Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2774: An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the audiology and speech-language compact, dentist and dental hygienist compact, physician assistant compact and social work licensure compact.
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
Amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the audiology and speech-language compact, dentist and dental hygienist compact, physician assistant compact and social work licensure compact.
From the introduced text, September 16, 2026:
Amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the audiology and speech-language compact, dentist and dental hygienist compact, physician assistant compact and social work licensure compact. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Title 63 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a part to read: PART III INTERSTATE COMPACTS Chapter 51. Audiology and Speech-Language Compact 53. Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact 55. Physician Assistant Compact 57. Social Work Licensure Compact CHAPTER 51 AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE COMPACT Sec. 5101. Authority to execute compact. 5102. When and how compact becomes operative. § 5101. Authority to execute compact. The Governor, on behalf of the Commonwealth, may execute a compact in substantially the following form with any one or more of the states of the United States, and the General Assembly signifies in advance its approval and ratification of the compact: SECTION 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology with the goal of improving public access to audiology and speech-language pathology services. The practice of audiology and speech- language pathology occurs in the state where the patient/client/student is located at the time of the patient/client/student encounter. This Compact preserves the regulatory authority …