Rep. Lisa Willner
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sexual assault nurse examiners. [HB-578]
Amend KRS 216B.400 to require that every hospital that provides emergency services have a sexual assault nurse examiner on duty 24 hours each day.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
To Health And Family Services (h) on 03/04/2020
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AN ACT relating to free-standing alternative birthing centers. [HB-311]
Create a new section of KRS 216B to define "free-standing alternative birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for free-standing alternative birthing centers; require the cabinet to form an ad hoc committee to provide input on the development of administrative regulations; state that a certificate of need is not required to establish and license a free-standing alternative birthing center; amend KRS 216B.020 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of chronic pain treatments. [HB-198]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discuss and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 01/09/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing all hospitals offering emergency services, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, and the Kentucky Office of Victim Advocacy to report information relating to sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault medical-forensic examinations. [HJR-121]
Direct all hospitals offering emergency services, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, and the Kentucky Office of Victim Advocacy to report information relating to sexual assault nurse examinations and sexual assault medical-forensic examinations to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services by October 1, 2021; permit the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services to send the data to be analyzed and reported on by December 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 29th as Tuskegee Airmen Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [HR-128]
Recognize March 29th as Tuskegee Airmen Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 03/12/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to duty-related disability benefits and declaring an emergency. [HB-412]
Amend KRS 16.582 and 61.621 to increase minimum total and permanent in line of duty or duty-related disability benefits payable to a member of any of the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems from 25% to 75% of the member's monthly average pay; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define "monthly average pay" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty and duty-related disability benefits; amend KRS 16.505 to amend the definition of "dependent child" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty or duty-related disability;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the home modification tax credit. [HB-478]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified home modification expenses incurred by an individual equal to the actual cost of the home modifications, up to $7,500 per taxpayer per year; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report information to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Medicare supplement insurance. [HB-445]
For Medicare supplement policies, amend KRS 304.14-520 to prohibit an insurer from denying the policy, or discriminating in price, based on the age, gender, health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of an applicant or a person covered under the policy; prohibit the policy from containing a waiting period or pre-existing condition limitation or exclusion; and require applications to be accepted, and policies issued, at all times throughout the year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Burch
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to waiver programs. [HB-564]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to ensure that home and community-based waiver programs provide certain services, including attendant care or non-skilled in-home care services across all waiver programs, skilled nursing visits for adult day health care and home health care providers, participant-directed services, and RN specialized respite; require the cabinet consolidate all home and community-based waiver application processes under the Department for Medicaid Services, including the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Burch
Vetoed on 04/24/2020
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student health. [HB-11]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit use of tobacco products by students, school personnel, and visitors in schools, school vehicles, properties, and activities; require policies to be in place by the 2020-2021 school year; require that smoke-free policies and signage be adopted; provide that existing bans are not impacted; repeal KRS 438.050.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 198) on 04/09/2019