Kentucky
General Assembly

02/04/08	introduced in House
02/06/08	to Health & Welfare (H)
02/26/08	posted in committee
02/28/08	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/29/08	2nd reading, to Rules
03/06/08	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/11/08	3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
03/12/08	received in Senate
03/14/08	to Health & Welfare (S)
03/19/08	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
03/20/08	2nd reading, to Rules
04/14/08	floor amendments (1-title) (2) and (3) filed
04/15/08	recommitted to Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S) reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1-title) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) received in House to Rules (H)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements	Fiscal Note
Summary	Retain existing provisions except specify training requirements within 6 months of initial employment for employees of the Department for Community Based Services in social work positions; require annual in-service training on professional standards and ethics; delete provision relating to dismissal of employee and permit disciplinary action; require department to submit a report on the number of employees trained each August 1.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Guardians - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Parental Rights - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Employees - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Fiscal Note - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	R. Weston
Summary	Replace existing text with similar language except specify training to be completed through the Protection and Permanency Academy; remove all requirements specifying the number of hours of training for each topic; delete requirement for training on executive branch ethics; delete provision that permits disciplinary action if required training is not completed.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Guardians - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Parental Rights - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Employees - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Fiscal Note - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Delete original provisions; attach the provisions of SB 29/HCS, except require the board to grant licensure under the grandfathering provisions to any pedorthist or experience-based practitioner when the specified requirements are met, rather than leaving the board discretion about grandfathering in those circumstances; remove board power to investigate applicant work history before granting licensure to a pedorthist or to an experience-based practitioner under the grandfathering provisions; establish an independent peer review process for experience-based grandfathering applicants; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the peer review process; mandate that each peer review panel consist of five practitioners licensed by the board, including one pedorthist; disqualify current board members from serving on a peer review panel; choose members of the peer review panel at random, drawing from the pool of licensees who have agreed to potentially serve on a peer review panel; require an affirmative vote of at least three of the panel members to approve an experience-based license application; forbid applicants already grandfathered through certification from seeking grandfathering through the peer review process; specify that the Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Henry Brown Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics Act." .
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Guardians - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Parental Rights - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Employees - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Fiscal Note - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training

Amendment	Senate Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	G. Tapp
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Guardians - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Parental Rights - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Employees - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Fiscal Note - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Roeding
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Guardians - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Parental Rights - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Employees - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Fiscal Note - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	G. Tapp
Summary	Retain original provisions, except add that the sections comprising the new KRS Chapter 319B, relating to the licensure of the practice of prosthetics, orthotics, and pedorthics, shall be known and may be cited as the "Henry Brown Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics Act."
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Guardians - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Parental Rights - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Employees - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Fiscal Note - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	D. Roeding
Summary	Retain original provisions; attach the provisions of SB 29/HCS, except require the board to grant licensure under the grandfathering provisions to any pedorthist or experience-based practitioner when the specified requirements are met, rather than leaving the board discretion about grandfathering in those circumstances; remove board power to investigate applicant work history before granting licensure to a pedorthist or to an experience-based practitioner under the grandfathering provisions; establish an independent peer review process for experience-based grandfathering applicants; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the peer review process; mandate that each peer review panel consist of five practitioners licensed by the board, including one pedorthist; disqualify current board members from serving on a peer review panel; choose members of the peer review panel at random, drawing from the pool of licensees who have agreed to potentially serve on a peer review panel; require an affirmative vote of at least three of the panel members to approve an experience-based license application; forbid applicants already grandfathered through certification from seeking grandfathering through the peer review process.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Guardians - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Parental Rights - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training State Employees - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training Fiscal Note - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, employee training