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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [HB-317]
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define "health care provider"; make conforming amendments; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to establish eligibility criteria and requirements for prior authorization exemptions; establish requirements for rescinding prior authorization exemptions; set forth requirements for external reviews of prior authorization exemption denials and rescissions; establish requirements for sending forms and notices to health care providers; provide that nothing shall be construed to authorize a health care provider
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Taken From Banking & Insurance (h) on 03/12/2024
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AN ACT relating to coverage for substance use disorder. [HB-290]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require certain health insurance policies, plans, certificates, and contracts to provide coverage for comprehensive supervised substance use disorder treatment; create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 and amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, the state employee health plan, and state postsecondary institution self-insured employer group health plans to comply with the coverage requirement; apply provisions to policies, plans, certificates,
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to maternal and child health. [HB-10]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky maternal psychiatry access program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms; establish duties and responsibilities of the program; direct that the program shall be operated by the Department for Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health; amend KRS 211.122 to establish that the collaborative panel related to maternal and infant health shall be renamed the Kentucky maternal and infant health collaborative; establish formal membership of the collaborative; require that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Floor Amendment (5) Filed on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of stuttering. [SB-111]
Amends KRS 18A.225, 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 304.17C-125 to require limited health service benefit plans, Medicaid, 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 speech therapy coverage requirement and to make technical amendments; creates a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering; provides that various sections apply to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 69) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to delivery services. [HB-280]
Creates a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish certain rights of insurers relating to injury or losses that occur during a delivery available period or delivery service period; creates a range of sections in KRS Chapter 365 to establish definitions, to establish insurance requirements for delivery network companies and delivery network drivers during delivery available periods and delivery service periods, to establish disclosure requirements for delivery network companies, and to establish construction clauses relating to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Pollock
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.13) on 03/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to menstrual discharge collection devices. [HB-276]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten. [HB-279]
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320 and 157.360 to remove references to kindergarten full-time equivalent pupils in average daily attendance for program base funding purposes; amend KRS 158.030 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions. [SB-105]
Amend KRS 139.480 to define "currency" and "bullion"; exempt currency and bullion from sales and use tax on or after August 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-107]
Amends KRS 186.040 to direct $30 of the registration fee for vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds to the county clerk of the county in which the truck is registered; amends KRS 186.050 to set registration fees for vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds; creates a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to direct the state police to engage in a pilot project to provide operator’s license skills testing in five counties where testing is not currently offered, to set requirements for the state police, and to require that the state police report to the Legislative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 198) on 04/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions. [HB-231]
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a four-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.131 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to controlled substances. [HB-211]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a program for harm reduction centers; amend possession of controlled substance statutes to reduce penalties; amend KRS 218A.275 to provide for referrals to treatment for persons charged with possession of controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.500 to decriminalize possession of items to test, store, or consume controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.992, 533.274, 431.078, 218A 275, and 218A.010 to conform; repeal KRS 218A.14151, 218A.1450, 218A.1451, 218A.1452, 27.099, and 218A.276; EFFECTIVE, in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 01/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driver licensing offices. [HB-213]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services by either setting up a system where a county clerk issues operators licenses and personal identification cards, or maintain a permanent full-time driver licensing office in each county where a regional driver licensing office is not currently located; allow county clerks to retain a $5 fee for each document processed; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
Introduced In House on 01/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education. [SB-8]
Amend KRS 156.029 to provide that all 14 voting members of the Kentucky Board of Education are to be elected; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process by which members of the Kentucky Board of Education are elected, including a partisan primary and partisan regular election; amend KRS 156.040 to add a requirement that members of the Kentucky Board of Education shall not have served on a local school board for at least four years preceding the year of their election; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To Education (h) on 03/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-5]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is stolen, defaced, loaded with restricted ammunition, or otherwise violates state law; amend KRS 610.070 to require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian to be present at court proceedings involving a child in the juvenile justice system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish penalty; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 174) on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [SB-91]
Delete original provisions; amend enacted 2024 RS HB 1, HB 6, and HB 265 to provide additional appropriations and provisions for various programs and projects; make stand-alone supplemental appropriations; establish various conditions for supplemental appropriations; amend KRS 45A.100 to increase the threshold for small purchases by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, state institutions of higher education, and the legislative branch of government; amend KRS 45A.190 to increase the performance bond threshold for certain construction contracts
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 223) on 04/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology. [HB-184]
Abolish the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology by repealing KRS Chapter 317A in its entirety; amend KRS 48.315, 164.945, 165A.310, 309.352, 317.420, and 324B.030 to conform; close the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology trust and agency fund by January 1, 2025; transfer remaining moneys to the general fund; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
Introduced In House on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits. [HB-190]
Amends 2024 Ky. Acts. ch. 104, sec. 3 (2024 RS SB 188/GA, sec. 3) to define “national average drug acquisition cost,” to temporarily exempt retail chain pharmacies from minimum drug reimbursement requirement, and to make technical amendment; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Sharp
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 213) on 04/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to security requirements at retail establishments licensed to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption. [HB-165]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish preemployment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; 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, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marijuana. [SB-73]
Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces, or five plants, of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; amend KRS 218A.276 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EFFECTIVE, in part; January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to ad valorem taxes. [HB-150]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers from state and local ad valorem taxes; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 92, 132, 133, 134, 136, 141, 186, 186A, and 235 to conform; repeal KRS 132.227. 132,485, 132.4851, 132.487, 136.188, 186.193, and 186A.030; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/18/2024