KY HB465 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 20 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-21 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Pending: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 20 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-21 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Pending: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
Establish and create various sections of KRS Chapter 308, relating to Public Protection Cabinet oversight of state occupational boards; define terms; declare policy regarding occupational licensing; list boards that are regulated under KRS Chapter 308; require the Department of Professional Licensing to provide administrative services, technical assistance, personnel staffing, and meeting space to the boards; organize the boards under seven authorities within the department; manage each authority with an executive director; establish a process for the department to review and evaluate each of its boards once every five years; set standards regarding board members, including appointments by the Governor, three year terms, quorum via majority, and voting eligibility; institute board per diem and travel expense rules; direct board officer elections, board member disqualification standards, and semiannual meeting requirements; establish general board powers; require executive director approval before a board may promulgate an administrative regulation; instruct boards to keep a register of licensees and make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; fix a set timeline for processing license applications; mandate that any license issued by a board be valid for at least two years; require boards to establish disciplinary review committees to process complaints against licensees; designate the process and limitations for the Governor's appointments to boards based on recommendations from nominating groups; require a licensee to report criminal convictions to the licensee's board; establish continuing education requirements and exemptions; immunize board members, staff, legal counsel, and other persons from civil liability for conduct that is taken in good faith and is within the scope and arising out of the performance of their duties; direct the boards to send licensees a thirty-day notice of expiration both before and after the expiration occurs; prohibit a board from issuing an advisory opinion unless authorized by the board's enabling act; establish the Prescribing Boards Advisory Council within the department, composed of eight ex officio members with expertise in combatting prescription drug abuse; amend KRS 12.020 to add the new authorities and the Office of Inspector General to the cabinet; amend KRS 12.252 to describe the powers and duties of the cabinet's Office of Inspector General; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 216A, 309, 310, 311, 311B, 312, 313, 314, 314A, 315, 316, 317, 317A, 317B, 319, 319A, 319B, 319C, 320, 322, 322A, 323, 323A, 324, 324A, 325, 326, 327, 329A, 330, 334, 334A, and 335 to conform; amend KRS 325.230 to place the State Board of Accountancy within the Department of Financial Institutions; amend KRS 48.315 to conform; repeal KRS 216A.050, 310.080, 311.540, 311.882, 311B.060, 312.045, 312.055, 312.065, 315.171, 319A.030, 319A.040, 319A.050, 322.260, 322.270, 323.160, 323.180, 323.190, 323.200, 323A.150, 323A.180, 323A.190, 323A.200, 324.2811, 324.284, 324A.025, 324B.010, 324B.020, 324B.030, 324B.040, 324B.050, 324B.060, 334.170, 334A.100, 334A.110, 335.060, and 335.307.
Title
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Sponsors
| Rep. Adam Koenig [R] |
Roll Calls
2018-03-19 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 353 (Y: 47 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 20) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-21 | Senate | to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| 2018-03-20 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2018-03-19 | House | 3rd reading, passed 47-33 with Committee Substitute and floor amendments (1) and (2) |
| 2018-03-19 | House | floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2018-03-16 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018 |
| 2018-03-15 | House | floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2018-03-15 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2018-03-14 | House | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2018-03-14 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute |
| 2018-03-02 | House | posted in committee |
| 2018-02-28 | House | to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) |
| 2018-02-26 | House | introduced in House |
