Children And Minors
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child support and declaring an emergency. [HB-463]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to define terms, establish procedures, and establish parenting time credit; amend KRS 403.211 to establish which parent owes the initial $250 in medical expenses; amend KRS 403.090, 403.212, 403.740, 405.430, and 406.025 to conform; repeal KRS 403.2121; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
To Judiciary (h) on 02/23/2023
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AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children. [HB-408]
Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, 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 coverage
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to discipline of students. [SB-202]
Amend KRS 158.150 to provide a local school board the option to place a student in an alternative program or setting in lieu of expulsion; provide that students placed in an alternative program or setting shall be counted in attendance and membership for school funding purposes; require an annual review of the student's alternative placement; require a local school board to to review an expulsion 30 days prior to end date to determine if an expulsion shall end or continue.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
To Education (h) on 03/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to historical instruction. [HB-474]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require superintendents to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child welfare. [SB-210]
Amend KRS 620.060, 620.090, and 620.140 to establish new requirements related to action the cabinet shall take before the court determines the custody placement of the child.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Families & Children (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of minors. [HB-476]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 436 to define terms; establish a cause of action against any commercial entity that publishes matter harmful to minors on the Internet without obtaining age verification; require removal of personal data following review for access; establish civil penalties for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard White
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Department of Education to amend the federal accountability requirements. [HCR-56]
Urge the United States Department of Education to amend the federal accountability requirements to truly afford states the flexibility to implement innovative approaches to student assessment and school accountability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [HB-473]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime as recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; establish the short title of Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of children. [HB-470]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; state that the provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years by a health care provider or mental health care provider is unethical and unprofessional conduct; require an investigation of any report of provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years; require revocation of the provider's license if confirmed and termination of public funding for a public employee; require that providers be jointly and severally liable for all damages
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Laid On Clerk's Desk on 03/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-491]
Amend KRS 421.510 to raise the age of when a person is a victim of a sexual offense from 16 years old to 18 years old; amend KRS 510.020 to raise the age of when a person is deemed incapable of consent to a sexual act from 16 years old to 18 years old; amend KRS 510.040 to increase the classification for rape in the first degree to a Class A felony is the victim becomes pregnant as a result of the rape; amend KRS 510.050 to increase the classification for rape in the second degree to a Class B felony if the victim becomes pregnant as a result of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Dotson
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to neglect and abuse. [SB-233]
Amend KRS 600.020 to separate the definitions of "abused child" and "neglected child"; amend the definition of "physical injury" to include the requirement that it is likely to cause death or disfigurement or impairment of an organ; amend KRS 620.040 to conform; amend KRS 620.072 to remove "neglect"; amend KRS 620.080 to change the standard of proof from a preponderance to clear and convincing evidence; amend KRS 620.090 to make the removal of a child after a temporary removal hearing discretionary; amend KRS 625.090 to remove "neglect" as a basis
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Judiciary (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to intoxicating hemp products. [SB-266]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 260 to prohibit possession of intoxicating hemp products by a person under 21 years of age.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Agriculture (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to positron emission tomography scans. [SB-284]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish coverage requirements for positron emission tomography scans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to prohibit hospitals from requiring patients to be discharged prior to receiving a positron emission tomography scan ordered by a health care provider; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 and amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured
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Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to superintendent screening committees. [HB-406]
Amend KRS 160.352 to provide that a parent member on a screening committee shall not be employed by the school district; require greater minority representation on a screening committee in a school district with a minority student population of 50 percent or greater.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to expungement. [HB-369]
Amend KRS 431.073 to remove language describing a series of felony offenses; amend KRS 610.330 to allow expungement of juvenile records with multiple felonies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 87) on 03/24/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products. [HB-370]
Amend KRS 438.311 to establish penalties for individuals under the age of 18 and individuals over the age of 18 but under 21 who purchase or attempt to purchase alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products; amend KRS 438.345 to require local boards of education to include policies that penalize students for possessing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products on school grounds and list those penalties; amend KRS 438.350 to establish penalties for individuals under the age of 18 and individuals over
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Introduced In House on 02/17/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-158]
Direct the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts to enter into a contract with a third party to conduct a performance review of the Department of Juvenile Justice within the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; establish the authority of the third-party entity and the scope of the review; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public safety, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [SB-162]
Amend KRS 15A.061 to require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to maintain a comprehensive data system for the Department of Juvenile Justice; amend KRS 15A.305 to provide additional requirements for facilities operated under the statewide juvenile detention plan; require the Department for Medicaid Services to apply for an amendment to the submitted waiver to allow Medicaid coverage for youth incarcerated in DJJ facilities; direct the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to promulgate regulations expediting the investigation of complaints; and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 106) on 03/27/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to radon testing and mitigation and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-306]
Amend KRS 199.894 to adjust statutory range; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.8996 to require licensed child-care centers to be tested for radon at least once every five years as part of their initial licensure and license renewal; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to encourage that specific radon measurement devices be used when licensed child-care centers are tested for radon; require the most current report to be posted in a public place within the child-care center; amend KRS 309.434 to establish new duties for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Child Care Assistance Program. [HB-318]
Amend KRS 199.894 to define "Child Care and Development Fund" and "Child Care Assistance Program"; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to establish income eligibility requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/15/2023