SCR-61: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to explore ways to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement to improve health outcomes of Kentuckians.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Received In House on 02/28/2025
You have voted SCR-61: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to explore ways to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement to improve health outcomes of Kentuckians..
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
Opioid Antagonist Availability & State Board of Health [SB-164]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Concerning opioid antagonists with a primary focus on the youth opioid epidemic, and, in connection therewith, clarifying requirements for school policies about possession and administration of opioid antagonists, requiring the state board of health to determine who a prescriber may prescribe or dispense an opioid antagonist to, and requiring the state board to consult with the Colorado youth advisory council on issues relating to the youth opioid epidemic.
SB-164: Opioid Antagonist Availability & State Board of Health
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Governor Signed on 05/05/2025
Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions [HB-1502]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Renaming the AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program to be the HIV Prevention Syringe Services Program; altering the duties of the Program to provide for the safe distribution of syringes and hypodermic needles and account for the number of hypodermic needles and syringes exchanged and distributed by the Baltimore City Health Department; altering the membership and duties of the Program's oversight committee; altering the immunity provided to Program staff and participants; etc.
HB-1502: Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 758 on 05/20/2025
AN ACT relating to rabies vaccinations. [HB-527]
[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 258.005 to define "veterinarian" and "veterinary technician"; amend KRS 258.015 to authorize a Kentucky-licensed veterinary technician to vaccinate a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies; require that a Kentucky-licensed veterinary technician authorized to vaccinate a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies be under the direct supervision of a veterinarian that is located on the premises of the facility.
HB-527: AN ACT relating to rabies vaccinations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
Received In Senate on 03/12/2025
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the environment. [HB-470]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Propose to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a right of the people to have a healthy environment, including a right to clean air, pure water, and ecologically healthy habitats; declare the Commonwealth's natural resources, among them its air, water, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, the common property of all people, including generations yet to come; establish that as trustee of the environment and its natural resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people; provide ballot
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HB-470: AN ACT proposing to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the environment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/14/2025
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 school nutrition. [HB-439]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.850 to define terms; ban schools from selling or providing ultra-processed foods during the school day.
HB-439: AN ACT relating to school nutrition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to public health hygienists. [HB-449]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 313.040 to allow dental hygienists associated with in-state colleges or universities to practice as a public health hygienist.
HB-449: AN ACT relating to public health hygienists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Freeland
3rd Reading, Passed 93-0 on 03/07/2025
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity [HB-1489]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients of the coverage requirements.
HB-1489: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
Regulation of Medical Nutrition Therapy [HB-1220]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Concerning the regulation of medical nutrition therapy, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
HB-1220: Regulation of Medical Nutrition Therapy
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Governor Vetoed on 05/23/2025