| Last Action | 03/12/25: floor amendments (1), (2-title) and (3) filed |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency. |
| Bill Documents |
Current
Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statement | Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 1505 |
| Sponsors | D. Douglas, G. Boswell, S. Rawlings |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Civil Actions - Medical treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Short Titles and Popular Names - Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act Local Mandate - Medical treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Nurses - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Optometrists - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Personnel and Employment - Hospitals, treatment, discrimination for acts of conscience Pharmacists - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Physicians and Practitioners - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Public Health - Treatment, discrimination for acts of conscience State Agencies - Hiring or licensing authorities, discrimination, acts of conscience Medicaid - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Effective Dates, Emergency - Medical treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 02/11/25 |
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| 02/13/25 |
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| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | L. Tichenor |
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment in any medical program or to receive medical treatment in the Commonwealth. |
| Index Headings |
Education, Higher - COVID-19, prohibition on requirement, medical program Health and Medical Services - COVID-19, prohibition on requirement |
| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | L. Tichenor |
| Summary | Make title amendment. |
| Index Headings | Title Amendments - SB 132 |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Piggyback? | Yes |
| Sponsor | T. Smith |
| Summary | Retain original provisions; amend KRS 218A.205 to remove the requirement of a permanent licensure ban on licensees and applicants convicted of a felony offense relating to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance; make technical corrections. |
| Index Headings |
Boards and Commissions - Medical licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Boards and Commissions - Nursing, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent licensure ban, removal Boards and Commissions - Optometric examiners, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Boards and Commissions - Podiatry licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Drugs and Medicines - Controlled substances, licensure, controlled substances conviction, required permanent ban, removal Health and Medical Services - Controlled substances, licensure, related felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Licensing - Medical licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Licensing - Nursing licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Licensing - Optometry licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Licensing - Pharmacist licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Licensing - Podiatry licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Opioids - Controlled substances, licensure, related felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Optometrists - Licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Pharmacists - Licensure, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent ban, removal Physicians and Practitioners - Medical licensure, controlled substances felony conviction,required permanent ban, removal Piggybacked Bills - HB 710 Public Health - Controlled substances, licensure, conviction of related felony, required permanent ban, removal Boards and Commissions - Dentistry, controlled substances felony conviction, required permanent licensure ban, removal |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | T. Smith |
| Summary | Make title amendment. |
| Index Headings | Title Amendments - SB 132/GA |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 3 |
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| Sponsor | M. Marzian |
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except prohibit a health care professional or health care institution from refusing to participate in health care services for survivors of rape or incest. |
| Index Headings | Health and Medical Services - Treatment, refusal prohibited, rape and incest |
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