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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hearing aids and speech-language pathologists."
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1572"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1572 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Licensing (Including Behavioral and Mental Health)", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Speech Pathologists and Audiologists", "HEALTH; Physical Disabilities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lori Goss-Reaves", "Vaneta Becker"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a46a8cb2-a8e8-4df4-b428-5e8fd40bdd93"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1572"
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source_hash: "79aacde18f4a443cabe676689da1405377523ff73e00cb1483cdce06fa9b1120"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1572 (2025) — Hearing aids and speech-language pathologists.
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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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1572/HB1572.04.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1572/HB1572.03.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1572/HB1572.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1572/HB1572.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1572 - Becker - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1572 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
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- Chris Campbell — coauthor (person)
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- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Goss-Reaves
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- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Representative Campbell added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Becker
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- **2025-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** Senators Yoder and Ford J.D. added as cosponsors
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- **2025-03-21** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-03-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Public Law 37 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a46a8cb2-a8e8-4df4-b428-5e8fd40bdd93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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