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Legislative Report March 28, 2024
Prepared by: Cory Meadows
2019 Kentucky General Assembly - Regular Session
Bill Information
HUMAN RIGHTS
(PRUNTY, MELINDA GIBBONS)

AN ACT relating to human rights of unborn children to not be discriminated against and declaring an emergency.

Create new section of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit an abortion if the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion, in whole or in part, because of an unborn child's sex, race, color, national origin, or disability, except in the case of a medical emergency; require physicians to certify a lack of knowledge that the pregnant' s woman intent to seek an abortion was, in whole or in part, because of an unborn child's sex, race, color, national origin, or disability; require the State Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a physician's license to practice medicine if the physician violates the prohibition; provide that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall revoke the license of any person, including a licensed abortion facility, that violates the prohibition; provide that a physician who violates the prohibition is civilly liable; allow for severability; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the State Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician who violates the prohibition; amend KRS 311.725, regarding informed consent for abortions, to notify pregnant women of the prohibition; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 213.101 to conform; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a one-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from a violation of the prohibition; EMERGENCY.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - received in House

3/13/2019 - floor amendment (1) defeated

3/13/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (32-4)

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3/12/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

3/12/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/7/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

3/7/2019 - Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/1/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

2/27/2019 - received in Senate

2/26/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 67-25 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/26/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 1,2

2/25/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1, HFA 1, and HFA 2

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/21/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed to bill

2/21/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/HCS 1

2/20/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/20/2019 - House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/15/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

2/14/2019 - (H) reassigned to committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

1/11/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - Introduced

STUDENT HEALTH
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to student health.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit use of tobacco products by students, school personnel, and visitors in schools, school vehicles, properties, and activities; require policies to be in place by the 2020-2021 school year; require that smoke-free policies and signage be adopted; provide that existing bans are not impacted; repeal KRS 438.050.

  ALL BILL STATUS

4/9/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/28/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/28/2019 - received in House

3/28/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 28-10

3/28/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2019

3/14/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules

3/14/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

3/14/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/13/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/13/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/13/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

3/13/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/13/2019 - received in Senate

3/12/2019 - floor amendment (4) defeated

3/12/2019 - floor amendment (8) filed

3/12/2019 - (H) THIRD READING passed (85-11) w/HFA 2 and HFA 5

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4,5,^P,7T

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4,5,6,7T

3/6/2019 - floor amendments (6) and (7-title) filed

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4,5

3/4/2019 - floor amendment (5) filed

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4,5

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4

2/26/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4

2/25/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA1,2,3,4

2/22/2019 - floor amendment (4) filed

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3

2/21/2019 - floor amendment (3) filed

2/21/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1 and 2

2/20/2019 - Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1 and 2

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1 and 2

2/15/2019 - floor amendment (2) filed

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

2/13/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

2/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/12/2019 - (H) THIRD READING

2/11/2019 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

2/11/2019 - (H) Placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

2/11/2019 - (H) THIRD READING; Consent Calendar

2/8/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 11, 2019

2/8/2019 - (H) THIRD READING; Consent Calendar

2/8/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/7/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/7/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/7/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/5/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/14/2018 - Pre-Filed

DRUG TREATMENT
(KEENE, DENNIS)

AN ACT relating to drug treatment and prevention and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the Kentucky addiction prevention, recovery, and enforcement fund; establish administering committee membership; direct all revenues from the Commonwealth related to the drug epidemic to the fund; describe authorized fund expenditures; require fund reporting; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/10/2018 - Pre-Filed

PHARMACISTS
(BENTLEY, DANNY)

AN ACT relating to pharmacists.

Amend KRS 217.215 to permit pharmacists to dispense a prescription refill in an amount equal to the standard unit of dispensing for the drug without authorization by the prescribing practitioner in emergency situations in which such authorization may not be readily or easily obtained; require the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out these provisions.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - received in House

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/13/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent

3/6/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/5/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/5/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/27/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/21/2019 - received in Senate

2/20/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/20/2019 - Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/15/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/14/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/14/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/12/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

10/9/2018 - Pre-Filed

WORKERS COMPENSATION
(HATTON, ANGIE)

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation

Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of "board-certified pulmonary specialist" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified "B" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

11/19/2018 - Pre-Filed

INFERTILITY TREATMENT COVERAGE
(ELLIOTT, DANIEL)

AN ACT relating to infertility treatment coverage.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304, relating to health benefit plans, to require coverage for infertility treatment; prohibit insurers from denying coverage for services which would otherwise be covered services solely because the services may result in infertility; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to establish guidelines and standards for the coverage required; create a new section of KRS 311.530 to 311.620 to require the State Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations to establish guidelines and standards for the provision of infertility services; amend KRS 18A.225 to require infertility coverage for the state employee health plan; amend KRS 205.560 to include infertility treatment in the scope of care for the Kentucky Medical Assistance Program; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/10/2018 - Pre-Filed

SCHOOL CHILDREN HEALTH
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to healthy goals for the school children of the Commonwealth.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the goal of increasing time for physical activity to 20 minutes per day or 100 minutes per week in all schools with kindergarten through grade 5 by November 1, 2020; require the Kentucky Department of Education to identify model programs, provide resources and assessment tools, develop a checklist for collecting data for public reporting, encourage physical activity plans in schools containing grades 6 through 8, report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare and Family Services by December 1, 2019, and annually thereafter on progress toward meeting the goal, and share aggregate school district and county data with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/11/2018 - Pre-Filed

CHILD FATALITY
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to the external child fatality and near fatality review panel.

