Bill Text: IL HB3258 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the legislative declaration of policy.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3258 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB3258-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB3258 Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 110/2 from Ch. 111, par. 7902
Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the legislative declaration of policy.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 2 as
follows:
(225 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 7902)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
Sec. 2. Legislative Declaration of Public Policy. The The
practice of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the
State of Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public
health, safety and welfare and to be subject to regulation and
control in the public interest. It is further declared to be a
matter of public interest and concern that the speech-language
pathology and audiology professions merit and receive the
confidence of the public and that only qualified persons be
permitted to practice this profession in the State of Illinois.
This Act shall be liberally construed to carry out these
objectives and purposes.
It is further declared to be the public policy of this
State, pursuant to subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, that any
power or function set forth in this Act to be exercised by the

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State is an exclusive State power or function. Such power or
function shall not be exercised concurrently, either directly
or indirectly, by any unit of local government, including home
rule units, except as otherwise provided in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-1391.)