HB 664 Summary

• Enacts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC) as Idaho Code Section 54-2918A to facilitate interstate practice and mutual recognition of licenses between member states.

• Establishes a national Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission with representatives from each member state to promulgate uniform rules, manage a coordinated data system, and oversee compliance.

• Requires applicants for audiology and speech-language pathology licensure in Idaho to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks from the Idaho State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

• Allows licensed audiologists and speech-language pathologists from member states to practice in Idaho under a "compact privilege" while remaining subject to Idaho's practice standards and regulatory authority.

• Effective July 1, 2022; the compact becomes operational when enacted by the tenth member state, with provisions allowing member states to withdraw with six months' notice.