Kentucky House Bill 218 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-10 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
Pending: House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS 334A.010 to 334A.990 to enact and enter into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; establish definitions; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for audiologists and speech-language pathologists; recognize a multistate licensure privilege for audiologists and speech-language pathologists to practice audiology and speech-language pathology via telehealth; establish provisions for active duty military personnel and their spouses; authorize a remote state to take adverse action against an audiologist or speech-language pathologist's privilege to practice within that member state; authorize a home state to take adverse action against an audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's license issued by the home state; create the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or representatives of the Commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; require the Commission to create a database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse actions, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states; establish procedures for rulemaking; authorize the Commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and non-member states; require provisions of the compact to become effective the day it is enacted into law once a state enters the Compact; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.

AN ACT relating to audiology and speech-language pathology.

Rep. Walker Thomas [R]

Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-10	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
2020-01-08	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb218.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb218/orig_bill.pdf