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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to cosmetology. [HB-793] [Consumer Protection ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 317A.120 to require examinations for licensure to be offered in English, Vietnamese, and Spanish.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 02/26/2024

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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to employer requirements for victims of domestic abuse. [HB-824] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms related to employer requirements for victims of domestic violence; require employers to grant leave from work for employees who seek protection or treatment for themselves or a family member due to dating violence and abuse, domestic violence and abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking; require that employees give their employers advance notice when feasible before taking leave or by the end of the first day in which the employee takes leave when advance notice is not feasible; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton Introduced In House on 02/26/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to child-care centers. [HB-775] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart Introduced In House on 02/26/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Department of Highways. [HB-703] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Real Estate ] [Construction ]
Amend KRS 176.050 to allow the Department of Highways to establish professional service contracts with real estate brokers and appraisers to provide lawful right of way services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn McPherson Introduced In House on 02/26/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to licensed occupations. [HB-766] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to require the licensing authorities of healthcare occupations to collect workforce participation data during the annual, biennial, or triennial licensure renewal process.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to teacher certification and declaring an emergency. [SB-265] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Children and Youth ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish a teacher induction and mentor program, to require that the Education Professional Standards Board develop standards and guidance for the program, develop evaluations for new teachers, and submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission; amends KRS 161.030 to direct that an individual who completes a preparation program and passes the required assessments shall receive a five-year professional certificate, to provide that an out-of-state teacher who passes the required assessments (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 124) on 04/09/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to social work. [SB-255] [Healthcare ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Human Services ]
Retain original provisions; require a social worker to make a reasonable attempt to verify the identity of a client; require the use of non-public facing HIPAA compliant technology products.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 53) on 04/04/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to child care. [HB-672] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Human Services ]
Amend KRS 199.894 to define "contract substitute staff member"; amend KRS 199.8943 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop standards and training related to the quality-based graduated early childhood rating system; amend KRS 199.896 to establish various child-care center licensure exceptions related to contract substitute staff members, and remove exemptions for instructional programs for school-age children.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson Introduced In House on 02/22/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to early intervention services for children. [HB-675] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Amend KRS 200.666, related to requirements for personnel development, to provide that training activities for licensed providers of early intervention services for children are offered by various licensure boards.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Killian Timoney Introduced In House on 02/22/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to child-care centers. [SB-236] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West To Families & Children (s) on 02/22/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to mobile barber licensure. [SB-237] [Consumer Protection ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ]
Amend KRS 317.410 to define "mobile barber shop"; amend KRS 317.420 to restrict a person from operating a mobile barber shop without being licensed by the Kentucky Board of Barbering; amend KRS 317.430 to authorize the board to govern mobile barber shops; amend KRS 317.440 to direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations governing the location and housing of mobile barber shops, requirements regarding its operation, and inspection criteria for mobile barber shops; direct the board to establish on its website a system that allows licensees (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 02/22/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to a provisional license to practice medicine. [HB-574] [Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 311.571 to allow and add requirements for a physician licensed to practice medicine in another country to obtain a provisional license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth; add requirements for a provisional license to convert to a regular license; add conditions for the Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a provisional license.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Introduced In House on 02/15/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to contraceptives. [HB-536] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; provide rights related to access to contraception; create private right of action; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond Introduced In House on 02/14/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to wages for employment. [HB-539] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to make it a discriminatory employment action if an employer asks questions about previous salary or wages, relies on previous salary when setting a new salary, or refuses to hire if an applicant does not provide previous salary, except to allow a request for information voluntarily provided in response to an offer of employment; allow previous salary to be considered when required by law, for internal transfers, and for public employee positions; require notice to be posted for employees; amend KRS 337.990 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond Introduced In House on 02/14/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to early childhood education. [SB-203] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Community Development ] [Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to offer an associate degree program in interdisciplinary early childhood education entrepreneurship; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish the Division of Regulated Early Childhood Education within the Office of Inspector General within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish the Division of Early Childhood Education within the Department for Community Based Services within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams 2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/28/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to social work. [HB-525] [Healthcare ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Human Services ]
Amend KRS 335.158 to establish requirements and standards for the provision of social work services via telehealth.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Randall Bridges Introduced In House on 02/13/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to roofing contractors and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-527] [Construction ] [Housing ] [Consumer Protection ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; establish licensing for roofing contractors under the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; prohibit any persons not licensed under this department from holding himself or herself out as a roofing contractor; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize the department to issue a license for roofing contractors; establish fee limitations; establish requirements for applicants; authorize the department to implement disciplinary actions; establish (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg Introduced In House on 02/13/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors. [HB-505] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish requirements for providing alcohol and drug treatment and behavioral health service providers and to require the cabinet to seek federal approval if it determines that such approval is necessary; creates a new section of Chapter 309 to establish criteria for registration as a temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialist; amends KRS 309.080, 309.0805, 309.0813, 309.083, 309.0841, 309.0842, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 89) on 04/05/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services. [HB-484] [Healthcare ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Education ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to establish the emergency medical services education grant program under the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to be used for student tuition support, agency support, and emergency medical services training or educational institution support.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 217) on 04/19/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to cosmetology. [HB-468] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 317A.130 to allow cosmetologists and nail technicians to use callus graters for callus removal.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon Introduced In House on 02/06/2024

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