: | Williams |
| VOTE |
| DelGrosso | Yes |
| Exum | Yes |
| Hamner | Yes |
| Holbert | No |
| Navarro | Excused |
| Nordberg | No |
| Rosenthal | Yes |
| Ryden | Yes |
| Szabo | No |
| Kraft-Tharp | Yes |
| Williams | Yes |
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Final YES: 7 NO: 3 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |