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HB330 - AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency.
Lisa Willner, Chad Aull, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define "sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts," "mental health professional," and "public funds"; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age, a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020, or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health and the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; permit the cabinet to contract for the educational materials; cite as the Youth Mental Health Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HB257 - AN ACT relating to higher education.
Steven Doan, Kimberly Banta, Josh Calloway
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.020 to abolish the Council on Postsecondary Education and transfer authorities and duties to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 164.746 to add three student members to the board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 164, 164A, 165, 165A, 168, 171, 183, 200, 210, 214, 309, 367, 11A, 12, 18A, 42, 56, 61, 63, 64, 138, 151B, 154, 156, 157,158, 160, and 161 to conform; repeal KRS 164.011, which created and established the Council on Postsecondary Education; dissolve the Council on Postsecondary Education and transfer personnel, records, files, equipment, and funds to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; make technical corrections.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR32 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Department of Education to amend the federal accountability requirements.
Tina Bojanowski, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Urge the United States Department of Education to amend the federal accountability requirements to truly afford states the flexibility to implement innovative approaches to student assessment and school accountability.
STATUS
Introduced
HB178 - AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation and making an appropriation therefor.
Jason Michael Nemes, Kimberly Banta, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 9 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HR42 - A RESOLUTION recognizing January 23, 2024, as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Day in Kentucky.
Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize January 23, 2024, as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Day in Kentucky.
STATUS
Introduced
HB341 - AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
Michael Lee Meredith, Killian Timoney, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB10 - AN ACT relating to maternal and child health.
Kimberly Poore Moser, Nancy J. Tate, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 7 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky maternal psychiatry access program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms; establish duties and responsibilities of the program; direct that the program shall be operated by the Department for Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health; amend KRS 211.122 to establish that the collaborative panel related to maternal and infant health shall be renamed the Kentucky maternal and infant health collaborative; establish formal membership of the collaborative; require that the collaborative annually review the operations of the new Kentucky maternal psychiatry access program; amend KRS 211.690, related to the Health Access Nurturing Development Services program to require the HANDS program provide information related to lactation consultation, breastfeeding, and safe sleep for babies; establish that the program participants shall participate in the home visitation program through in-person face-to-face methods or through tele-service delivery methods; 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 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amend KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with the special enrollment requirement; 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 and maternity coverage requirements; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid coverage of maternity services; amend KRS 205.592 to allow Medicaid income limit for certain women and children to be increased under certain circumstances; amend KRS 205.6485 to require Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program to provide maternity coverage; 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 lactation consultation and breastfeeding equipment; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver if potential cost defrayment or loss of federal funds is identified; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study doula certification programs nationally; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB323 - AN ACT relating to cancer detection in firefighters, and making an appropriation therefor.
Deanna L. Frazier Gordon, Nima Kulkarni, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 6 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 95A.262 to permit the Kentucky Fire Commission to establish a reimbursement program for cancer screenings for firefighters.
STATUS
Passed
HB107 - AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions.
William Lee Lawrence, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a 4-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.131 to add 2 additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, including 1 graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.821 to add a second faculty member to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees; add 2 additional full-time student members to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, including 1 graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.321 to add a second faculty member to the boards of regents of comprehensive universities; add 2 additional full-time student members to the boards of regents, including 1 full-time graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.7874 to require a private postsecondary institution to have a voting student member on its governing board in order to be a participating institution for purposes of KEES eligibility; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Student Tuition Protection and Accountability Act; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2028.
STATUS
Failed
HB182 - AN ACT relating to violent offenders.
Jennifer Henson Decker, Nicolas Wilson, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 9 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 439.3401 to amend the definition of "violent offender" to include the attempted commission of any offense listed, a felony involving the death of the victim or serious physical injury to a victim, burglary in the first degree as described in KRS 511.020 if a person other than a participant in the crime was present in the building during the commission of the offense, burglary in the second degree as described in KRS 511.030 if a person other than participant in the crime was present in the dwelling during the commission of the offense, robbery in the second degree as described in KRS 515.030, arson in the first degree, arson in the second degree, and strangulation in the first degree; provide that a violent offender shall serve at least 85 percent of the sentence imposed before probation, shock probation, parole, conditional discharge, or other form of early release is permitted; provide that a violent offender shall only recieve credit on their sentence for time spent in custody prior to the commencement of the sentence; amend KRS 525.045 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-063
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Kimberly Banta is running as a Republican candidate for Indiana State Senate District 25. She was born on August 23, 1971 in Evansville, Indiana. Banta earned her Bachelor's degree in Education from Indiana State University in 1993. After college, Banta worked as a teacher and coach. She later served on the Warrick County School Board for 12 years. In 2010, Banta won election to the Indiana House of Representatives. She has servedDistrict 63 in the state legislature since 2011 focusing on education issues.read less
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