AN ACT relating to telehealth.
Summary
Amend KRS 211.336 to bar professional licensure boards from prohibiting the delivery of telehealth services to residents of Kentucky who are temporarily located outside of Kentucky by health service providers credentialed in Kentucky; bar professional licensure boards from prohibiting the delivery of telehealth services to nonresidents of Kentucky who are temporarily located in Kentucky by health service providers credentialed in the person's state of residence; and bar health care providers from being required to be physically present in their credentialing state to provide telehealth services to a person who is a resident of the same state.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Jan 4, 2022
Signed Mar 31, 2022
Floor votes · House Jan 27, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Mar 31, 2022
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 68)
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed 91-0
lower
Mar 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
to Health & Welfare (S)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 94-0
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Committee
to Health & Family Services (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim DuPlessis
RRepublican
P
Lisa Willner
DDemocratic
P
Melinda Gibbons Prunty
RRepublican
P
Susan Westrom
DDemocratic
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