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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
SR34 - A RESOLUTION honoring the life and accomplishments of former Kentucky State Representative Royce William Adams.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Honor the life and accomplishments of former Kentucky State Representative Royce Adams.
STATUS
Passed
SR32 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dorothy Jean "Dottie" Sims.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dorothy Jean "Dottie" Sims.
STATUS
Passed
SR28 - A RESOLUTION honoring the life and accomplishments of Governor Julian Morton Carroll.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Honor the life and accomplishments of former Kentucky Governor Julian Morton Carroll.
STATUS
Passed
SB56 - AN ACT relating to firearms.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "safe storage depository" and require an owner or custodian of a firearm to store the firearm in a safe storage depository or render the firearm incapable of being fired using a gun-locking device; require an owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm or any person who sells ammunition to report the loss or theft of the firearm or ammunition to a law enforcement agency.
STATUS
Introduced
SR39 - A RESOLUTION declaring August 2024 as Railroad Crossings Safety Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Matthew D. Deneen, Gary M. Boswell, Jared K. Carpenter
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Recognize August 2024 as Railroad Crossings Safety Awareness Month in Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
SR90 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Brother Joe Adams.
Jimmy Higdon, Robert Stivers, David P. Givens
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Brother Joe Adams.
STATUS
Passed
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 8 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Honor the 20th Black History Celebration and recognize that Black history is American history.
STATUS
Introduced
SB51 - AN ACT relating to music therapy and making an appropriation therefor.
Gerald A. Neal, Denise Harper Angel, Reginald Thomas
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; establish a licensing board for professional music therapists; require three members of the board to have engaged in three years of the practice or teaching of music therapy; prohibit any persons not licensed under this board from holding himself or herself out as a licensed professional music therapist; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize the board to issue a license to practice music therapy; establish the process for license renewal, suspension, and revocation; establish fees for licensure; establish fee limitations; authorize the board to implement disciplinary actions; require a licensed professional music therapist to collaborate with a client's physician or other professional involved in the treatment of the client; require a licensed professional music therapist to collaborate with a client's mental health or substance use disorder professional involved in the treatment of the client; prohibit a licensed professional music therapist from replacing services provided by an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist; create the licensed music therapy practice board fund; establish a fine for violations; APPROPRIATION
STATUS
Introduced
SR92 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Benjamin "Ben" Richmond.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Benjamin "Ben" Richmond.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Kentucky district SD-033
COMMITTEES
Kentucky Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Gerald A. Neal of Louisville was elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 1988. He serves as Senate Democratic Whip. He serves on the Committees on Committees; State and Local Government; Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Louisville Branch of the NAACP. Senator Neal earned his B.A. degree at Kentucky State University and his law degree from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. He served as Assistant County Attorney for Jefferson County and worked as an attorney before joining the state Senate.read less
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