AN ACT relating to blood donation. [HB-601]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 214.452 to add receipt of a COVID -19 vaccine to the blood donor risk factor statement collected by a blood establishment; amend KRS 214.458 to add donor receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine to the donor identification information affixed to a unit of donated blood; add that except in an emergency, a patient be informed if the donor of the blood to be transfused had received a COVID-19 vaccine.
HB-601: AN ACT relating to blood donation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Dotson
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to certificate of need. [HB-609]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 216B.020, relating to certificates of need, to reformat the list of facilities and services exempt from certificate of need provisions; amend KRS 216B.095 to require rather than permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to grant a nonsubstantive review to listed health facilities and services; add a presumption of need and state health plan consistency to health facilities and services granted a nonsubstantive review; amend KRS 216B.062 to prohibit the cabinet from batching applications for certificate of need applications that
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HB-609: AN ACT relating to certificate of need.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Michael Nemes
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to pregnant inmates. [SB-226]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 196.173 to allow an inmate who is known to be pregnant or who has given birth in the last six weeks access to reasonable accommodations for the provision of available certified professional midwifery services or doula services.
SB-226: AN ACT relating to pregnant inmates.
Sponsored by: Sen. Keturah Herron
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
AN ACT relating to social work. [HB-658]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 335.010 to remove outdated provisions that established an amnesty period related to disciplinary action, administrative fees, or fines for unlicensed social workers; amend KRS 335.020 to redefine the "practice of social work" and define "practice of clinical social work"; amend KRS 335.070 to allow the Kentucky Board of Social Work to promulgate administrative regulations relating to provisional license for students; amend KRS 335.080, 335.090, and 335.100, relating to the licensure requirements for certified social workers, licensed social
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HB-658: AN ACT relating to social work.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Bratcher
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings. [HB-627]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic, diagnostic and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; to suspend the coverage requirement
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HB-627: AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to ivermectin for human use. [HB-668]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to permit the sale or purchase of ivermectin that's been approved for human use without a prescription from a practitioner.
HB-668: AN ACT relating to ivermectin for human use.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to nonsubstantive review of certificate of need. [SB-192]
[Healthcare ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B allowing certain local governments to request nonsubstantive review for certificate of need for provision of services; mandate 30 days for approval; repeal KRS 216B.010, relating to the legislative findings and purpose of KRS Chapter 216B.
SB-192: AN ACT relating to nonsubstantive review of certificate of need.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
To Health Services (s) on 02/20/2025
AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy. [HB-633]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for counseling interventions for pregnant and postpartum persons at increased risk of perinatal depression, including persons who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program,
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HB-633: AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors. [SB-261]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Amend KRS 532.045, relating to defendants prohibited from probation, to include alcohol and drug counselors licensed or certified under KRS Chapter 309 in the definition of "position of authority."
SB-261: AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
Withdrawn on 03/13/2025
AN ACT relating to marriage and family therapists. [SB-222]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 335.330 to require the board to review and approve applications within the specified time frames and to issue licenses within two weeks of application completion date; amend KRS 335.332 to allow an approved acting supervisor to assume responsibility for an associate practitioner receiving qualifying experience; amend KRS 335.340 to require the board to issue renewal license within two weeks of request receipt; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to mandate reciprocal licensure of a practitioner licensed in another state when
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SB-222: AN ACT relating to marriage and family therapists.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 02/20/2025
AN ACT relating to health care. [HB-688]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 314.041, relating to registered nurse licensure, and KRS 314.051, relating to licensed practical nurse licensure, to permit rather than require the board to issue credentials; amend KRS 314.042 to require physicians collaborating with an advanced practice registered nurse to have an active and unrestricted license in Kentucky; amend KRS 314.109 to reduce the time from 90 to 30 days for a person under the jurisdiction of the board to notify the board of a conviction of certain misdemeanors or felonies; amend KRS 209.032, relating to employees
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HB-688: AN ACT relating to health care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2025
AN ACT relating to certificate of need. [SB-217]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 216B.020 to add various health facilities and services to the list of health facilities and services that are exempt from certificate of need requirements; amend KRS 216B.065 to exempt various health facilities and services from acquisition of facilities or major medical equipment notification and certificate of need requirements; amend KRS 216.380 to conform.
SB-217: AN ACT relating to certificate of need.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
Introduced In Senate on 02/18/2025
AN ACT relating to opioid antagonists. [HB-547]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 217.186 to require each public postsecondary educational institution to provide access to opioid antagonists on campus; permit access to be provided by emergency opioid antagonist cabinets; permit application for funds from the opioid abatement trust fund and other available sources to coordinate, maintain, and supply the opioid antagonists; amend KRS 15.291 to add providing access to opioid antagonists on the campuses of public postsecondary educational institutions to the list of projects that may be provided with funding from the opioid
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HB-547: AN ACT relating to opioid antagonists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to psychotropic drugs. [HB-572]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; require Medicaid-enrolled providers prescribing psychotropic drugs to children to provide an FDA Medication Guide to parents or legal guardians; require medical care providers prescribing psychotropic drugs to children covered by Medicaid to obtain signed informed consent from a parent of guardian; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and maintain an adverse drug reaction online reporting system; require the cabinet to compile and submit an annual report of the adverse
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HB-572: AN ACT relating to psychotropic drugs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis. [HB-571]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 218B.010 to add additional qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.025 to exempt medicinal cannabis resulting from at-home cultivation activities from possession limits and from the requirement that medicinal cannabis be kept in the original container received from a dispensary; amend KRS 218B.030 to conform; amend KRS 218B.035 to permit the use or consumption of medicinal cannabis by smoking while located on private property owned by the cardholder; amend KRS 218B.080 to conform; amend KRS 218B.140
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HB-571: AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to vaccines. [SB-177]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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; prohibit any COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine to be administered in the Commonwealth to a minor child under the age of 18 years; sunset the provisions that relate to a minor child
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SB-177: AN ACT relating to vaccines.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Health Services (s) on 02/19/2025
AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors. [HB-580]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Amend KRS 309.0836 to require temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialist licensees to become registered alcohol and drug peer support specialists after a maximum period of nine months from the date of issuance; amend KRS 222.233 to delete the requirement that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services promulgate an administrative regulation relating to reimbursement for temporary alcohol and drug peer specialists and require limitation on group size.
HB-580: AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/14/2025
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program. [HB-556]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall implement, staff, and operate the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.
HB-556: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025