Section 1 of this bill requires a health care licensing board to ask a person who files a complaint alleging that a person licensed by that board committed any act which, if proven, would constitute domestic violence or sexual assault whether the complainant wishes to pursue a criminal investigation of the allegation. If so, section 1 requires the health care licensing board to take certain actions to notify and direct the complainant to an appropriate law enforcement agency. Section 1 requires each health care licensing board to adopt regulations setting forth circumstances under which that board, in response to a complaint or series of complaints, is required to summarily suspend the license of a licensee pending the conclusion of a hearing to consider a formal complaint against the licensee. Section 2 of this bill requires: (1) the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Commerce and Labor to create a working group to study issues relating to the sharing of information between law enforcement agencies and certain professional or occupational licensing boards during the 2023-2024 interim; and (2) the working group to study and make recommendations to the Committee regarding policies and procedures for such sharing of information concerning licensees who are under investigation for alleged acts which, if proven, would constitute domestic violence or sexual assault.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 630.130, 630.307, 630.326
Reprint 1: 630.130, 630.307, 630.326, 630.364
BDR: 630.130, 630.307, 630.326