Kentucky Senate Bill 146 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-24 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 107)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish and administer the licensure of genetic counselors under the State Board of Medical Licensure; define relevant terms; require a license to practice genetic counseling on and after January 1, 2018; prohibit holding oneself out as a genetic counselor without a license; exempt certain types of professionals from licensure as a genetic counselor; establish conditions for the board to issue a regular or temporary genetic counselor license; set requirements for license renewal or reinstatement and license renewal dates; allow waiver from continuing education requirements under listed circumstances; enable the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to genetic counselors; establish the Kentucky Genetic Counselors Advisory Committee, whose members are selected by the board; designate committee procedures; authorize the committee to give the board its recommendations for administrative regulations and other matters; list reasons the board may take disciplinary action against a licensee; amend KRS 311.990 to add penalties for violating the genetic counselor licensing statutes; amend KRS 311.550 to exclude the practice of genetic counseling from the practice of medicine or osteopathy.

AN ACT relating to the licensure of genetic counselors.

Sen. Julie Raque Adams [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-24	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 107)
2017-03-14	Senate	delivered to Governor
2017-03-14	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2017-03-14	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2017-03-14	Senate	received in Senate
2017-03-14	House	3rd reading, passed 93-1
2017-03-03	House	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
2017-03-02	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
2017-03-02	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-03-01	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2017-02-24	House	posted in committee
2017-02-21	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
2017-02-16	House	received in House
2017-02-16	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36-0
2017-02-16	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2017
2017-02-15	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-14	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2017-02-10	Senate	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2017-02-09	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB146.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB146/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB146/vote_history.pdf