Rep. Charles Wheatley
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to community health workers. [HB-525]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid reimbursement for certain services provided by certified community health workers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish community health worker certification; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to reimburse certain services provided by certified community health workers.
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AN ACT relating to paid parental leave. [HB-468]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to provide an employee of the Commonwealth of Kentucky a paid leave of absence of 12 weeks for the birth or adoption of a child; establish requirements; amend KRS 18A.025 and 18A.110 to conform.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-564]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, 118, and 119 relating to no-excuse in-person absentee voting, establishing excused in-person absentee voting, prohibiting the early disclosure of unofficial ballot count totals, requiring a tamper resistant seal to be placed on voting equipment, recording the public counter on voting machines before and after the days of in-person absentee voting, changing the time from which the State Board of Elections is required to furnish the county clerk with the appropriate voter registration list prior to
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-205]
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination,
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to misclassification of employees. [HB-366]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to provide a remedy for employees misclassified as independent contractors; amend KRS 337.010 to include definitions for "independent contractor" and "misclassified"; repeal KRS 336.137.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to postpartum Medicaid coverage. [HB-174]
Amend KRS 205.592 to extend Medicaid eligibility for certain new mothers for up to 12 months postpartum; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek a federal waiver or other approval if they determine that such waiver or approval is necessary.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to take appropriate steps in mitigating cyberattacks and ransomware demands. [HR-77]
Urging Congress to take appropriate steps in mitigating cyberattacks and ransomware attacks.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Historical Society. [HR-125]
Honor the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employee child-care assistance and declaring an emergency. [HB-499]
Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to create the Employee Child-Care Assistance Partnership program; define terms; obligate the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to administer the program; establish reporting requirements; establish a fund for the program; authorize the cabinet to administer the fund; direct the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to effectuate the program; establish program requirements for employers and employees; establish requirements for both permissive and mandatory termination of the program contract;
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to occupational therapists. [HB-213]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 319A to include Kentucky in an interstate compact for licensure as an occupational therapist; set the compact's purpose, definitions, and requirements for state participation; allow a practitioner to hold both a home state license and a compact privilege; authorize active duty military personnel or their spouses to retain a home state during active duty; make the home state the only jurisdiction that may impose adverse action against a license; establish the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; require the
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