AN ACT relating to psychologists. [HB-59]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 319.020 to expand the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology from nine members to 11 members; make one of the new members a doctoral-level psychologist and the other a masters-level psychologist; amend KRS 319.030 to require the board to submit its annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and post the report on its website; include both the average and modal time it takes the board to issue or deny a license and to complete the disciplinary process; amend KRS 319.050 to require an applicant to pass examinations related to
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HB-59: AN ACT relating to psychologists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to protecting access to in vitro fertilization. [SB-373]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to limit the liability of facilities that provide procedures related to in vitro fertilization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to limit the liability of health care providers that perform procedures related to in vitro fertilization.
SB-373: AN ACT relating to protecting access to in vitro fertilization.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
To Health Services (s) on 03/01/2024
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [SB-296]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "medical professional"; amend KRS 342.020 to provide that failure to submit a statement for services within 45 days may render the statement for services ineligible and that denial of a claim shall toll the requirements to submit the statement for services; amend KRS 342.033 to delete "physician" and insert "medical professional" to allow medical professionals to provide direct testimony through a written medical report; amend KRS 342.125 to allow an administrative law judge to reopen and review any award or order for
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SB-296: AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/29/2024
AN ACT relating to assisted reproduction. [SB-301]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to state that there shall be no criminal liability against a provider engaged in assisted reproduction who meets the professional standard of care.
SB-301: AN ACT relating to assisted reproduction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 02/29/2024
AN ACT relating to health service providers. [SB-324]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "covenant not to compete," "employee," and "health service provider"; prohibit a health service provider from requiring an employee to enter a covenant not to compete; set forth civil remedy, damages that can be recovered, and limitations to bring claim; require notice of prohibited covenant not to compete be posted by the health service provider; prohibit an employer from retaliating against an employee for bringing a civil action; make any covenant not to complete void and unenforceable.
SB-324: AN ACT relating to health service providers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Health Services (s) on 02/29/2024
AN ACT relating to victims of crime. [SB-319]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Amends KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amends KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amends KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amends KRS 49.330 to increase access for victims to file claims; amends KRS 49.340 to limit the time for an investigation; amends KRS 49.350 to allow a claim in default to be revived; amends KRS 49.360 to increase the allowable amount of emergency awards; amends KRS 49.370 to raise award limits and expand the
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SB-319: AN ACT relating to victims of crime.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 67) on 04/04/2024
AN ACT relating to abortion. [HB-711]
[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
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HB-711: AN ACT relating to abortion.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system. [HB-764]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Amend KRS 205.529 to remove reference to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone in the program for synchronization of medications; amend KRS 218A.010 to add optometrist and physician assistant to the definition of "practitioner"; amend KRS 218A.172 to remove reference to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone in the medications regulated; amend KRS 218A.182 to add charitable health care providers to the exemption from the requirement for an electronic prescription for a controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.202
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HB-764: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Duvall
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [SB-270]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define "health care provider" and "health care service"; make conforming amendments; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to establish eligibility criteria and requirements for prior authorization exemptions; establish requirements for rescinding prior authorization exemptions; set forth requirements for external reviews of prior authorization exemption denials and rescissions; establish requirements for sending forms and notices to health care providers; provide that nothing shall be construed to authorize
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SB-270: AN ACT relating to prior authorization.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/28/2024
AN ACT relating to reproduction. [HB-757]
[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-757: AN ACT relating to reproduction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
AN ACT relating to network participation by medical laboratories. [HB-677]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-270 to include medical laboratories in the definition of "provider"; amend KRS 205.522 to require the state Medicaid program to comply with any willing provider law; make technical amendments; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain any necessary waiver.
HB-677: AN ACT relating to network participation by medical laboratories.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/15/2024
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.
HB-675: AN ACT relating to early intervention services for children.
Sponsored by: Rep. Killian Timoney
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency. [SB-239]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Ethics ]
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 medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board
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SB-239: AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Received In House on 03/22/2024
AN ACT relating to children. [SB-238]
[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
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SB-238: AN ACT relating to children.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Education (s) on 02/22/2024
AN ACT relating to health care trade practices. [HB-589]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[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; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers providing coverage for dental services to honor assignments; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.17C-085 to modify the definition of "noncovered service"; prohibit a contractual waiver of the section; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply
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HB-589: AN ACT relating to health care trade practices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
Introduced In House on 02/20/2024