Chairman Goetz opened the hearing on HB2761.

Nick Myers, Revisor of Statutes Office, Shared a bill brief on HB 2761. (Attachment 3)

Susie Ternes, Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association(KSHA), spoke about speech language pathology assistants being vital to speech language pathologists workings. with the caseload of students in our schools the assistants can be invaluable. (Attachment 4)

Allison Gatewood, Speech-Language Pathologist was clear and concise that the shortage of licensed assistants is putting strain on speech language pathologists. (Attachment 5)

Written only testimony:

Kelley Cox, Speech Language Pathologist, Wichita Public Schools (Attachment 6)

Ashly Elliott, Speech-Language Pathologist, Heartspring, Wichita, Kansas (Attachment 7)

Emily Feldt, Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (Attachment 8)

Susan Koerner, Speech-Language Pathologist, University of Kansas Medical Center (Attachment 9)

Kailey Petrehn, Speech-Language Pathologist (Attachment 10)

Angela Proffitt, Speech-Language Pathologist (Attachment 11)

Hannah Robinson, Speech-Language Pathologist, ACE Speech Therapy, LLC (Attachment 12)

Linda Rosa-Lugo, Speech-Language Pathologist, President American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Attachment 13)

Chairman Goetz closed the hearing on HB 2761