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House Bill 227

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Last Action signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 093)
Title AN ACT relating to physical therapists.
Bill Documents Current/Final
Introduced
Bill Request Number 1379
Sponsors M. Prunty, D. Elliott, D. Graham, C. McCoy, K. Moser, R. Palumbo, S. Riggs, D. St. Onge, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish a multistate physical therapy licensure compact; set out compact purpose and definitions; allow state participation in the compact if the state meets the compact criteria; require criminal background checks for licensees and applicants; enable a licensee to exercise a compact privilege if the listed requirements are met; make a licensee practicing in another jurisdiction subject to that jurisdiction's regulatory authority; authorize active duty military personnel and their spouses to designate their home state as the state of the home of record, permanent change of station, or current residence; institute rules for enforcing adverse actions against a licensee under the compact; establish the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency; fix commission membership, meetings, and the executive board; set out commission powers and duties, financing, and immunity and indemnification; approve commission rulemaking authority and data system requirements; initiate the commission's oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement powers; make rules for compact implementation, amendment, and withdrawal; delay the effective date of the compact until the date of its enactment by 10 states; insert a severability clause in the compact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to allow an out-of-state physical therapist to practice in Kentucky under a compact privilege; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish procedures for criminal background investigations relating to the physical therapy compact; amend KRS 327.020 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version Health and Medical Services - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to
Interstate Cooperation - Physical therapy board, participation in interstate compact by
Licensing - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to
Occupations and Professions - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to
Physicians and Practitioners - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to
Boards and Commissions - Physical therapy board, participation in interstate compact by
Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1
Votes Vote History

Actions

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02/07/17
  • introduced in House
02/09/17
  • to Health and Family Services (H)
02/10/17
  • posted in committee
02/15/17
  • posted in committee
02/16/17
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
02/17/17
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
02/21/17
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
02/22/17
  • 3rd reading, passed 99-0
02/23/17
  • received in Senate
02/24/17
  • to Health & Welfare (S)
02/28/17
  • reassigned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
03/06/17
  • taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
03/07/17
  • reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a consent bill
03/08/17
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
  • 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute
03/14/17
  • received in House
  • to Rules (H)
  • posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
  • House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
  • passed 93-0
  • enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • delivered to Governor
03/21/17
  • signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 093)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary Amend the multistate physical therapy licensure compact to add a section on the compact's applicability to Kentucky state government; authorize the state licensing board to implement the compact; grant the physical therapist board sixty days to review a compact rule to determine if the board wishes to file the rule as an emergency and ordinary administrative regulation; initiate the process for compact withdrawal if the board fails to promulgate an administrative regulation based on a compact rule; invoke the default and dispute resolution process under the compact if there is a finding of deficiency regarding a compact-based administrative regulation; invalidate any compact commission rulemaking outside the scope of the compact or outside its powers under the compact; place any financial obligations resulting from the compact on the physical therapist board and not on the general fund; limit the application of the compact to only those licensees who practice or work under the compact.
Index Headings Health and Medical Services - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to
Interstate Cooperation - Physical therapy board, participation in interstate compact by
Licensing - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to
Occupations and Professions - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to
Physicians and Practitioners - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to
Boards and Commissions - Physical therapy board, participation in interstate compact by

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