Kentucky 2024 2024 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB766 Introduced / Bill

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AN ACT relating to licensed occupations. 1 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 
SECTION 1.   A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 335B IS CREATED TO 3 
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4 
(1) Each licensing authority listed in subsection (3) of this section shall collect the 5 
following data using a data collection application, during the annual, biennial, or 6 
triennial licensure renewal process, to be made available for purchase in an 7 
electronic format for employers and credentialing agencies: 8 
(a) Licensee's personal information, including but not limited to: 9 
1. Name; 10 
2. Address; 11 
3. License type; 12 
4. License number; 13 
5. License issue date; and 14 
6. License expiration; and 15 
(b) Workforce participation information, including but not limited to: 16 
1. Degree level or certificates completed; 17 
2. Employment type; 18 
3. Employment specialty; 19 
4. Employment setting; 20 
5. Employment status, including but not limited to: 21 
a. Actively employed in respective field; 22 
b. Actively employed outside of respective field; 23 
c. Unemployed but seeking work in respective field; or 24 
d. Unemployed but not seeking work in respective field; and 25 
6. Reason for unemployment. 26 
(2) Data collected in subsection (1) of this section shall not include: 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS BR 2064 
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(a) Social security numbers; 1 
(b) Dates of birth; 2 
(c) Telephone numbers; and 3 
(d) Email addresses. 4 
(3) The following licensing authorities are subject to the requirements of this section: 5 
(a) Board of Physical Therapy established in KRS 327.030; 6 
(b) Kentucky Applied Behavior Analysis Licensing Board established in KRS 7 
319C.030; 8 
(c) Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors established in KRS 9 
309.081; 10 
(d) Kentucky Board of Dentistry established in KRS 313.020; 11 
(e) Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services established in KRS 12 
311A.015; 13 
(f) Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology established in KRS 319.020; 14 
(g) Kentucky Board of Licensure for Occupational Therapy established in KRS 15 
319A.020; 16 
(h) Kentucky Board of Licensure for Professional Art Therapists established in 17 
KRS 309.131; 18 
(i) Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy established in 19 
KRS 311B.030; 20 
(j) Board of Nursing established in KRS 314.121; 21 
(k) Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners established in KRS 320.230; 22 
(l) Kentucky Board of Pharmacy established in KRS 315.150;  23 
(m) Kentucky Board of Social Work established in KRS 335.050;  24 
(n) Board of Respiratory Care established in KRS 314A.200; and 25 
(o) State Board of Medical Licensure established in KRS 311.530. 26 
(4) Each licensing authority listed in subsection (3) of this section shall make the 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS BR 2064 
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data collected in subsection (1) of this section available to the Office of the 1 
Kentucky Center for Statistics established in KRS 151B.132. 2