Kentucky 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 12 — AN ACT relating to physician wellness programs.

Last action — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 03, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 68% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define "physician wellness program" and "career fatigue"; establish protections for physicians who participate in a physician wellness program; and affirm physician obligation to report impaired physicians to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

50 added · 68 removed

50 line(s) added, 68 removed.

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 12/GA AN ACT relating to physician wellness programs.
CHAPTER 14 1 CHAPTER 14 ( SB 12 ) AN ACT relating to physician wellness programs.
Page 1 of 3 SB001210.100 - 88 - XXXX 2/21/2023 3:44 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 12/GA (2) A physician shall not be required to report information to any health care facility, hospital, medical staff, health insurer, government agency, or other entity regarding another physician who is a participant in a physician wellness program.
(2) A physician shall not be required to report information to any health care facility, hospital, medical staff, health insurer, government agency, or other entity regarding another physician who is a participant in a physician wellness program.
(a) Disclose information regarding any condition for which the physician is not Page 2 of 3 SB001210.100 - 88 - XXXX 2/21/2023 3:44 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 12/GA being appropriately treated and that impairs the physician’s judgment or adversely affects the physician’s ability to practice medicine in a competent, ethical, and professional manner;
(a) Disclose information regarding any condition for which the physician is not being appropriately treated and that impairs the physician’s judgment or adversely affects the physician’s ability to practice medicine in a competent, ethical, and professional manner;
or (b) Report information regarding another physician to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure under KRS 311.606.
or Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (b) Report information regarding another physician to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure under KRS 311.606.
Page 3 of 3 SB001210.100 - 88 - XXXX 2/21/2023 3:44 PM GA
Signed by Governor March 17, 2023.
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Action History

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14)

  2. delivered to Governor

  3. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

  4. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

  5. received in Senate

  6. 3rd reading, passed 95-0

  7. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023

  8. 2nd reading, to Rules

  9. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

  10. to Health Services (H)

  11. to Committee on Committees (H)

  12. received in House

  13. 3rd reading, passed 34-0

  14. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023

  15. 2nd reading, to Rules

  16. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

  17. to Health Services (S)

  18. to Committee on Committees (S)

  19. introduced in Senate

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (138)

138 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Final Passage

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13001
Republican 64002
Unaffiliated 18002
Total 95005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Meredith — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bentley — Yea
Nemes — Yea
Palumbo — Yea
Justice — Yea
Thomas — Yea
Bratcher K. — Yea
Timoney — Yea
Bratcher S. — Yea
Pratt — Yea
Webber — Yea
Raymond — Yea
Williams — Yea
Graham — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Heath — Not Voting
Swann — Not Voting
Stevenson C — Yea
Al Gentry Democrat Yea
Ashley Tackett Laferty Democrat Not Voting
Beverly Chester-Burton Democrat Yea
Chad Aull Democrat Yea
Daniel Grossberg Democrat Yea
George Brown Jr. Democrat Yea
Keturah J. Herron Democrat Yea
Lindsey Burke Democrat Yea
Lisa Willner Democrat Yea
Nima Kulkarni Democrat Yea
Pamela Stevenson Democrat Yea
Rachel Roarx Democrat Yea
Sarah Stalker Democrat Yea
Tina Bojanowski Democrat Yea
Aaron Reed Republican Yea
Adam Bowling Republican Yea
Amy Neighbors Republican Yea
Bill Wesley Republican Yea
Bobby McCool Republican Yea
Candy Massaroni Republican Yea
Chris Freeland Republican Yea
Chris Fugate Republican Yea
DJ Johnson Republican Yea
Daniel Elliott Republican Yea
Daniel Fister Republican Yea
David Hale Republican Yea
David Meade Republican Yea
David W. Osborne Republican Yea
Deanna Gordon Republican Yea
Derek Lewis Republican Yea
Emily Callaway Republican Yea
Felicia Rabourn Republican Yea
James Tipton Republican Yea
Jared Bauman Republican Yea
Jason Petrie Republican Yea
Jennifer Decker Republican Yea
Jim Gooch Jr. Republican Yea
John Blanton Republican Yea
John Hodgson Republican Yea
Josh Branscum Republican Yea
Josh Bray Republican Yea
Josh Calloway Republican Yea
Ken Fleming Republican Yea
Ken Upchurch Republican Yea
Kevin Jackson Republican Yea
Kim Banta Republican Yea
Kim King Republican Yea
Kimberly Poore Moser Republican Yea
Marianne Proctor Republican Yea
Mark Hart Republican Yea
Mary Beth Imes Republican Yea
Matt Lockett Republican Yea
Matthew Koch Republican Yea
Michael Sarge Pollock Republican Yea
Mike Clines Republican Yea
Myron Dossett Republican Yea
Nancy Tate Republican Yea
Patrick Flannery Republican Yea
Randy Bridges Republican Yea
Rebecca Raymer Republican Yea
Richard White Republican Yea
Robert Duvall Republican Yea
Ryan Dotson Republican Yea
Samara Heavrin Republican Yea
Savannah Maddox Republican Not Voting
Scott Lewis Republican Yea
Scott Sharp Republican Yea
Shane Baker Republican Yea
Shawn McPherson Republican Yea
Stephanie Dietz Republican Yea
Steve Rawlings Republican Yea
Steve Riley Republican Yea
Steven Doan Republican Yea
Steven Rudy Republican Yea
Susan Witten Republican Yea
Suzanne Miles Republican Yea
T.J. Roberts Republican Yea
Thomas Huff Republican Yea
Timmy Truett Republican Not Voting
William Lawrence Republican Yea

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PASS SB 12

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 21000
Unaffiliated 12001
Democrat 1001
Total 34002
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (36)
Member Party Vote
Schickel — Yea
Southworth — Yea
Westerfield — Yea
Meredith — Yea
Thayer — Yea
Williams — Yea
Thomas — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Nemes — Yea
Turner — Yea
Yates — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Harper Angel — Yea
Gerald A. Neal Democrat Yea
Karen Berg Democrat Not Voting
Amanda Mays Bledsoe Republican Yea
Brandon J. Storm Republican Yea
Christian McDaniel Republican Yea
Danny Carroll Republican Yea
David P. Givens Republican Yea
Donald Douglas Republican Yea
Gary Boswell Republican Yea
Jared Carpenter Republican Yea
Jason Howell Republican Yea
Jimmy Higdon Republican Yea
Julie Raque Adams Republican Yea
Lindsey Tichenor Republican Yea
Matthew Deneen Republican Yea
Max Wise Republican Yea
Phillip Wheeler Republican Yea
Rick Girdler Republican Yea
Robby Mills Republican Yea
Robert Stivers Republican Yea
Robin L. Webb Republican Yea
Shelley Funke Frommeyer Republican Yea
Stephen West Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 12 do?
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define "physician wellness program" and "career fatigue"; establish protections for physicians who participate in a physician wellness program; and affirm physician obligation to report impaired physicians to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.
What is the current status of SB 12?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 03, 2023. Enacted.
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