AN ACT relating to music therapy.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; establish a licensing board for professional music therapists; require 3 members of the board to have engaged in the practice or teaching of music therapy for at least 3 years; prohibit any persons not licensed by the board from holding himself or herself out as a licensed professional music therapist; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize the board to issue a license to…

Introduced: January 6, 2026

Last action: January 6, 2026

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This bill would create an official licensing system for professional music therapists in Kentucky, including a new oversight board to issue licenses, set fees, and handle disciplinary actions. Only those who meet the licensing requirements could call themselves a licensed professional music therapist in the state. Licensed therapists would be required to work alongside a client's doctors or mental health professionals and could not replace the services of audiologists or speech-language pathologists. Who it may…

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