Kentucky House Bill 38 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-5)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 319 to enact and enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; allow a psychologist to hold one or more compact state licenses at a time; recognize the right of a psychologist licensed in the compact to practice telepsychology in other compact states where the psychologist is not licensed; establish conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in a compact state can practice telepsychology; establish the conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in a compact state may be granted a temporary authorization to practice; authorize a home state to take adverse action against a psychologist's license issued by the home state; allow a receiving state to take adverse action on a psychologist's authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology within that receiving state; authorize a compact state's ability to issue subpoenas for hearings and investigation as well as cease and desist and injunctive relief orders to revoke a psychologist's authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology and temporary authorization to practice; establish the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission; require the commission to provide for and maintain a Coordinated Licensure Information System (Coordinated Database) and reporting system containing licensure and disciplinary action information on psychologists participating in the compact; provide immunity for members, officers, executive director, employees and representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; authorize the commission to establish rulemaking procedures; authorize the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government to enforce the provisions of the compact; affirm that rules promulgated will have standing as statutory law; require provisions of the compact to become effective on the date the compact is enacted into law in the seventh compact state.

AN ACT relating to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.

Rep. Walker Thomas [R]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]
Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Regina Huff [R]
Rep. William Lawrence [R]	Rep. Derek Lewis [R]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]

2021-03-15 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 319 (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2021-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 1663 (Y: 34 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-09 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 54 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46)
2021-03-15	House	delivered to Governor
2021-03-15	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2021-03-15	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2021-03-15	House	passed 94-0
2021-03-15	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
2021-03-12	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
2021-03-11	House	to Rules (H)
2021-03-11	House	received in House
2021-03-05	Senate	3rd reading, passed 34-2 with Committee Substitute
2021-03-03	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2021
2021-03-03	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-03-02	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2021-02-22	Senate	to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2021-02-09	Senate	received in Senate
2021-02-09	House	3rd reading, passed 95-0
2021-02-04	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
2021-02-04	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-03	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-01-13	House	posted in committee
2021-01-13	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
2021-01-05	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-01-05	House	introduced in House
2020-09-15	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb38.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb38/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb38/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb38/vote_history.pdf