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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing February 14, 2025, as Wear Green for Gastroparesis Day. [SR-39]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Recognize February 14, 2025, as Wear Green for Gastroparesis Day.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
Adopted By Voice Vote on 02/14/2025
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AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-174]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy J. Tate
To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public health and safety. [HB-140]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 214.450 to define "autologous donation" and "directed donation"; amend KRS 214.452 to require blood establishments to test for spike proteins, antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and synthetic mRNA; require additional screening questions for blood donors; add to the list of conditions requiring the refusal or sale of blood; provide that a person shall not be compelled to donate blood; require blood establishments to inform donors of the potential uses for donations; require blood to be sold to hospitals before
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
Withdrawn on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to rabies vaccinations. [HB-69]
[Animals ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 258.005 to define "veterinarian" and "veterinary technician"; amend KRS 258.015 to require that a Kentucky-licensed veterinary technician authorized to vaccinate a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies be under the direct supervision of a veterinarian that is located on the premises of the facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Agriculture (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dementia training. [HB-28]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 194A.545 to require the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) to implement a one-hour dementia training and continuing education course; require dementia training for DCBS supervisory, direct services, and adult protective services staff.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
Withdrawn on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-75]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel
To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing May 2025 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month. [SR-17]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Recognize May 2025 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to assault in the third degree. [HB-101]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to enhance the punishment to a Class D felony if a person intentionally causes a peace officer to come into contact with bodily fluids; enhance assault in the third degree to a Class C felony if the person who causes a peace officer to come into contact with bodily fluids has a serious communicable disease and the contact is likely to cause transmission of the disease; enhance assault in the third degree to a Class C felony for a second or subsequent offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. D. Wade Williams
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health care. [SB-27]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Science ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; direct the secretary of the cabinet to establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Committee and make appointments; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to designate Parkinson's disease and the identified Parkinsonisms as diseases that are required to be reported to the cabinet, establish a system of collection and dissemination of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert M. Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 85) on 03/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sickle cell disease. [SB-41]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require each hospital licensed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish policies and procedures to improve care for sickle cell disease patients, develop programs to prevent and address addiction risks for sickle cell disease patients, and provide patients with education and resources by January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
To Health Services (s) on 01/09/2025
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2, 2024, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2024 as Autism Acceptance Month. [HR-148]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Recognize April 2, 2024, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2024 as Autism Acceptance Month.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski
To House Floor on 03/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing May 16, 2024, as Tarlov Cyst Disease Day. [HR-142]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Recognize May 16, 2024 as Tarlov Cyst Disease Day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 03/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2024 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky. [HR-136]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Recognize April 2024 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
To House Floor on 03/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and declaring an emergency. [SB-337]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 12.020 and 194A.030 to establish the Office of Medicinal Cannabis, the Division of Enforcement and Compliance, and the Division of Licensure and Access in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 218A.202 require the Administrative Office of the Courts to forward all available data regarding disqualifying felony offenses for the previous five years to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 218B.010 to expand the definition of "qualifying medical condition" to include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
To Health Services (s) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to vaccines. [SB-295]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
3rd Reading, Passed 25-11 With Committee Substitute (1) on 03/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION designating March 2024 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky. [HR-102]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Designating March 2024 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Neighbors
Adopted By Voice Vote on 02/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for coronary calcium imaging tests. [HB-642]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for coronary calcium imaging testing; provide that coronary calcium imaging testing shall not be considered investigational or experimental; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid to comply with the coronary calcium imaging testing requirements and make technical amendments; provide that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; require the Department of Insurance seek a waiver of cost defrayment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Tyler Witten
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the diagnosis of sepsis. [SB-247]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish diagnosis criteria for sepsis.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
To Health Services (s) on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to behavioral health services. [HB-617]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Youth Mobile Crisis Response Program within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; set requirements for mobile crisis response teams; require the cabinet to develop protocols and issue a report to the Interim Joint Committees on Health Services and Families and Children; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish the Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Advisory Board; require behavioral health emergency services provided by a mobile crisis
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Introduced In House on 02/20/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the modernization of disease testing. [HB-618]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 510.320 to define "sexually transmitted disease"; set requirements for tests for a sexually transmitted disease rather than human immunodeficiency virus; amend KRS 529.090 to define "sexually transmitted disease"; set requirements for tests for a sexually transmitted disease rather than human immunodeficiency; delete violation for a person who commits, offers, or agrees to commit prostitution by engaging in sexual activity in a manner likely to transmit the human immunodeficiency virus; provide that a person convicted of procuring another
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
To Health Services (s) on 03/08/2024