Brian Maienschein
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 76
Author
Existing law, the Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and Hearing Aid Dispensers Licensure Act, regulates the licensure of hearing aid dispensers and dispensing audiologists by the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. The act makes it unlawful for a licensed hearing aid dispenser to fit or sell a hearing aid unless he or she first, among other duties, provides the purchaser with specified information. Existing law requires a licensed dispensing audiologist to, upon the consummation of a sale of a hearing aid, deliver to the purchaser a written receipt, containing specified information. Existing law makes the violation of these provisions a misdemeanor. This bill would, on and after July 1, 2017, require a licensed hearing aid dispenser to, upon the sale of a hearing aid, provide the purchaser with a copy of a consumer hearing aid disclosure that this bill would require the board to develop and make available on its Internet Web site before July 1, 2017. The bill would require a licensed dispensing audiologist to do the same. By creating new requirements, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
In committee: Held under submission.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4959.)
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 19).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1950 | HTML |
| 02/12/16 - Introduced | |
| 04/25/16 - Amended Assembly |
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