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 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 Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to prepayment review of Medicaid claims. [SB-153]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms and to establish standards for the utilization of prepayment claims review in the Medicaid program; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary and comply with KRS 205.525.
SB-153: AN ACT relating to prepayment review of Medicaid claims.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Placed In The Orders Of The Day on 03/14/2025
AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. [HB-501]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements for pharmacists when dispensing prescriptions in the event of a practitioner's death.
HB-501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 161) on 04/10/2025
AN ACT relating to chronic pain treatments. [HB-506]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Insurance ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discuss and refer or prescribe alternative chronic pain treatments before
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HB-506: AN ACT relating to chronic pain treatments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Moore
To Health Services (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT relating to human gene therapy products and declaring an emergency. [HB-469]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to establish legislative intent; define terms; establish that a person in the Commonwealth shall not administer, by any route or modality, any human gene therapy product for any infectious disease indication, regardless of whether the administration is termed an immunization, vaccine, or any other term; exempt human gene therapy products used to treat cancer or genetic disorders; sunset the provisions on July 1, 2035, unless extended by the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.
HB-469: AN ACT relating to human gene therapy products and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Health Services (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to reproductive health care. [HB-418]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define terms; establish privacy protections for a woman seeking reproductive health care outside of the Commonwealth; establish protections for any person or entity assisting a woman seeking reproductive health care out of the Commonwealth; establish a civil cause of action for violations; waive sovereign immunity protections of the Commonwealth.
HB-418: AN ACT relating to reproductive health care.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to reproductive privacy. [HB-419]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish reproductive rights and define terms; amend KRS 18A.225 to remove the prohibition of insurance coverage for abortion; amend KRS 39A.180 to allow the Governor to suspend statutes related to abortion during a declared emergency; amend KRS 156.496 to allow a school district to operate a family resource center that provides abortion counseling; amend KRS 205.010 to permit financial aid for an abortion; amend KRS 205.510 to include abortions or induced miscarriages as medical care; amend KRS 205.560
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HB-419: AN ACT relating to reproductive privacy.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [HB-423]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to define terms; prohibit insurers of health benefit plans from requiring prior authorization for a health care service for which the provider has an exemption; require insurers of health benefit plans to establish a program under which participating providers may qualify for exemptions from prior authorization; establish mandatory and permitted provisions of an insurer's prior authorization exemption program; establish requirements for sending forms and notices; require the commissioner of the
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HB-423: AN ACT relating to prior authorization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Passed Over And Retained In The Orders Of The Day on 03/28/2025
AN ACT relating to utilization controls for nonopioid analgesics in the Medicaid program. [SB-128]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services, any Medicaid managed care organization contracted by the department, and the Medicaid state pharmacy benefit manager from denying coverage for a nonopioid analgesic in favor of opioid analgesic or establishing more restrictive or more extensive utilization controls for nonopioid analgesics than the least restrictive or extensive utilization controls for any opioid or narcotic analgesic.
SB-128: AN ACT relating to utilization controls for nonopioid analgesics in the Medicaid program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Health Services (s) on 02/13/2025
AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency. [HB-426]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age, a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020, or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health
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HB-426: AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency. [SB-132]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals;
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SB-132: AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Douglas
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
AN ACT relating to perinatal palliative care. [HB-414]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Insurance ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require all hospitals offering obstetric services and alternative birthing centers to provide or make referrals for perinatal palliative care; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for perinatal palliative care; 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 postsecondary institution to its employees, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health
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HB-414: AN ACT relating to perinatal palliative care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walker Thomas
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
AN ACT relating to patient-directed care at the end of life. [HB-408]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill patient's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; establish conditions required to make request; permit patient to rescind request at any time; permit an attending physician to provide medication; establish requirements for attending physician to inform patients and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified patients; require report by the Cabinet for Health
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HB-408: AN ACT relating to patient-directed care at the end of life.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/12/2025
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [HB-389]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Amend KRS 205.529, 218A.172, 218A.205, and 304.17A.165 to remove references to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone; amend KRS 218A.010 to add optometrist and physician assistant to the definition of "practitioner" licensed in other states; amend KRS 218A.182 to exempt charitable health care practitioners from electronic prescription requirement; amend KRS 218A.202 to require an active account with the electronic monitoring system be maintained by practitioners or pharmacists prescribing or dispensing Schedule II, III, IV,
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HB-389: AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
AN ACT relating to utility disconnection protections. [HB-326]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is exceeded; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection of service on holidays and weekends,
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HB-326: AN ACT relating to utility disconnection protections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to reproduction. [HB-348]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to protect access to assisted reproductive technology; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to declare that a fertilized human egg or human embryo that exists outside of the uterus of a human body shall not be considered an unborn child, a minor child, a natural person, or any other term that connotes a human being for any purpose under state law.
HB-348: AN ACT relating to reproduction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to physical therapy. [HB-255]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 327, relating to the practice and regulation of physical therapy, to state legislative findings; allow a physical therapist to refer a patient for tests or examination; require a practitioner or employer to report a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor; require potential board members to not have been under any disciplinary action in the past five years; permit the Board of Physical Therapy to purchase professional liability insurance; authorize the board
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HB-255: AN ACT relating to physical therapy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton
Reported Favorably, To Rules on 03/27/2025
AN ACT relating to conversion therapy. [SB-94]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (cabinet) to prohibit the direct or indirect use of state and federal funds for the practice of conversion therapy on minors; require state agencies to report providers engaged in conversion therapy efforts with a minor to the appropriate professional certification or licensing board; require the cabinet to update relevant policies and procedures to reflect the prohibition of conversion therapy on minors and to convey the dangers of conversion
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SB-94: AN ACT relating to conversion therapy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Health Services (s) on 02/06/2025