Kentucky Senate Bill 72 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 19 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-19 - signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 17)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to establish mandatory training requirements for social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, fee-based pastoral counselors, alcohol and drug counselors, psychologists, and occupational therapists in suicide assessment, treatment, and management; define terms; permit training to count toward continuing education requirements; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop a model list of training programs and report the list to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare; require the respective professional boards to promulgate administrative regulations to implement training requirements; exempt employees of state government, local government, state hospitals, community mental health centers, and agencies operating alcohol and drug abuse programs from the training requirement if they receive comparable training.

AN ACT relating to suicide prevention training.

Sen. Dan Seum [R]

Sen. Walter Blevins [D]

Sen. Robin Webb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-19	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 17)
2013-03-11	Senate	delivered to Governor
2013-03-11	Senate	enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2013-03-11	Senate	passed 35-0
2013-03-11	Senate	Senate concurred in House floor amendment (1)
2013-03-11	Senate	posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (1)
2013-03-07	Senate	received in Senate
2013-03-07	House	3rd reading, passed 96-1 with floor amendment (1)
2013-03-04	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 5, 2013
2013-03-01	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2013-03-01	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2013-02-28	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2013-02-27	House	posting waived
2013-02-27	House	posted in committee
2013-02-25	House	to Health & Welfare (H)
2013-02-21	House	received in House
2013-02-20	Senate	3rd reading, passed 38-0
2013-02-19	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2013
2013-02-15	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2013-02-14	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2013-02-07	Senate	to Education (S)
2013-02-05	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB72.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB72/bill.doc
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB72/HFA1.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB72/vote_history.pdf