| Last Action | 03/12/25: 2nd reading, to Rules |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to health care. |
| Bill Documents |
Current
Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1130 |
| Sponsors | S. Bratcher, A. Camuel, K. Moser |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 314.041, relating to registered nurse licensure, and KRS 314.051, relating to licensed practical nurse licensure, to permit rather than require the board to issue credentials; amend KRS 314.042 to require physicians collaborating with an advanced practice registered nurse to have an active and unrestricted license in Kentucky; amend KRS 314.109 to reduce the time from 90 to 30 days for a person under the jurisdiction of the board to notify the board of a conviction of certain misdemeanors or felonies; amend KRS 209.032, relating to employees of vulnerable adult service providers, to permit a state licensing board to query the cabinet for a validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation against an individual under that licensing board's jurisdiction; create a new section of KRS 158.830 to 158.838 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies; amend KRS 158.832 to add medical conditions and medications to the definition of "medications"; amend KRS 158.834 to add medical conditions and medications that may be self-administered in schools with parental authorization and a prescription; amend KRS 158.836 to require students to permit bronchodilator rescue inhalers, nebulizers, glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications in their possession or in the possession of school personnel; encourage schools to stock undesignated glucagon; and require policies and Good Samaritan protection for the good faith administration of glucagon, Solu-Cortef or other prescribed medications for authorized school employees. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Crimes and Punishments - Civil immunity, undesignated glucagon, good faith administration in schools Diseases - Diabetes, undesignated glucagon, schools Drugs and Medicines - Prescribed, administer, schools Drugs and Medicines - Undesignated glucagon, administration, schools Education, Elementary and Secondary - Undesignated glucagon, administration Health and Medical Services - Prescribed medications, administer, schools Licensing - Nurses, requirements Nurses - Licensing, requirements Nurses - School nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, health care practitioner, prescriptive authority Pharmacists - Glucagon, diabetes, dispensing authority Physicians and Practitioners - Health care practitioner, prescriptive authority Public Health - Nurses, licensing State Agencies - Department for Public Health, undesignated glucagon, storage Teachers - Medication administration, undesignated glucagon, diabetes Children and Minors - Diabetes, prescribed medication Civil Actions - Civil immunity, undesignated glucagon, good faith administration, schools Boards and Commissions - Board of Nursing, licensing Boards and Commissions - Licensing boards, adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation for licensees, query |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 02/18/25 |
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| 02/19/25 |
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| 02/25/25 |
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| 03/04/25 |
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| 03/11/25 |
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| 03/12/25 |
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| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | R. Mills |
| Summary | Amend KRS 314.041 to restore requirement to issue any license or temporary work permit if education and language requirements are met; require the Kentucky Board of Nursing to notify applicants within 14 days of the approval or disapproval of a completed application; amend KRS 314.051 to restore requirement to issue any license or temporary work permit if education and language requirements are met; require the Kentucky Board of Nursing to notify applicants within 14 days of the approval or disapproval of a completed application. |
| Index Headings |
Licensing - Nurses, application approval Nurses - Nurses, application approval Boards and Commissions - Board of Nursing, application approval |
| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | S. Meredith |
| Summary | Amend KRS 314.041 to restore the requirement to issue any license or temporary work permit if education and language requirements are met; require the Kentucky Board of Nursing to notify applicants within 14 days of the approval or disapproval of a completed application; amend KRS 314.051 to restore the requirement to issue any license or temporary work permit if education and language requirements are met; require the Kentucky Board of Nursing to notify applicants within 14 days of the approval or disapproval of a completed application. |
| Index Headings |
Licensing - Nurses, application approval Nurses - Nurses, application approval Boards and Commissions - Board of Nursing, application approval |
Last updated: 3/13/2025 1:08 AM (EDT)