SB2731sam002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

Filed: 3/22/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2731

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2731 on page 11, by replacing lines 15 through 26 with the following:

"(c) No license shall be issued to a business, the stated purpose of which includes or which practices or which holds itself out as available to practice genetic counseling, unless it is organized under the Professional Service Corporation Act or the Professional Limited Liability Company Act. No association or partnership shall practice genetic counseling unless every member, partner, and employee of the association or partnership who practices genetic counseling or who renders genetic counseling services holds a valid license issued under this Act. No license shall be issued to a corporation, the stated purpose of which includes or which practices or which holds itself out as available to practice genetic counseling, unless it is organized under the Professional Service Corporation Act.

(c-1) Except as provided in Section 15, no business organized under the Professional Service Corporation Act may practice genetic counseling unless every owner, manager, and employee of the professional services corporation who renders genetic counseling services has received specialized training in genetic counseling and holds a valid license issued under this Act.

(c-2) Except as provided in Section 15, no business organized under the Professional Limited Liability Company Act shall practice genetic counseling unless every member, manager, and employee of the professional limited liability company who renders genetic counseling services has received specialized training in genetic counseling and holds a valid license issued under this Act. A person who is not licensed under this Act may be a member of such a professional limited liability company if the member does not engage in the practice of genetic counseling or render genetic counseling services.".