AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for assisted living. [SB-88]
Direct the Department for Medicaid Services to submit a state plan amendment application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services no later than November 1, 2023, to establish an assisted living community services option in the Commonwealth's Medicaid state plan.
SB-88: AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for assisted living.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Health Services (s) on 02/09/2023
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. [SB-5]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "harmful to minors"; require local boards of education to adopt a complaint resolution policy to address parent complaints about materials that are harmful to minors; require the school to ensure that a student whose parent has filed a complaint does not have access to the material; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate model complaint resolution policy; EMERGENCY.
SB-5: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 120) on 03/29/2023
AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and declaring an emergency. [SB-4]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; prohibit the Public Service Commission from approving a request by a utility to retire a coal-fired electric generator unless the utility demonstrates that the retirement will not have a negative impact on the reliability or the resilience of the electric grid or the affordability of the customer's electric utility rate; require the Public Service Commission to submit an annual report on retirements of electric generating units by December 1 to the Legislative Research Commission; EMERGENCY.
SB-4: AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 118) on 03/29/2023
AN ACT relating to disaster relief funding and declaring an emergency. [SB-99]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to define "relief fund"; direct government agency head, cabinet secretary, or appointed official to provide a report and analysis of all relief funds created to accept and expend funds recieved from any source to provide assistance to entities impacted by an emergency; direct report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by the end of each fiscal year; EMERGENCY.
SB-99: AN ACT relating to disaster relief funding and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Signed By Governor(acts Ch. 91) on 03/24/2023
AN ACT relating to peace officer contracts. [SB-101]
Amend KRS 16.050 to extend contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for state police officers; amend KRS 70.290 to extend contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for law enforcement officers employed by cities and counties; amend KRS 183.881 to allow public airport boards to condition employment of a safety and security officer to contract to repay the airport board for training costs if the officer accepts a similar position within five years, and require the firing entity to repay costs under
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SB-101: AN ACT relating to peace officer contracts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 69) on 03/23/2023