Physicians And Practitioners

State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to physician assistants. [SB-88] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 311.840 to define terms; amend KRS 311.842, 311.848, 311.850 311.862, 202A.011, 202C.010, 216B.175, and 600.020 to change references to "supervising physician" to "collaborating physician" to conform; amend KRS 311.858 to list the services a physician assistant may provide, and require a physician assistant to consult and collaborate with or refer a patient to an appropriate licensed physician as indicated by the patient's condition and the standard of care; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to establish requirements for a collaboration (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 02/06/2025

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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to children. [SB-90] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Education ]
Amend KRS 158.1415 to remove provisions related to parental rights and courses, curriculums, or programs on human sexuality; provide for a process for parents to opt out of their child receiving instruction on the subject of human sexuality; amend KRS 158.191 to remove language limiting Kentucky Board of Education or Department of Education policies regarding student confidential information and the use of pronouns; require a local school district to use pronouns for students upon a request from a parent along with a note from a medical provider (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg To Education (s) on 02/06/2025

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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to sexual assault emergency response training. [HB-219] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 216B.400 to require hospitals that offer emergency services to develop and provide training for emergency department staff on sexual assault emergency response requirements, protocols, and resources; amend KRS 314.011 and 403.707 to conform.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Raymer Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 8) on 03/12/2025

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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to health care. [HB-305] [Healthcare ] [Education ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 164.0401 to add physician assistant license, dietitian license, and nutritionist certificate to the definition of "eligible healthcare credential"; amend KRS 164.0403 to limit healthcare training scholarship awards to applicants enrolled in a state registered nursing aide training and competency evaluation program; prohibit employment restrictions in healthcare training scholarships awarded to applicants enrolled in a state registered nursing aide training and competency evaluation program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 150) on 04/01/2025

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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to abortion. [HB-203] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, and 311.781 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.725, 311.727, 311.732, 311.7706, 311.772, 311.780, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when the unborn child has a lethal fetal anomaly and delineate additional medical circumstances for the performance of an abortion; allow an abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the abortion occurs no later than six weeks after the first day of the woman's last menstrual period; amend KRS 311.800 to provide for an abortion in a publicly owned hospital under (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025

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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to dental benefit plans. [HB-210] [Insurance ] [Healthcare ] [Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply to policies, plans, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 147) on 04/01/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-166] [Workers' Compensation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/04/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-174] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to gender transition services. [HB-154] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms;prohibit health care providers from accepting payment or reimbursement for gender transition services from a state or local government or Medicare, except when specific conditions exist; require licensing or certifying agencies to revoke a health care provider's license for a violation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 and Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304, and amend KRS 18A.225, 164.2871, and 304.17C-125 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP), state (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to public health and safety. [HB-140] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 214.450 to define "autologous donation" and "directed donation"; amend KRS 214.452 to require blood establishments to test for spike proteins, antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and synthetic mRNA; require additional screening questions for blood donors; add to the list of conditions requiring the refusal or sale of blood; provide that a person shall not be compelled to donate blood; require blood establishments to inform donors of the potential uses for donations; require blood to be sold to hospitals before (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway Withdrawn on 02/12/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to physical therapy. [HB-117] [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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Neighbors Withdrawn on 02/04/2025

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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to maternal health disparities in perinatal care. [HB-43] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights and implement an evidence-based maternal health disparities program for all health providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; require the Department for Public Health to track data on pregnancy-related and severe morbidity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown To Families & Children (h) on 02/04/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-75] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to maternal health and declaring an emergency. [HB-90] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Insurance ] [Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers; establish criteria for a medical director; establish requirements for obtaining written informed consent; require a written patient transfer agreement with a hospital that provides obstetric services; require a written patient transfer agreement with an emergency medical transportation service; exempt a center (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 121) on 03/28/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers. [SB-17] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers; establish criteria for a medical director; establish requirements for obtaining written informed consent; require a written patient transfer agreement with a hospital that provides obstetric services; require a written patient transfer agreement with an emergency medical transportation service; exempt a center (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal Reported Favorably, To Rules on 03/12/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care. [SB-13] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll Received In House on 02/19/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to health care. [SB-27] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Data Privacy ] [Science ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; direct the secretary of the cabinet to establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Committee and make appointments; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to designate Parkinson's disease and the identified Parkinsonisms as diseases that are required to be reported to the cabinet, establish a system of collection and dissemination of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 85) on 03/25/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to exceptions to restrictions on maternal healthcare. [SB-35] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, 311.781, and 311.787 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.727, 311.732, 311.735, 311.7706, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when there is a lethal fetal anomaly or the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside the womb, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the fetus has not reached viability as determined in the good-faith medical judgment of the physician; amend KRS 311.782 to establish a rebuttable presumption that the physician complied with the requirements of the section; amend KRS (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas Introduced In Senate on 01/07/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to sickle cell disease. [SB-41] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require each hospital licensed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish policies and procedures to improve care for sickle cell disease patients, develop programs to prevent and address addiction risks for sickle cell disease patients, and provide patients with education and resources by January 1, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal To Health Services (s) on 01/09/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the regulation of medical imaging and radiation therapy. [HB-40] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 311B.020 to add and amend definitions; amend KRS 311B.030 to add magnetic resonance imaging technologists, diagnostic medical sonographers, and student medical imaging technologists to the Kentucky Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy; amend KRS 311B.050 to add authority to recognize and enforce nationally recognized professional organizations and certifying bodies and issue advisory opinions; amend KRS 311B.090 to add non-ionizing and exempt ultrasounds for therapeutic, non-medical or keepsake ultrasounds from requirements; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Neighbors To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025

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