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HB1833

Over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids; licensure not required by certain corporations, etc.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Wendell Walker (R)

Session:
2023 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids.

Clarifies that licensure by the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians is not required for a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other like organization engaged in the business of selling prescription hearing aids, defined in the bill as a hearing aid that is not an over-the-counter hearing aid, provided that it employs only licensed practitioners in the direct sale and fitting of prescription hearing aids. This bill is identical to SB 1279. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/10/2023 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104156D
  • 01/10/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
  • 01/17/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1833)
  • 01/19/2023 - House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
  • 01/26/2023 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/26/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 0-N)
  • 01/31/2023 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
  • 02/02/2023 - House: Read first time
  • 02/03/2023 - House: Read second time
  • 02/03/2023 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 02/03/2023 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1833E
  • 02/03/2023 - House: Printed as engrossed 23104156D-E
  • 02/06/2023 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2023 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/07/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/07/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 02/16/2023 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/17/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 02/20/2023 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/20/2023 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/23/2023 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/23/2023 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1833ER)
  • 02/23/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1833ER)
  • 02/23/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/25/2023 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/02/2023 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
  • 03/02/2023 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
  • 03/22/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 273 (effective 7/1/23)
  • 03/22/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273)