Children And Minors
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to early literacy education, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
Amend KRS 158.791 to specify the Department of Education's role in assisting local school districts with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; require the department to collaborate with designated agencies on reading programming, materials, and activities; amend KRS 158.305 to define new terms; replace references to "response to intervention" systems with "multi-tiered system of supports"; require a local board of education to adopt and implement a reading universal screener and reading diagnostic assessment by January 1, 2023;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 40) on 03/29/2022
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AN ACT relating to legislative oversight of health, welfare, and family services issues. [SB-43]
Amend KRS 21A.190, 157.065, 194A.030, 194A.365, 199.665, 199.8943, 199.8983, 211.684, 605.120, 620.055, 620.320, and 620.345 to remove reference to the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee; amend KRS 200.575 to remove reference to the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee and replace it with Legislative Research Commission; repeal KRS 6.940, relating to the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee and KRS 6.943, relating to the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Down syndrome and spina bifida information. [SB-39]
Amend KRS 211.192 to require annual documentation of the provision of information on Down syndrome and spina bifida to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; condition payment or reimbursement for health care services upon documentation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to athletics. [HB-23]
Amend KRS 156.070 to require KHSAA to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools to designate all interscholastic athletics based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibit male students from participating in girls' athletics; establish how to designate biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require a public postsecondary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/29/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the disposition of catalytic converters and other items containing metal. [HB-114]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 establishing the official Kentucky Mental Health Flag and directing it to be displayed in the State Capitol in May.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reproductive privacy and declaring an emergency. [HB-72]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish legislative findings; to provide every individual the right to choose or refuse contraception, sterilization, to carry a pregnancy to term, give birth to a child, or terminate a pregnancy; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public education and declaring an emergency. [HB-14]
Amend KRS 158.183 to require a local board of education or board of a public charter school to ensure that no public school or public charter school offers any classroom instruction or discussion that incorporates designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that a school district employee that violates the prohibition is subject to disciplinary action; authorize the Attorney General to enforce the prohibition; authorize a penalty of $5,000 for each day a violation persists after the Attorney General issues notification that a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten. [HB-66]
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/23/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local school districts. [HB-44]
Amend KRS 159.035 to require a local school district's attendance policy to include provisions for a student's mental or behavioral health status.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 228) on 04/20/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to preschool education programs. [HB-120]
Amend KRS 157.320 to define "at risk"; amend KRS 157.3175 to expand eligibility for preschool education programs to children who reside in households with an income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibited instruction and declaring an emergency. [HB-18]
Amend KRS 158.183 to require a local board of education or board of a public charter school to ensure that no public school or public charter school offers any classroom instruction or discussion that promotes designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that a school district employee that violates the prohibition is subject to disciplinary action; amend KRS 164.348 to prohibit classroom instruction or discussion that incorporates designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion at public postsecondary education institutions;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [HB-157]
Amend KRS 405.021 to establish that grandparent visitation rights are not adversely affected by any investigation related to abuse, neglect, dependency of a child, or termination of parental rights of the grandparent's son or daughter who is the father or mother of the child visited by the grandparent, unless the Circuit Court determines that it is in the best interest of the child to do so.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
To Judiciary (s) on 03/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to alternative education. [HB-194]
Amend KRS 158.143 to provide that a student enrolled in a district-operated alternative education program shall be eligible to seek attainment of a High School Equivalency Diploma under certain conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 78) on 04/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for lactation support services and breastfeeding equipment. [HB-35]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and Medicaid managed care organizations 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 request federal authorization for a waiver if necessary.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Withdrawn on 02/15/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the civil liberties of parents and children and declaring an emergency. [HB-112]
Create new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define "child"; prohibit required or coerced COVID-19 vaccination of a child without the consent of all parents, custodians, and guardians; prohibit retaliation, additional requirements, limitation of activity, or reduction in health care benefit for a child not vaccinated for COVID-19; authorize legal action and civil penalties for violations; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school food programs. [HB-80]
Establish a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to pay for any costs not reimbursed by federal funds for the operation of the federal school breakfast and lunch programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for hepatitis C virus infection testing and treatment in pregnant women. [HB-98]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for testing and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant 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; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 02/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools. [HB-119]
Create a new section of KRS 158.440 to 158.449 to define "corporal punishment"; prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal physical discipline; 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: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health wellness examinations. [HB-55]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination of at least 45 minutes provided by a mental health professional; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits; require the coverage to comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; provide that coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 164.2871 to require self-insured
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to historical instruction. [HB-88]
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 local school boards 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 01/04/2022