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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-122]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the urgent-need insulin program and the continuing access to insulin program; establish eligibility guidelines for both programs; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers for facilitating the dispensing of insulin to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program. [SB-56]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organization (MCO) contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To Health & Family Services (h) on 02/26/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to immunization and declaring an emergency. [SB-37]
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[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 214.036 to prohibit required immunization of any person by any state agency or instrumentality; create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to prohibit required immunization of any employee by an employer as defined in KRS 338.015; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Health & Welfare (s) on 02/02/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the performance of an abortion upon a minor and declaring an emergency. [HB-96]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 311.732, relating to performance of an abortion upon a minor, to require the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian to include a copy of that parent's or legal guardian's government-issued identification and to include specific language; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least 7 years; require the physician to execute an affidavit; require additional criteria and standards for when a court determines whether to allow a minor to self-consent to an abortion; require the court hearing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Crime ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of the infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of medically appropriate and reasonable medical care, medical treatment, or surgical care; require a physician performing an abortion to take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born-alive infant; specify that if the physician is unable to perform those duties
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 1) on 01/22/2021
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Kentucky 2019 Special Session
AN ACT relating to employer contribution rates for the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for fiscal year 2019-2020, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-3]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pensions ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Retirement ]
Freeze the employer contribution rate of 49.47 percent for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2019, for pension and health insurance for nonhazardous duty employees participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System who are employed by mental health/mental retardation boards, local and district health departments, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, child advocacy centers, state-supported universities and community colleges, and any other agency eligible to voluntarily cease participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 07/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Special Session
AN ACT relating to retirement costs for Kentucky Retirement Systems employers, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-2]
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[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Amend KRS 61.510 to define for the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) "quasi-governmental employer" and "governmental employer"; define quasi-governmental employers as Mental Health/Mental Retardation Boards, Local and District Health Departments, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, child advocacy centers, state supported universities and community colleges participating in KERS, and any other agency eligible to voluntarily cease participation in KERS pursuant to KRS 61.522; define governmental employer as any other KERS employer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 07/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Special Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and declaring an emergency. [HB-1]
[Pensions ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
Amend KRS 61.522 to provide a one-time window where quasi-governmental agencies may voluntarily cease participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) effective June 30, 2020, for nonhazardous employees by paying the actuarial costs of ceasing participation by lump-sum or installments; provide that an eligible KERS employer may request an estimate of the cost of ceasing participation in the system; provide that a ceasing quasi-governmental employer may elect to allow current employees who entered KERS prior to 1/1/2014 (Tier I and
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 1) on 07/24/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Kentucky Department for Local Government to examine the feasibility of creating an on-line portal for the payment of local occupational license fees and taxes as a complementary system to the current system of their collection, and declaring an emergency. [SJR-23]
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[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Direct the Department for Local Government to conduct a study the feasibility of the creation of an on-line portal for the calculation and payment of local license and occupation taxes, and to suggest any legislative changes that are necessary to implement, operate and fund such an on-line portal; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require a person who intends to perform an abortion to determine whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion before determining whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; provide exceptions for medical emergencies; require documentation of whether an abortion was performed to preserve the health of the pregnant woman; specify
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 020) on 03/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment. [SB-7]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 336.700 to allow arbitration, mediation, or alternative dispute resolution agreements to be required by employers as a condition or precondition to employment; allow a waiver of a claim to be required as a condition or precondition for rehiring of an employee; allow an agreement to reduce the period for limitations as a condition or precondition of employment as long as the agreement does not apply to state or federal law that preempts modifying limitations; allow an employee to be required to agree to a background check as a condition
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Stivers
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 075) on 03/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain nonprofit entities and declaring an emergency. [SB-59]
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[Nonprofit ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "fundraising"; amend KRS 139.200 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.495 to exempt from sales and use tax the fundraising activities done by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.496 and 139.497 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [SB-258]
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Amend KRS 177.030, relating to the state accepting donations in aid of the construction or maintenance of roads, to include corporations; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Stivers
To Transportation (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to broadband services in the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency. [SB-253]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 154.15-010 to make a technical correction; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to conversion therapy and declaring an emergency. [SB-248]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 319, and 335 to prohibit practitioners from engaging in conversion therapy, including the compensation and advertisement for conversion therapy; require violations to be subject to board discipline and false claims laws; prohibit public funds from being used for conversion therapy; define "conversion therapy" and "public funds"; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System. [SB-228]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Insurance ]
Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to permit the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) to use and accept electronic signatures as deemed appropriate; amend KRS 161.220 to emphasize that annual compensation does not include benefit or salary adjustments that are not available to all members of an agency; amend KRS 161.290 to require all public employers to grant paid leave to teacher trustees serving on the TRS board; amend KRS 161.310 to specify the types of remuneration included in retirement incentives; amend KRS 161.340 to add insurance
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Taken From State & Local Government (s) on 02/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [SB-227]
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[Reproductive Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of an infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of medically appropriate and reasonable medical care, medical treatment, or surgical care; require a physician performing an abortion to take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born alive infant; provide that a born alive infant shall be treated as a legal person under the laws
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Sponsored by: Sen. C.B. Embry
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 12, 2019 on 03/07/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to asbestos trust claims and declaring an emergency. [SB-204]
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[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Create an new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define "asbestos action," "asbestos trust," "trust claims materials," and "trust governance documents"; require plaintiffs in an asbestos action to provide certain information and documents not less than 180 days before the initial date set for trial; establish that plaintiffs have a continuing duty to supplement the information and documents; establish requirements for an order requiring a plaintiff to file additional asbestos trust claims; establish that defendants may seek discovery from an asbestos
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Judiciary (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency. [SB-169]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
Amend KRS 161.430 to require investment managers and consultants of the Teachers' Retirement Systems to adhere to the federal Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and any other federal securities statutes as applicable; make conforming and clean-up changes to the section; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Taken From State & Local Government (s) on 02/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to schools. [SB-162]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.441 to define "Kentucky State Police school resource officer," "school activities," and "school property"; create a new section of Chapter 158 specify to the requirements of employment of a KSPSRO by a school district; amend KRS 61.637 to exempt an employer from paying contributions on a retiree employed as a school security officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 197) on 04/09/2019