# Indiana HB 1572: Hearing aids and speech-language pathologists. Indiana HB 1572, Hearing aids and speech-language pathologists., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Lori Goss-Reaves (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-03 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1572-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1572 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Hearing aids and speech-language pathologists. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-04-03, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Lori Goss-Reaves (Republican) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: public health, the senate, health and provider services - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (137 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary Adds speech-language pathology assistant to the definition of "practitioner" for purposes of the provision of telehealth. Specifies services included in the definition of "audiology". Allows for the sale, use, provision of customer service, or distribution of an over-the-counter hearing aid without the fitting of the hearing aid by a hearing aid dealer who has been issued a certificate of registration or a licensed audiologist. (Current law does not differentiate between a prescription hearing aid and an over-the-counter hearing aid concerning the fitting of the hearing aid.) ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Fewer sales rules for over-the-counter hearing aids: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana exempts federally defined over-the-counter hearing aids from some dealer and in-person fitting rules. This covers sales, use, customer service, and distribution. People fitting hearing aids still need valid dealer registration or supervision by a registered dealer; t… - Speech assistants gain state practitioner status: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana includes speech-language pathology assistants in a state law's definition of practitioner. Assistants who meet the state's legal definition are covered by rules that use this practitioner definition. This change does not provide a direct household payment or service… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Lori Goss-Reaves (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Campbell (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: J.D. Ford (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Shelli Yoder (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Vaneta Becker (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-20 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 46 | 0 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 91 | 0 | | ## Actions (19) - 2025-04-03: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-04-03: Public Law 37 (House) - 2025-03-27: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-03-21: Returned to the House without amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 46, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Senators Yoder and Ford J.D. added as cosponsors (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-19: First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-01-30: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 91, nays 0 (House) - 2025-01-30: Senate sponsor: Senator Becker (House) - 2025-01-29: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-01-27: Representative Campbell added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-27: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-21: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health (House) - 2025-01-21: Authored by Representative Goss-Reaves (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1572/versions/HB1572.04.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1572/versions/HB1572.03.COMS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1572/versions/HB1572.02.COMH?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1572/versions/HB1572.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1572/versions/HB1572.04.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1572/versions/HB1572.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1572/versions/HB1572.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1572/versions/HB1572.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1572-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).