Kentucky House Bill 94 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 19 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-21 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 311.591 to require the executive director of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to request a hearing officer for administrative hearings relating to discipline of physicians or doctors of osteopathic medicine; require the hearing officer to be randomly selected by the Attorney General or his or her designee from a pool of qualified hearing officers; require the hearing officer to have at least five years of experience in the practice of law; require the hearing officer to be familiar with the law relating to licensure, qualifications, and credentials of physicians or doctors of osteopathic medicine and other qualifications as determined by the board; allow the Attorney General or his or her designee to contract with private attorneys if there are no qualified hearing officers in the pool who meet the qualifications of this section; require the hearing officer to issue recommendations to the board; require the board to consider hearing officer recommendations and issue a final order relating to the discipline of a physician or doctor of osteopathic medicine; eliminate all references to the hearing panel; prohibit a hearing officer from revoking any licenses or placing any licensees on probation; amend KRS 161.790 to ensure that hearing officers in teacher tribunals are randomly selected; amend KRS 311.550, KRS 311.565, KRS 311.572 & KRS 311.594 to conform.

AN ACT relating to hearing officers.

Rep. Ed Massey [R]

2020-02-18 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 115 (Y: 80 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-21	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2020-02-19	Senate	received in Senate
2020-02-18	House	3rd reading, passed 80-11 with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-02-13	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 14, 2020
2020-02-13	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-02-12	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-01-24	House	posted in committee
2020-01-07	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-11-13	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb94.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb94/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb94/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb94/vote_history.pdf