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Bill Hearing aids and speech-language pathologists. Adds speech-language pathology assistant to the definition of "practitioner" for purposes of the provision of telehealth. Specifies services included in the definition of "audiology". Allows for the sale, use, provision of customer service, or distribution of an over-the-counter hearing aid without the fitting of the hearing aid by a hearing aid dealer who has been issued a certificate of registration or a licensed audiologist. (Current law does not differentiate between a prescription hearing aid and an over-the-counter hearing aid concerning the fitting of the hearing aid.) us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 HB 1572 Indiana HB 1572 (2025)
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HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Licensing (Including Behavioral and Mental Health)
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Speech Pathologists and Audiologists
HEALTH; Physical Disabilities
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Lori Goss-Reaves
Vaneta Becker
4 19 2 2025-01-21 2025-04-03 openstates ocd-bill/a46a8cb2-a8e8-4df4-b428-5e8fd40bdd93 https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1572 79aacde18f4a443cabe676689da1405377523ff73e00cb1483cdce06fa9b1120 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana HB 1572 (2025) — Hearing aids and speech-language pathologists.

Adds speech-language pathology assistant to the definition of "practitioner" for purposes of the provision of telehealth. Specifies services included in the definition of "audiology". Allows for the sale, use, provision of customer service, or distribution of an over-the-counter hearing aid without the fitting of the hearing aid by a hearing aid dealer who has been issued a certificate of registration or a licensed audiologist. (Current law does not differentiate between a prescription hearing aid and an over-the-counter hearing aid concerning the fitting of the hearing aid.)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HB 1572 - Becker - 3rd Reading — 460 (pass) · upper
  • HB 1572 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — 910 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
  • Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
  • Chris Campbell — coauthor (person)
  • J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
  • Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Goss-Reaves
  • 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-01-27 Representative Campbell added as coauthor
  • 2025-01-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-30 Senate sponsor: Senator Becker
  • 2025-01-31 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2025-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 91, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-03-18 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-03-18 Senators Yoder and Ford J.D. added as cosponsors
  • 2025-03-21 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
  • 2025-03-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-03-24 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-25 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2025-03-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-04-03 Public Law 37 became-law
  • 2025-04-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a46a8cb2-a8e8-4df4-b428-5e8fd40bdd93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).