Kentucky Senate Bill 51

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - to Licensing & Occupations (S)
Pending: Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; establish a licensing board for professional music therapists; require three members of the board to have engaged in three years of the practice or teaching of music therapy; prohibit any persons not licensed under this board from holding himself or herself out as a licensed professional music therapist; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize the board to issue a license to practice music therapy; establish the process for license renewal, suspension, and revocation; establish fees for licensure; establish fee limitations; authorize the board to implement disciplinary actions; require a licensed professional music therapist to collaborate with a client's physician or other professional involved in the treatment of the client; require a licensed professional music therapist to collaborate with a client's mental health or substance use disorder professional involved in the treatment of the client; prohibit a licensed professional music therapist from replacing services provided by an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist; create the licensed music therapy practice board fund; establish a fine for violations; APPROPRIATION

AN ACT relating to music therapy and making an appropriation therefor.

Sen. Gerald Neal [D]

Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]

Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Senate	to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2024-01-02	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2024-01-02	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb51.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb51/orig_bill.pdf