[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1068 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1068

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include a definition 
                            of audiologist.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 1999

   Mr. Whitfield (for himself and Mr. Brown of Ohio) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include a definition 
                            of audiologist.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Audiology Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DEFINITION OF AUDIOLOGIST.

    Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(13), by inserting ``(including by an 
        audiologist, as defined in subsection (v))'' after ``law''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(v) The term `audiologist' means an individual with a master's or 
doctoral degree in audiology who--
            ``(1) is licensed as an audiologist by the State in which 
        the individual furnishes such services; or
            ``(2) in the case of an individual who furnishes services 
        in a State which does not license audiologists, has 
        successfully completed 350 clock hours of supervised clinical 
        practicum (or is in the process of accumulating such supervised 
        clinical experience), performed not less than 9 months of 
        supervised full-time audiology services after obtaining a 
        master's or doctoral degree in audiology or a related field, 
        and successfully completed a national examination in audiology 
        approved by the Secretary.''.
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