Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to poultry. [HB-278]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to define "end consumer"; allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Bray
Received In Senate on 03/07/2025
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AN ACT relating to rapid whole genome sequencing. [HB-217]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define "rapid whole genome sequencing"; require the Department for Medicaid Services and Medicaid managed care organizations to provide coverage for rapid whole genome sequencing; establish conditions for coverage; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to provide coverage for rapid whole genome sequencing; require the Department for Medicaid Services (department) to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Raymer
Withdrawn on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for hearing loss. [SB-93]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-132 to modify coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services; amend KRS 304.17A-131 to modify coverage requirements for cochlear implants; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services and cochlear implants; provide that various sections apply to health benefit
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency shelters. [HB-299]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to require county governments to operate at least one emergency shelter for persons experiencing homelessness or to otherwise contract with an operator of an emergency shelter; require an adequate number of beds in the emergency shelter; require the emergency shelter to conform to applicable federal and state law; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to provide standards for emergency shelters.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Local Government (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to licensed child-care centers. [HB-221]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
Amend KRS 199.896 to establish square footage requirements for child-care centers.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
To Families & Children (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. [SB-65]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify two administrative regulations relating to Medicaid services after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2024 legislative interim; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Received In Senate on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state personnel. [SB-79]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Amend KRS 18A.005 to define "intern employee" and "intern position"; amend KRS 18A.050 to require a member of the Personnel Board to vacate his or her position or have the board terminate his or her position if he or she separates from the classified service; amend KRS 18A.0751 to no longer require the Personnel Board to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to employee fines or employee reemployment after a layoff; amend KRS 18A.110 to allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 02/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school districts. [HB-297]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 160.041 to provide a merger process for any contiguous school districts; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the terms of merger for an insolvent district if no agreement between the school districts can be reached, and to promulgate administrative regulations regarding mergers due to insolvency.
Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Tipton
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public school restroom facilities. [HB-270]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to define "single-user toilet facility"; require the chief state school officer not approve plans for specific new school buildings or alterations to school buildings unless the plans provide sufficient single-user toilet facilities, with a minimum requirement of one; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the required number of single-user toilet facilities in school buildings; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require a school where more that 25
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Sponsored by: Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Child Care Assistance Program. [HB-266]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
Create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to define "in-demand industry sector" and "in-demand occupation"; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to create annual lists of in-demand industry sectors and in-demand occupations and transmit the lists to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for use in determining eligibility criteria for the Child Care Assistance Program; amend KRS 199.894 to define "Child Care and Development Fund" and "Child Care Assistance Program"; make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hospital price transparency. [HB-309]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require hospitals to disclose prices for certain items and services provided by hospitals; require hospitals to provide descriptions of different services and standard charges of those services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations, monitor each facility's compliance, and provide administrative penalties; prohibit collective action of debt for noncompliant facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
To Health Services (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to swimming pools. [HB-265]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow swimming pools to be constructed without a barrier if the swimming pool is equipped with an approved safety pool cover.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Grossl
To Health Services (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT establishing the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program. [HB-302]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program; define terms; establish eligibility criteria for the program; direct the Education and Labor Cabinet to administer the program; provide payments to program providers for students who complete specified milestones; require program result reporting to the Kentucky Board of Education, the Secretary of State, and the Legislative Research Commission; specify a program end date of July 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Duvall
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to affordable housing. [HB-260]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Construction ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to create the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to purchase and improve vacant and abandoned homes for rental to eligible individuals and families; specify application process and criteria.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to judicial review of state agency action. [SB-84]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to establish the legal standard for judicial review of agency action; amend KRS 13B.150 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Received In Senate on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to high school graduation requirements. [HB-301]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 156.160 to allow participation in physically demanding interscholastic athletics, or similar activities, as determined by a local board of education to satisfy physical education course graduation requirements; make technical corrections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Bratcher
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to identity documents. [HB-161]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; set forth minimum standards for third-party issuance; and allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to restoring religious liberty. [HB-177]
[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
Amend KRS 446.350 to define "government" and "substantially burden"; outline procedures and relief that may be sought if statute is violated; outline procedures and relief for any inmate who alleges a violation of this statute; establish duties and authority of the Attorney General; apply to laws adopted before or after the effective date of this statute; include severability clause; waive sovereign, judicial, and governmental immunity; waive qualified immunity under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to allied animal health professional licenses. [SB-69]
[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 321.181 to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 321 to establish new allied animal health professional licenses for equine dentistry and animal chiropractic practice; create the allied animal health professional advisory board; amend KRS 321.187 regarding retention of original patient records; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 321 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robin L. Webb
Signed By Governor on 03/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to advanced educational opportunities. [HB-190]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.6453 to define "advanced coursework"; require each local board of education develop an accelerated learning plan for students with identified strengths; direct local board of education to adopt policies for advanced coursework in designated subject areas; establish a reporting requirement for the Kentucky Department of Education related to the number of accelerated learning courses offered, the demographics of eligible students, the number of students placed in those courses, and the number of students not placed in those courses;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Duvall
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 148) on 04/01/2025