Children And Minors
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to human growth and development instruction. [HB-346]
Amend KRS 158.1415 to require a school district to adopt health curricula that includes human growth and development instruction that meets specific criteria; set restrictions for the instruction that grants parents an opportunity to review materials and opt their child out of instruction; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action for a writ of mandamus to compel a school district to comply; create a cause of action to permit parents and students over the age of 18 to file a civil action a school district for injunctive relief for a violation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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AN ACT relating to youth employment programs. [SB-128]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 339 to allow a nonprofit organization to apply to the Department of Workplace Standards to create a work program for minors 12 or 13 years of age, to require that the primary benefit of the work performed provide vocational and educational value to the minors, to establish requirements and prohibitions for participation, to establish minimum wage requirements for youth participants, to require employment to not operate on student attendance days, to provide an exemption to allow a nonprofit that currently operates
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 119) on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions. [HB-340]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "children's diapers," "clothing," "diaper," "feminine hygiene product," "incontinence product", "incontinence underpad" and "pad, liner, and booster pad"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, diapers, feminine hygiene products, and incontinence products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after August
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prosecution proceedings. [HB-333]
Amends KRS 69.210 to establish that any prosecution by attorneys for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services under KRS Chapter 620 shall occur only upon written consent of the county attorney and presiding judge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 141) on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a name change for a minor. [HB-325]
Amend KRS 401.020 to require a court to conduct a hearing and consider the best interests of a child when one parent refuses or is unable to execute a petition for a name change for a minor child.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health and substance use disorders. [HB-339]
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-665 to define terms; require certain health plans to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorder; establish requirements relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits and utilization review; amend KRS 304.17A-661 to require the commissioner of insurance to enforce the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 304.17A-665 to require the commissioner
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for hepatitis C virus infection. [HB-322]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for the testing of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women and the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in postpartum women; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer plans provided by state postsecondary institutions, and the state employee health plan to comply with the hepatitis C virus infection coverage requirement for pregnant and postpartum women; make technical amendments;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourning in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, January 24, 2024. [HR-52]
Recognize the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children organization, and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, January 24, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 01/23/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Autism in Education Task Force. [HCR-51]
Establish the Autism in Education Task Force; establish duties and membership; direct the task force to study autism supports and services provided to K-12 students by Kentucky public schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski
Received In Senate on 03/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing January 23, 2024, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day. [SR-87]
Recognize January 23, 2024, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Frommeyer
Adopted By Voice Vote on 04/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school lunches. [HB-301]
Amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to adopt a policy requiring students to be assigned a lunch period of at least 30 minutes in length; amend KRS 158.153 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 2024 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month. [HR-50]
Recognize March 2024 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month.
Sponsored by: Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton
Introduced In House on 01/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to kratom. [HB-293]
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms related to kratom, to prohibit the sale of kratom products to individuals under 21 years of age, to establish product safety standards, to establish labeling requirements for kratom products, to authorize the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations related to the regulation of kratom products, to establish penalties, and to declare the supremacy of federal law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 44) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of stuttering. [SB-111]
Amends KRS 18A.225, 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 304.17C-125 to require limited health service benefit plans, Medicaid, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the speech therapy coverage requirement and to make technical amendments; creates a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering; provides that various sections apply to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 69) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child support. [SB-110]
Amend KRS 403.211 to allow a child support action to be filed at any time following conception in the county where the mother resides.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Judiciary (h) on 03/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse. [HB-271]
Amends KRS 600.020 to define “safety plan” and “statewide reporting system”; amends KRS 620.023 to allow a court access to a child’s protection and permanency record; amends KRS 620.030 to allow a person to make a written report of dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child, to allow child dependency, neglect, or abuse reports to be submitted electronically, and to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services establish a statewide reporting system for making reports of child dependency, neglect, and abuse via phone call or written report
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Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 144) on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of children. [HB-278]
Amends KRS 15A.190 to require that the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet include crimes involving childhood sexual assault or abuse on the JC-3 form; amends KRS 160.380 to provide that a superintendent shall not employ any person who has been convicted of an offense that would classify the person as a violent offender, a sex crime, or a misdemeanor offense under KRS Chapter 510, or who is required to register as a sex offender; amends KRS 413.249 to provide that a civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse shall be brought within
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 106) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to obesity treatment. [HB-273]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity and inform Medicaid enrollees of the availability of the coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on efforts to reduce and manage obesity; require the report to be made public on the cabinet's website; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abandoned infants. [HB-272]
Amends KRS 405.075 to change the definition of “newborn safety device” related to the continuous staffing requirement; and amends KRS 156.095 to require that information on the Safe Haven Baby Boxes Crisis Line be posted in public schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 202) on 04/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION reestablishing the Early Childhood Education Task Force. [HCR-43]
Reestablish the Early Childhood Education Task Force to study the complex issues relating to child care and early childhood education opportunities in the Commonwealth and the impacts of child care on children and families, workforce participation, and economic development; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2024 Interim; require the task force to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Friday, March 22, 2024 on 03/21/2024