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House Bill 200

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Last Action	03/22/23: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 65)
Title	AN ACT relating to the healthcare workforce, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Acts Chapter 65 Current/Final Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Fiscal Note Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number	871
Sponsors	K. Fleming, K. Moser, C. Aull, K. Banta, J. Bauman, D. Bentley, A. Bowling, K. Bratcher, S. Bratcher, E. Callaway, B. Chester-Burton, R. Duvall, D. Elliott, D. Grossberg, M. Hart, K. Jackson, D. Lewis, A. Neighbors, R. Palumbo, S. Stalker, C. Stevenson, J. Tipton, K. Upchurch, W. Williams, L. Willner, S. Witten
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund to enable the CPE, healthcare programs, and healthcare providers and facilities to match public and private dollars for the purpose of awarding scholarships to eligible students and healthcare incentives to eligible healthcare programs; provide that the moneys in the fund appropriated by the General Assembly shall lapse after the second year in a biennium budget; direct CPE to promulgate regulations to administer the Act; require at least 65% of all net moneys in the fund to be used to fund partnership proposals between healthcare programs and healthcare partners to issue scholarships to students enrolled in the healthcare program; require CPE to establish a process to prioritize certain partnership proposals; require a written partnership contract and establish the minimum contents; require that scholarships be issued directly to students and establish employment requirements for recipients; permit a healthcare partner to contract for additional employment restrictions; provide that individuals on the nurse aide abuse registry are not eligible for scholarships; require that up to 35% of moneys in the fund shall be reserved for healthcare program incentives to award excellence in healthcare programs; establish the criteria for CPE to consider in awarding healthcare program incentives; require that the healthcare program incentives be competitive; restrict the use of healthcare program incentive awards; require CPE to report to specific interim joint committees annually; establish the minimum contents of the report; require public postsecondary educational institution to report to specific committees annually; establish the minimum contents of the report; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Higher - Healthcare programs, student scholarships, institutional incentives, reporting requirements Effective Dates, Emergency - Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund, establishing Health and Medical Services - Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund, student scholarships, program incentives Licensing - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials Nurses - Nursing programs, Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund scholarships and program incentives Occupations and Professions - Healthcare professions, scholarships for training programs, terms and eligibility State Agencies - Council on Postsecondary Education, Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund, oversight Universities and Colleges - Healthcare programs, student scholarships, institutional incentives, reporting requirements Appropriations - Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements House Committee Substitute 2 with Fiscal Impact Statements
Votes	Vote History

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02/07/23	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/17/23	to Health Services (H)
02/23/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/24/23	2nd reading, to Rules recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/07/23	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
03/08/23	3rd reading, passed 92-1 with Committee Substitute (2)
03/09/23	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/10/23	taken from Committee on Committees (S) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (S)
03/13/23	taken from Committee on Committees (S) 2nd reading returned to Committee on Committees (S) to Health Services (S)
03/15/23	reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023 3rd reading, passed 35 -1 received in House
03/16/23	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
03/22/23	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 65)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Fiscal Note to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain all provisions; expand the list of eligible healthcare credentials to include social work licenses and certificates and behavior analyst licenses; require the administrative regulations to be filed by July 1, 2023; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to submit draft administrative regulations, a detailed implementation plan, and other documents required by KRS Chapter 13A to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services at least 30 days before filing.
Index Headings	Health and Medical Services - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, social workers, behavior analysts Occupations and Professions - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, social workers, behavior analysts Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - CPE, Kentucky Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund, pre-filing review of draft regulations Fiscal Note - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, social workers, behavior analysts

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 2
Fiscal Impact Statement	Fiscal Note to House Committee Substitute 2
Summary	Retain original provisions; provide that state funds shall not lapse during the operation of the program until the end of the 2029-2030 fiscal year; establish procedures for the return of any leftover moneys donated by grantors upon the end of the program; ensure the Commonwealth may recoup scholarship amounts; establish that recoupment amounts include reasonable attorney's fees and the interest rate is per annum; remove the bar against programs eligible for cost reimbursement under Medicaid; sunset the program on June 30, 2030.
Index Headings	Health and Medical Services - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, fund lapse Health and Medical Services - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, recoupment Health and Medical Services - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, social workers, behavior analysts Occupations and Professions - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, fund lapse Occupations and Professions - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, recoupment Occupations and Professions - Healthcare credentials, scholarships for eligible credentials, social workers, behavior analysts Sunset Legislation - Healthcare credential scholarship, June 30, 2030

Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)