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House Bill 766

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Last Action 03/27/24: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Title AN ACT relating to licensed occupations.
Bill Documents Introduced
Bill Request Number 2064
Sponsor K. Moser
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to require the licensing authorities of healthcare occupations to collect workforce participation data during the annual, biennial, or triennial licensure renewal process.
Index Headings of Original Version Licensing - Data collection, workforce participation, employment information
Occupations and Professions - Licensing, data collection, workforce participation, employment information
Boards and Commissions - Licensing, data collection, workforce participation, employment information
Workforce - Licensing, data collection, employment information
Jump to Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1
House Floor Amendment 1

Actions

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02/26/24
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)
03/08/24
  • to Health Services (H)
03/14/24
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/15/24
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/21/24
  • floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/27/24
  • taken from the Orders of the Day
  • recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions; require licensing authorities to report collected data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; add professional licensure boards as defined in KRS 211.332, State Board of Podiatry, and the Kentucky Department for Public Health in regards to community health workers to the licensing authorities required to report; require additional work participation information to be collected; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to specify that the board shall grant licensure to an applicant who holds an active license from another state to practice as an independent marriage and family therapist; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
Index Headings Effective Dates, Delayed - Licensing, data collection, employment information, January 1, 2026
Health and Medical Services - Marriage and family therapists, licensure, independent practice
Licensing - Data collection, workforce participation, employment information
Licensing - Marriage and family therapists, independent practice
Occupations and Professions - Licensing, data collection, workforce participation, employment information
Occupations and Professions - Marriage and family therapists, licensure
Boards and Commissions - Licensing, data collection, workforce participation, employment information
Workforce - Licensing, data collection, employment information

Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor K. Moser
Summary Require additional workforce participation information to be collected regarding a licensee's race and level of fluency in any language other than English.
Index Headings Licensing - Data collection, workforce participation, employment information
Occupations and Professions - Data collection, workforce participation, employment information
Workforce - Licensing, data collection, employment information

Last updated: 4/22/2024 3:57 PM (EDT)