Children And Minors
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student instruction. [SB-138]
Amend KRS 158.183 to require a public school shall provide instruction that is consistent with designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that nothing in the bill shall be construed to restrict impartial historical instruction; amend KRS 158.195 to require designated core American documents to be embedded across middle and high school curricula; require the Kentucky Board of Education to incorporate the designated core American documents and speech into the grade-level appropriate social studies academic standards by July 1,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Floor Amendments (4), (5) And (6-title) Filed on 03/25/2022
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AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools. [SB-139]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "corporal punishment"; prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal punishment; amend KRS 158.444 to remove corporal punishment as a form of discipline in a school; amend KRS 503.110 to remove the exception that permitted the use of physical force by a teacher against a minor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Education (s) on 02/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to parental rights. [HB-444]
Amend KRS 625.090 to delete grounds for involuntarily termination of parental rights related to neonatal abstinence syndrome at the time birth unless the mother is in substance abuse treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
Introduced In House on 02/02/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for parental and guardian depression screenings. [HB-443]
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. Charles Miller
Introduced In House on 02/02/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school breakfasts. [HB-435]
Amend KRS 158.070 to permit the administrator of a school that participates in the Federal School Breakfast Program to authorize up to 15 minutes of the student attendance day to provide the opportunity for children to eat breakfast during instructional time.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
Taken From Education (h) on 03/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to newborn safety devices. [HB-442]
Amend KRS 405.075 to add Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class IV ground ambulance providers to the approved list of entities allowed to install and operate a newborn safety device.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 45) on 03/29/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION declaring March 2022 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month. [HR-60]
Declare March 2022 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
Introduced In House on 02/02/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Perinatal Advisory Committee. [HB-418]
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. Mary Marzian
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders. [HB-412]
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 to require a self-insured employer group health plan provided by a state postsecondary education institution to its employees to comply with the new section on postpartum mood disorder coverage; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid to comply with the new section on postpartum mood disorder coverage; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy. [HB-413]
Amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require certain 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 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the coverage requirement for counseling interventions; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid benefits to comply with the coverage requirement for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children. [HB-416]
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. Pamela Stevenson
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION proclaiming February 9, 2022, as "Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day." [HR-51]
Proclaim February 9, 2022, as Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Adopted By Voice Vote on 02/09/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to newborn and infant screenings. [HB-374]
Amend KRS 214.155 to include cytomegalovirus (CMV) testing as part of the newborn screening program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide public educational resources related to CMV; provide that the Act may be cited as the Bella Dawn Streeval Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Westrom
Introduced In House on 01/26/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to newborn and infant screenings. [SB-105]
Amend KRS 214.155 to include cytomegalovirus (CMV) testing as part of the newborn screening program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide public educational resources related to CMV; provide that the Act may be cited as the Bella Dawn Streeval Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 85) on 04/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT designating the second Wednesday in February as Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day. [HB-347]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the second Wednesday in February as "Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day."
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Education (s) on 02/22/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal history record checks. [HB-327]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to allow the Department for Community Based Services to request a criminal justice agency to perform a federal name-based criminal history record check of each adult residing in a home in which a child is placed during an emergency placement; allow the Department for Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to charge a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
To Health & Family Services (h) on 03/16/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child fatalities and near fatalities. [SB-97]
Amend KRS 620.040 to require law enforcement to request a blood, breath, or urine test from a caregiver suspected of being under the influence at the time of a child fatality or near fatality, and to request a search warrant for the test if consent is not given by the caregiver; amend KRS 620.055 to change the number of members on the external child fatality and near fatality review panel from 15 to 17, to include the President of the Kentucky Coroners Association and a medication-assisted treatment provider selected by the Attorney General; require
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 139) on 04/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to electronic prescription records. [HB-328]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A requiring the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide a copy of a patient's electronic prescription record upon request of the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient's parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor; require the cabinet to make corrections to a patient's electronic prescription record; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement a process for requesting records; require the cabinet to respond to a request within at least 30 days of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Introduced In House on 01/20/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child welfare and declaring an emergency. [SB-8]
Amend KRS 15.900 to create the definition of "abused or neglected child" and "community resource organization"; change the definitions of "state board" and "prevention program"; amend KRS 15.905 to reference the new definition of "state board"; amend KRS 15.910 to establish new membership of the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board; amend KRS 15.920 to require the state board to meet at least quarterly each year and make conforming changes to align with the new established definitions; amend KRS 15.925, 15.935, 15.940, 15.942, and 15.948
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 75) on 04/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [HB-318]
Amend KRS 610.030 to require a court referral for truancy cases when there is no improvement within 30 days; require a court-designated worker to make a finding if diversion is failed due to lack of parental cooperation; allow a court to refer cases back to the court-designated worker and order parental cooperation; amend KRS 610.265 to require children charged with serious felony offenses to be detained pending a detention hearing; amend KRS 610.340 to provide that confidentiality does not apply to cases in which a child has admitted to or been
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Floor Amendments (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) And (7) Filed on 03/30/2022