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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to supports for pregnant women and children and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-380]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Insurance ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for the coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with the special enrollment requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid to cover lactation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Introduced In House on 01/25/2024
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AN ACT relating to aerospace infrastructure, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-345]
[Aerospace ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establish the membership of the committee; establish the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense investment fund to be administered by the Council for Postsecondary Education for the purpose of funding public and private partnerships to provide aviation training scholarships and aviation and aerospace equipment grants; require that the portion of the fund expended towards the council's administrative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny R. Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/13/2024
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AN ACT relating to aerospace infrastructure, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [SB-127]
[Aerospace ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establishes the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establishes the membership of the committee; establishes the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense investment fund to be administered by the Council for Postsecondary Education for the purpose of funding public and private partnerships to provide aviation training scholarships and aviation and aerospace equipment grants; requires that the portion of the fund expended toward the council’s administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor on 04/05/2024
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AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions. [HB-340]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "children's diapers," "clothing," "diaper," "feminine hygiene product," "incontinence product", "incontinence underpad" and "pad, liner, and booster pad"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, diapers, feminine hygiene products, and incontinence products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after August
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
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AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health and substance use disorders. [HB-339]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-665 to define terms; require certain health plans to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorder; establish requirements relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits and utilization review; amend KRS 304.17A-661 to require the commissioner of insurance to enforce the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 304.17A-665 to require the commissioner
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reports submitted to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue. [HB-324]
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[Taxes ]
Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to modify reporting requirements for various state agencies to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; repeal KRS 342.231 and 176.5066, relating to reports.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Received In Senate on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to postsecondary education and declaring an emergency. [HB-9]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from influencing the composition of the student body or scholarship recipients on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from implementing a student housing assignment plan on the basis of religion, race, color, or national origin with designated exceptions; from expending any resources on
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny R. Bentley
Floor Amendments (1), (2) And (3) Filed on 02/14/2024
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AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [HB-317]
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[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define "health care provider"; 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 a health care provider
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Taken From Banking & Insurance (h) on 03/12/2024
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AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life. [HB-285]
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[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making the request; permit individual to rescind the request at any time; permit an attending health care provider to provide medication; establish requirements for the attending health care provider to inform individuals and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified individuals; require
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/17/2024
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AN ACT relating to child abuse. [HB-271]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Amends KRS 600.020 to define “safety plan” and “statewide reporting system”; amends KRS 620.023 to allow a court access to a child’s protection and permanency record; amends KRS 620.030 to allow a person to make a written report of dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child, to allow child dependency, neglect, or abuse reports to be submitted electronically, and to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services establish a statewide reporting system for making reports of child dependency, neglect, and abuse via phone call or written report
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Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Rae Heavrin
Signed By Governor on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to obesity treatment. [HB-273]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity and inform Medicaid enrollees of the availability of the coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on efforts to reduce and manage obesity; require the report to be made public on the cabinet's website; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal control officers. [HB-253]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child; provide that the Act may be cited as Kyan's Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal control officers. [SB-106]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
To Families & Children (s) on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-225]
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Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and independently; amend KRS 156.010 to include career and technical education; amend KRS 160.345 to remove the reporting requirement relating to physical activity of students; amend KRS 157.065 to remove the reporting requirement relating to participation in breakfast programs; amend KRS 424.250 to reflect
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Lewis
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-5]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is stolen, defaced, loaded with restricted ammunition, or otherwise violates state law; amend KRS 610.070 to require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian to be present at court proceedings involving a child in the juvenile justice system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish penalty; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny R. Bentley
Received In House on 04/12/2024
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AN ACT relating to bus safety. [SB-90]
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[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 156.153 to define "danger zone"; direct the Department of Education to consider requiring the installation of school bus sensors and interior cameras on new school buses purchased on or after July 1, 2025; direct the Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Department of Education to submit a report on the availability and effectiveness of school bus sensors to the Legislative Research Commission by June 30, 2025; amend KRS 189.540 to conform; amend KRS 281.635 to encourage cities to install safety
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Transportation (s) on 01/10/2024
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AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [SB-91]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
Delete original provisions; amend enacted 2024 RS HB 1, HB 6, and HB 265 to provide additional appropriations and provisions for various programs and projects; make stand-alone supplemental appropriations; establish various conditions for supplemental appropriations; amend KRS 45A.100 to increase the threshold for small purchases by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, state institutions of higher education, and the legislative branch of government; amend KRS 45A.190 to increase the performance bond threshold for certain construction contracts
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 223) on 04/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-94]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review licensing practices for nurses and physicians
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/10/2024
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AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-192]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and issue a civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit when a bona fide worker is present; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations
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Sponsored by: Rep. John C. Blanton
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marijuana. [SB-73]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces, or five plants, of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; amend KRS 218A.276 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EFFECTIVE, in part; January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/08/2024