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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to minimum security requirements at retail establishments licensed to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption. [HB-207] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish pre-employment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; prevent confusion as to whether a law enforcement officer is on or off duty; amend KRS 244.120 to prohibit consumption of alcohol by a bouncer during work hours; amend KRS 243.500 to allow revocation or suspension of a license for failure to comply with bouncer restrictions; cite this Act as Christopher's Law; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham Introduced In House on 01/05/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to consumer protection through regulation of pharmacy-related trade practices. [HB-203] [Consumer Protection ] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish definitions for pharmacy-related insurance practices; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on health plan insureds; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require pharmacy benefit managers to establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks; require pharmacy benefit managers to file, and the insurance commissioner to review, an annual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Withdrawn on 02/07/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to legislative oversight of health, welfare, and family services issues. [SB-43] [Healthcare ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ]
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 the Medicaid program. [SB-45] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organization contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll Received In House on 01/26/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits and declaring an emergency. [HB-214] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Family-Related Legislation ]
Amend KRS 23A.020 to move Edmonson County from the 38th Judicial Circuit into the 8th Judicial Circuit; amend KRS 23A.040 (Effective January 2, 2023) to add the 56th Judicial Circuit to the list of judicial circuits with 2 Circuit Judges; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) to remove the 3rd, 6th, 14th, and 27th Judicial Circuits from the list of judicial circuits with 3 Circuit Judges; amend KRS 23A.050 to add the 3rd, 6th, 14th, and 27th Judicial Circuits to the list of judicial circuits with 4 Circuit Judges; create KRS 23A.052 to establish (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 129) on 04/08/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to peer-to-peer car sharing. [HB-210] [Insurance ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to establish definitions relating to peer-to-peer car sharing; establish insurance, disclosure, recordkeeping, verification, equipment liability, and airport contracting requirements for peer-to-peer car sharing programs; establish requirements for shared vehicle owners that receive an actual notice of safety recall on a shared vehicle; establish an exemption for peer-to-peer car sharing programs and shared vehicle owners from vicarious liability; create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bart Rowland Withdrawn on 01/13/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to taxation. [HB-201] [Taxes ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Gaming ] [Finance ] [Small Business ]
Amend KRS 132.020 to freeze the state property tax rate and eliminate the tax rate reduction for qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 136.291, 136.500, 136.505, and 136.506 to reinstate the bank franchise tax and exempt financial institutions from corporation income tax and LLET; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.132, 138.135, 138.195, and 138.197 to remove references to vapor products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to chronic pain treatments. [HB-58] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Mental Health ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discuss and refer (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to charities. [HB-186] [Nonprofit ] [Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS 367 to limit requirements on 501(c)3-designated charitable organizations to those which are authorized by the Kentucky Revised Statutes; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2022.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 89) on 04/08/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to digital assets. [SB-17] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Artificial Intelligence ]
Establish KRS Chapter 355A and create new sections thereof to define and establish property classifications for digital assets; supplement and modify provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, KRS Chapter 355, relating to the classification, perfection, and priority of digital assets; allow debtors located in Kentucky to file a financial statement with the Secretary of State to perfect a security interest in a digital asset; establish when a transferee takes a digital asset free of any security interest perfected by filing; for purposes of Article (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Smith Introduced In Senate on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to taxation. [HB-190] [Taxes ]
Amend KRS 138.140 to create an additional cigarette surtax of six dollars, and to increase the rates on other tobacco and vaping products as of August 1, 2022; amend KRS 138.143 to impose floor stock taxes as of July 31, 2022.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to welding safety. [HB-117] [Construction ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Manufacturing ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors; provide definitions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 03/03/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the taxation of firearms and ammunition. [HB-36] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Taxes ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to add definitions of "firearm" and "ammunition"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt firearms and ammunition from sales and use tax and require reporting related to the exemption; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2022.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby McCool 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] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Insurance ] [Children and Youth ]
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 (continued...)

  

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 medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-136] [Cannabis ] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Public Health ] [Insurance ] [Funding ]
Create various new sections of KRS 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax on certain transfers of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis from the excise tax on controlled substances; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department for Public Health; amend KRS 218A.010, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/29/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health wellness examinations. [HB-55] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to coverage for diabetes treatment. [HB-90] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-148 to require that cost sharing for noninsulin drugs and certain equipment and supplies necessary for the treatment of diabetes not exceed certain cost-sharing thresholds; prohibit insurers from conducting or imposing utilization review for diabetes treatment prescribed by a health care provider; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to special purpose depository institutions. [SB-16] [Finance ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Create a new Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 286 to establish special purpose depository institutions that engage in a nonlending banking business; establish findings and purposes for subtitle; provide for the organization, powers, and chartering of the institution; require directors to take oaths; establish capital, bonding, contingency, and insurance requirements; establish requirements for offering depository accounts and other services; provide that certain provisions of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 shall apply to the institutions; establish branching (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Smith Introduced In Senate on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to coverage for injectable epinephrine devices. [HB-183] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover injectable epinephrine devices for persons 18 years of age and under; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the 18-and-under injectable epinephrine device coverage requirement; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the taxation of feminine hygiene products. [HB-27] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "feminine hygiene products"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of feminine hygiene products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after August 1, 2022.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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