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Introduced
01/07/2025
01/07/2025
In Committee
02/04/2025
02/04/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/28/2025
03/28/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine.
AI Summary
This bill amends Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 164.295 to specifically permit Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) to offer doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees, which are professional doctoral degrees required for medical practitioners specializing in osteopathic medicine to become licensed. Currently, the law prohibits comprehensive universities in Kentucky from offering certain professional doctoral degrees, including those in medicine. By making this specific exception for EKU, the bill allows the university to establish and provide a doctoral program in osteopathic medicine, which would enable students to obtain the professional degree necessary for practicing and becoming licensed as osteopathic physicians. This change expands the educational opportunities at EKU and potentially addresses regional healthcare workforce needs by creating a new pathway for training osteopathic doctors within the state's public university system. The bill maintains other existing restrictions on comprehensive universities, such as prohibiting them from offering Ph.D. degrees or describing themselves as research universities, while still allowing them to conduct research.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (34)
David Meade (R)*,
Kim Banta (R),
Josh Branscum (R),
Steve Bratcher (R),
Josh Bray (R),
George Brown (D),
Emily Callaway (R),
Beverly Chester-Burton (D),
Jennifer Decker (R),
Steven Doan (R),
Myron Dossett (R),
Ryan Dotson (R),
Daniel Elliott (R),
Dan Fister (R),
Deanna Frazier Gordon (R),
Chris Fugate (R),
Vanessa Grossl (R),
David Hale (R),
Tony Hampton (R),
Kimberly Holloway (R),
Mary Beth Imes (R),
Kim King (R),
Derek Lewis (R),
Matt Lockett (R),
Bobby McCool (R),
Adam Moore (D),
T.J. Roberts (R),
Steven Rudy (R),
Timmy Truett (R),
Ken Upchurch (R),
Bill Wesley (R),
Richard White (R),
Wade Williams (R),
Lisa Willner (D),
Last Action
to Postsecondary Education (H) (on 02/04/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb56.html |
| BillText | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb56/orig_bill.pdf |
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