Kentucky House Bill 135 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 27 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-27 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 39)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Amend KRS 311.842 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations relating the prescribing of controlled substances by physician assistants; amend KRS 311.844 to establish continuing education requirements for physician assistants who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances; amend KRS 311.850 to permit the board to take action against the license of a physician's assistant for certain sexual offenses, for being unable to practice medicine due to physical or mental illness, or for engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct; amend KRS 311.854 to permit the executive director of the board to temporarily approve an application for licensure and to require the board to review and approve or deny the application; 311.856 to conform; amend 311.858 to establish the process by which a physician assistant can apply for authorization to prescribe and administer controlled substances and to establish limitations on prescriptions for controlled substances issued by a physician assistant; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to permit a hearing or inquiry panel to order a physician assistant to undergo a physical or mental examination; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to permit a hearing or inquiry panel to order a physician assistant to complete a clinical competency examination or clinical skills assessment; amend KRS 311.616 to expand the impaired physicians program to include physician assistants; amend KRS 311.617 to expand the Kentucky Physicians Health Foundation to include physician assistants; amend KRS 311.619 to provide confidentiality to physician assistants participating in the impaired physician and physician assistants program; and amend KRS 218A.010 to amend the definition of practitioner.

AN ACT relating to licensees of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.

Rep. Steve Sheldon [R]	Rep. John Blanton [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]
Rep. Jim Duplessis [R]	Rep. Daniel Elliott [R]	Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]
Rep. Regina Huff [R]	Rep. Derek Lewis [R]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]
Rep. Phillip Pratt [R]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Dean Schamore [D]
Rep. John Sims [D]	Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D]	Rep. Les Yates [R]

2020-03-19 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 272 (Y: 80 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 19) [PASS]
2020-03-17 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 1333 (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 76 (Y: 91 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-27	House	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 39)
2020-03-19	House	delivered to Governor
2020-03-19	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2020-03-19	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2020-03-19	House	passed 80-1
2020-03-19	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
2020-03-19	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
2020-03-18	House	to Rules (H)
2020-03-18	House	received in House
2020-03-17	Senate	3rd reading, passed 32-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-03-12	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2020-03-11	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2020-03-10	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2020-03-05	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10, 2020
2020-03-04	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-03	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-02-10	Senate	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2020-02-07	Senate	received in Senate
2020-02-06	House	3rd reading, passed 91-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
2020-02-06	House	placed in the Orders of the Day
2020-02-06	House	taken from Rules
2020-01-31	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-01-30	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
2020-01-28	House	posted in committee
2020-01-22	House	reassigned to Health and Family Services (H)
2020-01-07	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-12-05	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb135.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb135/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb135/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb135/vote_history.pdf