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HB223 - AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse.
Lisa Willner, Rachel Roberts, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 12 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse; require every civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse to be accompanied by a motion to seal the record.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR60 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force.
Timothy Truett, Scott Lewis, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 11 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force to study the various components of the SEEK formula, evaluate whether changes are necessary to the base, tiers, or add-ons to maintain the original goal of SEEK; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024
STATUS
Introduced
HB274 - AN ACT relating to the practice of pharmacy.
Danny R. Bentley, Shane Baker, John C. Blanton
Last updated 9 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 315.010 and 315.205 to permit pharmacists to administer vaccines to children five years of age or older pursuant to prescriber-approved protocols with the consent of a parent or guardian.
STATUS
Passed
HB115 - AN ACT relating to coverage for breast examinations.
Kimberly Poore Moser, Lisa Willner, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 9 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with breast examination coverage requirements; amends KRS 304.17-316 to define terms, to make technical corrections, to prohibit cost-sharing requirements for any covered diagnostic breast examination or supplemental breast examination, to provide for additional coverage if required under federal law, and to provide exemption to Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plans under certain circumstances; and amends KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-133, 304.18-098, 304.32-1591, and 304.38-1935 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB430 - AN ACT relating to the Health Access Nurturing Development Services Program.
Lindsey Burke, Lisa Willner, Chad Aull
Last updated 11 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 211.690 to require the Health Access Nurturing Development Services Program to provide educational information about maternal and postpartum depression; make technical corrections.
STATUS
Introduced
HB434 - AN ACT relating to identity documents.
Kevin Jackson, Chris Freeland, Chris Fugate
Last updated 11 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; set forth minimum standards for third-party issuance; and allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided.
STATUS
Introduced
HB352 - AN ACT relating to qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis.
Alan Gentry, Tina Bojanowski, Adrielle Camuel
Last updated 11 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 218B.010 to add additional conditions to the list of qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis.
STATUS
Introduced
HB148 - AN ACT relating to menstrual discharge collection devices and making an appropriation therefor.
Lisa Willner, Tina Bojanowski, Chad Aull
Last updated 12 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each public school that includes any of grades six through 12 to provide free menstrual discharge collection devices to students; require each local board of education to adopt policies for the distribution of free menstrual discharge collection devices; define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.010 to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB10 - AN ACT relating to maternal and child health.
Kimberly Poore Moser, Nancy J. Tate, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 10 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
HB36 - AN ACT relating to student resiliency and well-being.
Lisa Willner, Bobby Wayne McCool, George A. Brown
Last updated 12 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Center for Student Resiliency and Well-Being within the Kentucky Department of Education to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; amend KRS 158.4416 to include the definition of "student resiliency and well-being approach"; remove the definition of "trauma-informed approach"; make conforming changes; require the resiliency and well-being team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan and Comprehensive District Improvement Plan and submit the information to the Center for Student Resiliency and Well-Being; amend KRS 158.191 to require a school district to allow a parent to decline their student's participation in well-being questionnaires rather than requiring parental consent for the student to participate; amend KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time; make conforming changes; amend KRS 158.443 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-035
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Kentucky House
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