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SCR111 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION calling upon Governor Andy Beshear to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott in securing the Texas border.
Johnnie L. Turner, Lindsey Tichenor, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 10 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Call upon Governor Andy Beshear to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott in securing the Texas border.
STATUS
Introduced
SR94 - A RESOLUTION honoring the 20th Black History Celebration and recognizing that Black history is American history.
Gerald A. Neal, Julie Adams, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 10 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Honor the 20th Black History Celebration and recognize that Black history is American history.
STATUS
Introduced
SB295 - AN ACT relating to vaccines.
Lindsey Tichenor, Steve West, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB316 - AN ACT relating to littering and making an appropriation therefor.
Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of Subchapter 43 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish the Keep Kentucky Free of Litter fund and set up a cash awards program for the 20 peace officers with the highest conviction numbers related to littering; create new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A to add a fee of $100 to court costs for convictions related to littering for Circuit and District Courts amend KRS 433.753, 512.010, and 512.070 to include cigarettes within the scope of litter.
STATUS
Introduced
SB189 - AN ACT relating to veterinary medicine programs at comprehensive universities.
Jason G. Howell, Robert M. Mills, Jared K. Carpenter
Last updated 9 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
STATUS
Introduced
SB20 - AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Matthew D. Deneen, Donald Douglas, Damon Thayer
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 635.020 to provide that a child 15 years of age or older who is charged with a Class A, B, or C felony involving the use of a firearm shall be transferred to Circuit Court to be tried as an adult, to provide that the Commonwealth’s attorney may transfer the child back to District Court after consulting with the county attorney, to provides that the Circuit Court may transfer the child back to District Court if the Circuit Court finds that fewer than two of the factors listed in KRS 640.010 favor keeping the child in Circuit Court, and to provide that a child who has been convicted of a Class A, B, or C felony involving the use of a firearm shall not be eligible for probation or conditional discharge in a proceeding consistent with KRS 640.030.
STATUS
Passed
SB366 - AN ACT relating to forensic lab technicians.
Johnnie L. Turner, Brandon Jackson Storm, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 9 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide for training for forensic lab technicians; require any forensic lab technician that completes training provided for by the department to remain employed with the department for at least five years; provide that if a forensic lab technician does not remain employed with the department for at least five years shall be required to repay training costs incurred by the department.
STATUS
Introduced
SR207 - A RESOLUTION honoring and commending the Louisville Fire Department firefighters, Louisville Metro Police Department officers, and Louisville emergency medical services personnel involved in the recent rescue on the Clark Memorial Bridge.
Gerald A. Neal, David Yates, Julie Adams
Last updated 7 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Recognize and commend the Louisville Fire Department rescue squad that executed a rescue on the Clark Memorial Bridge, and the Louisville Metro Police and emergency medical services personnel that responded to the scene.
STATUS
Passed
SB173 - AN ACT relating to Medicaid home and community-based waiver residential services.
Reginald Thomas, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish the right of a parent, guardian, or limited guardian to install video recording devices in the private residential room of an individual who is receiving residential services under a federally approved 1915(c) home and community-based services waiver program.
STATUS
Introduced
SB188 - AN ACT relating to patient access to pharmacy benefits.
George Maxwell Wise, Stephen L. Meredith, Karen Berg
Last updated 7 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 18A.2254 to require that the state employee health plan and state agencies comply with certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; creates new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practices, to require that insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefits administrators establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks, to require the filing of an annual report, to require that the insurance commissioner review pharmacy networks, to provide that information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under open records laws, to establish requirements for certain contracts between a pharmacy or pharmacist and an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other pharmacy benefits administrator, to establish prohibited conduct and requirements for certain pharmacy-related insurance practices, and to establish a complaint process for insureds, pharmacies, and pharmacists impacted by a violation of certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; creates a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the insurance commissioner to order reimbursement to persons who incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation of certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; amends KRS 304.9-053 to require certain filings; amends KRS 304.9-054 to establish requirements for pharmacy benefit manager licensure; amends KRS 304.9-055 to require that the insurance commissioner promulgate certain administrative regulations relating to pharmacy benefit managers; amends KRS 304.14-120 to require that the insurance commissioner review certain health plan filings; amends KRS 304.17A-712 to conform; amends KRS 304.17C-125 to apply certain pharmacy-related insurance laws to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts; amends KRS 304.38A-115 to apply certain pharmacy-related insurance laws to limited health service organizations; repeals KRS 304.38A-120, relating to assignment of certain benefits under limited health service organization plans, to consolidate provisions; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require reporting by ambulatory pharmacies to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy; amends KRS 367.828 to establish certain requirements for health discount plans relating to prescription drugs; makes technical corrections to existing statutes throughout; applies various sections to contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; and requires the insurance commissioner and the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate implementing administrative regulations by certain dates; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Kentucky district SD-008
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Kentucky Senate
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