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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sexual endangerment of a child and declaring an emergency. [HB-189]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to make the sexual endangerment of a child a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Bechler
Posting Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency. [HB-47]
Amend KRS 500.050 to remove the five-year statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors and allow prosecution to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 413.249 to remove the ten-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse and allow a suit to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption and make any person who intentionally fails to report guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 620.050, relating
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
To Judiciary (s) on 03/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the interpretation of laws and declaring an emergency. [HB-150]
Create a new section of Subtitle 1 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that a statement of law in the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance does not constitute the law or public policy of the Commonwealth when in conflict with listed authority; amend KRS 304.1-120 to apply Section 1 of the Act to the listed organizations; provide short title; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 86) on 04/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the certification of sober living homes and declaring an emergency. [HB-134]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define "sober living homes"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide access to a certification program for sober living homes; require the cabinet to develop and make available on its Web site a directory of certified sober living homes; permit the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; require the cabinet to report on progress by December 1, 2020; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-24]
Appropriate to the Department of Veterans' Affairs $2,500,000 from the General Fund in fiscal year 2019-2020 for design and preconstruction costs for the Bowling Green Veterans Center; stipulate that appropriations in this Act shall be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 7) on 03/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elimination of the certificate of need and declaring an emergency. [HB-83]
Amend KRS 13B.020 to delete reference to certificate of need hearings; amend KRS 194A.010 to delete reference to the certificate of need and the state health plan; amend KRS 194A.030 to delete reference to the certificate of need; amend KRS 211.192 to correct a statutory citation; amend KRS 205.634 to delete requirement for certificate of need; amend KRS 216.361 to delete requirement for certificate of need; amend KRS 216.380 to delete requirement for certificate of need and reference to the state health plan; amend KRS 216.560 to correct a statutory
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public health, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-129]
Create new sections of KRS 211.180 to 211.190 to establish definitions; establish the amount of funds to be allocated to and used by local health departments in Kentucky for employment, services, and programs; amend KRS 194A.050, 211.180, 211.357, 211.976, 217.125, and 217.811 to establish new requirements of allowable fees; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 21) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation and declaring an emergency. [SB-72]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define "female genital mutilation" and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on female genital mutilation; amend KRS 311.595 to require a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 74) on 04/02/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unfair trade practices in the negotiation and offer of contracts for the provision of health care services and declaring an emergency. [SB-70]
Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit certain practices by insurers in the negotiation and offer of contracts for the provision of health care services; establish penalties for violation of section; amend KRS 205.532 to require Medicaid managed care organizations to comply with new section; amend KRS 304.17A-700 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 01/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to retirement costs for Kentucky Retirement Systems employers, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-171]
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 61.565 to change the Kentucky Employees Retirement System's nonhazardous employer contribution payable on or after July 1, 2020, from a percentage of pay for both the normal cost contribution and the actuarially accrued liability contribution to a normal cost that is a percent of pay and an actuarially accrued liability contribution that is a set dollar amount; provide that the set dollar amount for the actuarially accrued liability contribution for KERS nonhazardous funds shall be allocated to each individual employer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Returned To State & Local Government (s) on 03/19/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-50]
Amend KRS 158.785, relating to the management of local school districts, to include criteria to review when completing a management audit; require the chief state school officer to provide a local district with written deficiencies found through the management audit and corrective actions and a time frame for completion in order to exit assistance; specify that a district can only be a "state managed district" after at least two years of unsuccessful assistance, criminal malfeasance, or insolvency; restrict the chief state school officer's authority
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020