Kentucky House Bill 490 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-05 - floor amendment (2) filed
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 161.790 to clarify the causes for which a contract of a teacher may be terminated; require an attorney to serve as hearing officer and chairman of the tribunal; remove the lay person from the tribunal; establish selection and training requirements for hearing officers; establish a prehearing conference for motions and mediation; establish tribunal's decision as a recommended order and allow parties to file exceptions to recommended order; allow hearing officer to respond to exceptions by entering original recommended order or an amended order as a final order; limit decisions to upholding or overturning the decision of the superintendent; amend KRS 311.565 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to select a hearing officer from a pool of applicants trained in employment law related to physicians or osteopathic medicine and due process training; require the board to conduct training; require the board to adopt administrative regulations; require the hearing to be conducted by a hearing officer; require the hearing officer to make recommendations to the board.

AN ACT relating to hearing officers.

Rep. Ed Massey [R]

Rep. Scott Lewis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05	House	floor amendment (2) filed
2019-03-04	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2019-02-28	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1, 2019
2019-02-28	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2019-02-27	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2019-02-25	House	posted in committee
2019-02-21	House	to Judiciary (H)
2019-02-20	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb490.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb490/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB490/HFA1.pdf