Children And Minors
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-323]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to create the juvenile services fund within the Department of Juvenile Justice; appropriate moneys to the fund; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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AN ACT relating to transitional living support for foster youth. [SB-143]
Amend KRS 620.140 to remove the 90 day grace period between a foster youth’s exit from state care and the opportunity for the foster youth to return to state care before reaching the age of 20.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Families & Children (s) on 02/17/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to historical instruction. [HB-327]
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 Kentucky Department of Education to collaborate with
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the emergency medical preparedness of schools. [HB-331]
Amend KRS 158.162 to direct local boards of education to require schools to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in every middle and high school building and at school-sponsored events; require local boards to adopt policies and procedures for portable automated external defibrillators and ensure training requirements are met; amend KRS 158.302 to conform; amend KRS 160.445 to require all interscholastic coaches to be trained in CPR and use of portable automated external defibrillators; require all schools that participate in interscholastic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 165) on 03/31/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevention-oriented child abuse awareness instruction. [HB-315]
Amend KRS 158.4416 to require a trauma-informed team to incorporate age-appropriate and evidence-based child abuse and neglect awareness and prevention into the training, guidance, and assistance provided by the team; require the trauma-informed toolkit to include recommendations regarding child abuse and neglect awareness and prevention; require a school's trauma-informed plan to include strategies for child abuse and neglect awareness and prevention; require the Kentucky Department of Education to send annual notification of where the standards
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
Introduced In House on 02/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [HB-324]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 600 to create regional citizen juvenile justice review boards and the State Citizen Juvenile Justice Review Board to periodically review the cases of all incarcerated children and develop policy recommendations; establish duties of the review boards; establish membership of the review boards.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
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-305]
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 eligibility requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for hepatitis C virus infection. [HB-299]
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 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by state postsecondary institutions, Medicaid, KCHIP, and the state employee health plan to comply with the hepatitis C virus infection coverage requirement for pregnant and postpartum women; require the Cabinet
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-295]
Amend KRS 158.832 to include a definition for "undesignated glucagon"; amend KRS 158.838 to allow health care practitioners to prescribe undesignated glucagon in the name of a school to be maintained for use by a school nurse or trained school employee when necessary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for parental and guardian depression screenings. [HB-269]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow parental depression screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the Early and Periodic, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Insurance Program to cover parental depression screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover parental depression screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Juvenile Justice Task Force. [SCR-86]
Create the Juvenile Justice Task Force to investigate and make recommendations regarding various aspects of the juvenile justice program; specify duties of the task force; outline membership; require task force to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Withdrawn on 03/13/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions. [HB-285]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "clothing," "diaper," and "feminine hygiene products"; 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, and feminine hygiene products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after July 1, 2023, but before July 1, 2027; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Perinatal Advisory Committee. [HB-268]
Create a new section of KRS 211.672 to 211.678 to establish an advisory committee to review Kentucky’s system of perinatal care and make recommendations for the improvement of perinatal outcomes within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish duties, membership, and reporting requirements of the committee.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for lactation support services and breastfeeding equipment. [HB-272]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for lactation counseling, lactation consultation, and breastfeeding equipment; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy. [HB-284]
Amend KRS 304.17A-145 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for counseling interventions for pregnant and postpartum persons at increased risk of perinatal depression, including persons who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the rights of incarcerated children. [HB-266]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 600 to enumerate rights of incarcerated children; create short title of The Incarcerated Children's Bill of Rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abortion. [SB-118]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to state that Kentucky's Constitution does not secure or protect a right to abortion or funding of abortion, retaining the right of the people, through their elected representatives and senators, to enact laws regarding abortion including circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest or saving the life of the mother; provide ballot language; submit to voters for their ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/17/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reproductive health services. [HB-279]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485,164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program,
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION declaring March 2023 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month. [HR-41]
Declare March 2023 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders. [HB-283]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require a self-insured employer group health plan provided by a state postsecondary education institution to its employees, Medicaid, and Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on postpartum mood disorder coverage; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023