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Rep. Paiz , having reserved the right to explain her protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement:
“Mr. Speaker and members of the House:
I voted no because I believed that Speech Pathologists should have certification beyond licensing to qualify to receive Medicaid reimbursement. Currently, that Certification is Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC- SLP ) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). However, in retrospect, I may have made an incorrect vote about codification based on the belief that I mentioned above, and also by my misunderstanding which was that the CCC is offered through a non-profit or not-for-profit and not the state.”
House Bill No. 4690, entitled
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by amending section 479a (MCL 750.479a), as amended by 2012 PA 60.
The bill was read a third time.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
Rep. St. Germaine moved to substitute (H-3) the bill.
The motion was seconded and the substitute (H-3) was adopted, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was then passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: