Kentucky House Bill 282 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-02 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of "board-certified pulmonary specialist" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified "B" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists.

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D]	Rep. Angie Hatton [D]	Rep. John Blanton [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]
Rep. Adam Bowling [R]	Rep. Norma Kirk-McCormick [R]	Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-02-02	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb282.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb282/orig_bill.pdf