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House Bill 213

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Last Action	04/08/22: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 164)
Title	AN ACT relating to occupational therapists.
Bill Documents	Acts Chapter 164 Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	196
Sponsors	DJ Johnson, K. Banta, A. Gentry, D. Lewis, S. Lewis, R. Palumbo, B. Wheatley
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 319A to include Kentucky in an interstate compact for licensure as an occupational therapist; set the compact's purpose, definitions, and requirements for state participation; allow a practitioner to hold both a home state license and a compact privilege; authorize active duty military personnel or their spouses to retain a home state during active duty; make the home state the only jurisdiction that may impose adverse action against a license; establish the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; require the commission to develop, maintain, and use a licensee data system shared by all member states; grant the commission rulemaking power; designate oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement authority under the compact; fix the effective date of the compact as the date the tenth member state enacts the compact into law; establish the construction, binding effect, and severability of the sections of the compact; amend KRS 319A.140 and 319A.180 to include compact licensure as a means to practice occupational therapy.
Index Headings of Original Version	Disabilities and the Disabled - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Health and Medical Services - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Licensing - Occupational therapist, interstate compact Occupations and Professions - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Physicians and Practitioners - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Background Checks - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Compacts, Interstate - Occupational therapist licensing
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1
Votes	Vote History

Actions

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01/05/22	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/14/22	taken from Committee on Committees (H) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (H) to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
03/21/22	taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) 2nd reading returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
03/23/22	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) taken from Rules placed in the Orders of the Day 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/24/22	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S) taken from Committee on Committees (S) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (S) to Health & Welfare (S)
03/25/22	taken from Health & Welfare (S) 2nd reading returned to Health & Welfare (S)
03/29/22	reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
03/30/22	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022 3rd reading, passed 36-0 received in House enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
04/08/22	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 164)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; give the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Occupational Therapy 60 days to review a rule adopted by the interstate commission for the purpose of filing the rule as an emergency administrative regulation; prohibit use of the general fund to finance the interstate commission; add occupational therapy assistants to those who may be licensed by the state board for a compact privilege.
Index Headings	Disabilities and the Disabled - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Health and Medical Services - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Licensing - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Occupations and Professions - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Physicians and Practitioners - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Interstate occupational therapy compact, commission rules, state adoption Compacts, Interstate - Occupational therapist licensing

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