Kentucky House Bill 350 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-14 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
Pending: House Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 342.020 to require an employer to pay for medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks; amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of "board-certified pulmonary specialist" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified "B" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.610 to indicate that liability for compensation shall not apply if the injury or death was proximately caused by voluntary intoxication or a willful intent to injure himself or herself; amend KRS 342.990 to conform.

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Thomas Burch [D]	Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]
Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Angie Hatton [D]	Rep. Kathy Hinkle [D]
Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Maria Sorolis [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	House	to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
2019-02-13	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb350.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb350/orig_bill.pdf