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SB103 - AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers.
Shelley Frommeyer, John Schickel, Julie Adams
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers' Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed, and to delineate medical malpractice insurance requirements for centers; exempt a center with no more than four beds from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; state intent not to limit or expand liability of a center or health care provider or facility; add requirement for medical malpractice insurance for freestanding birthing centers; prohibit abortions in freestanding birthing centers; amend KRS 216B.015 to include freestanding birthing centers in the definition of "health facility"; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, and 216.2970 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB12 - AN ACT relating to the Kentucky child tax credit.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, David Yates
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable Kentucky child tax credit for taxpayers with qualifying children under the age of six; authorize a maximum credit of $1,000 per qualifying child for individuals with income below $50,000 for single taxpayers and $100,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly; provide that individuals with incomes above the specified thresholds may be eligible for a reduced child tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the tax credit.
STATUS
Introduced
SB40 - AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools and making an appropriation therefor.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, Reginald Thomas, David Yates
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out this section; provide that the section shall be null and void if the community eligibility provision is terminated by the United States Department of Agriculture; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Proud School Match Act; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
SR87 - A RESOLUTION recognizing January 23, 2024, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Recognize January 23, 2024, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day.
STATUS
Passed
SB97 - AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for diapers.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, Julie Adams, Karen Berg
Last updated 9 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "clothing" and "diaper"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax.
STATUS
Introduced
SB67 - AN ACT relating to guardian ad litem fees.
Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require a guardian ad litem that is appointed for any minor child in certain enumerated court proceedings covered in KRS Chapter 403 to receive a reasonable fee to be fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 456 to require a guardian ad litem appointed for any minor child in any court proceeding covered in KRS Chapter 456 to receive a reasonable fee to be fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
STATUS
Introduced
SR60 - A RESOLUTION honoring the agencies and organizations who combat human trafficking.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, Karen Berg, Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Honor the agencies and organizations who combat human trafficking.
STATUS
Passed
SB109 - AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and declaring an emergency.
Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 164.7879 to increase the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship base amount for each eligible grade point average; increase the supplemental award amounts; require a supplemental award for eligible Cambridge Advanced International scores; increase the award amount for an eligible student enrolled in a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program; amend KRS 164.7874, 164.7881, 164.7884, and 164.7885 to conform; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
SB96 - AN ACT relating to expungement.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, David Yates
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to create a process for automatic expungement of misdemeanors, violations, and traffic infractions after five years if conditions are met; require the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Administrative Office of the Courts to begin administering the automatic expungement process in August 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB89 - AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for certified professional midwifery services.
Shelley Frommeyer, Casey Chambers Armstrong, Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid Services to provide coverage for certified professional midwifery services that are provided by a licensed certified professional midwife; 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.
STATUS
Engrossed
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