Amend KRS 620.055 to add additional four new members to the external child fatality and near fatality review panel; require that the panel additionally report to the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee; and change the annual required published report deadline to February 1 from December 1.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/11/2018 - Pre-Filed

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
(ELLIOTT, DANIEL)

AN ACT relating to physician assistants.

Amend KRS 311.844 to provide additional license renewal requirements for physician assistants with controlled substances prescriptive authority; amend KRS 311.854 to require the board to review and approve or deny physician assistant applications within 30 calendar days of receiving a completed application; amend KRS 311.856 to permit physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances; amend KRS 311.858 to permit physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances with specific restrictions.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/26/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/12/2018 - Pre-Filed

WATER FLUORIDATION PROGRAMS
(HART, MARK)

AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.

Amend KRS 211.190 to allow local government entities and special districts to void implementation of the water fluoridation programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services by legislative action.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/11/2019 - (H) posted in committee House State Government

1/11/2019 - (H) reassigned to committee House State Government

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

ABORTION
(GOFORTH, ROBERT)

AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require a person who intends to perform an abortion to determine whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion before determining whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion without informed consent when there is a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; provide exceptions for medical emergencies; require documentation of whether an abortion was performed to preserve the health of the pregnant woman; specify that nothing in the Act restricts access to contraceptives; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to inspect the medical records of a facility that performs abortions to ensure compliance with reporting requirements; permit the Attorney General to apply to a state or federal court for a declaration that the Act's provisions are constitutional, or an order lifting an injunction if one exists, if federal abortion law changes; amend KRS 311.725 to conform; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; allow for severability; EMERGENCY.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
(ROTHENBURGER, ROB)

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.

Amend KRS 311A.010 to define "advanced emergency medical technician," "advanced practice paramedic," "community paramedic," "emergency medical responder," "emergency medical services educator," "executive director," "mobile integrated healthcare," and "mobile integrated healthcare program medical director;" update other definitions; amend KRS 311A.015 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; to specify that one member of the board may be an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician; specify board member term limits; amend KRS 311A.020 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add certification of advanced emergency medical technicians, mobile integrated healthcare programs, and advanced practice paramedics; permit advanced emergency medical technicians to be assigned to investigate emergency medical responders or emergency medical technicians; require that advanced emergency medical technician programs be investigated and regulated by advanced emergency medical technicians or paramedics; amend KRS 311A.025 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder" and add certification and licensure for emergency medical services educator, advanced emergency medical technician, advanced practice paramedic, and mobile integrated healthcare program medical director; amend KRS 311A.030 to update licensing categories; amend KRS 311A.040 to establish Franklin Circuit Court as the court with jurisdiction for hearing appeals on advisory opinions of the board; amend KRS 311A.050 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; change "first responder instructor or instructor trainer, emergency medical technician instructor or instructor trainer, or paramedic instructor, paramedic instructor trainer" to "emergency medical services educator"; add advanced emergency medical technicians, advanced practice paramedics, emergency medical services medical director, and mobile integrated healthcare program medical director; require the use of an official complaint form approved by the board through administrative regulations; amend KRS 311A.055 to change "first responder, emergency medical technician, paramedic, emergency medical services director" to "emergency medical services personnel"; and specify the executive director's responsibility to notify in the case of an official complaint; amend KRS 311A.060 to change "paramedic, first responder, or emergency medical technician" to "emergency medical services personnel"; change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder;" add advanced emergency medical technicians; remove language requiring the revocation of license or certification for completion of a diversion program for a felony offense; amend KRS 311A.065 to update psychological or physical evaluation requirements; amend KRS 311A.075 to permit the chair of the board or a designee of the chair to determine that immediate and temporary suspension of licensure or certification is necessary to protect the public; amend KRS 311A.095 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians; add electronic mail application requirements; delete outdated transition language; amend KRS 311A.105 to add electronic mailing requirements; amend KRS 311A.120 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians and paramedics; amend KRS 311A.125 to delete continuing competency documentation requirement; amend KRS 311A.130 to change "first responder, emergency medical technician, or paramedic" to "emergency medical services personnel"; amend KRS 311A.140 to delete outdated transition language and specify certification and licensure requirements; amend KRS 311A.170 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations establishing the educational, testing, credentialing, and licensure requirements for advanced practice paramedics and paramedic subspecialties; permit a paramedic to render services under the supervision of a mobile integrated healthcare program medical director or emergency department medical director; permit a certified community paramedic to provide mobile integrated healthcare services only as an employee of a mobile integrated healthcare program; amend KRS 311A.175 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add "advanced emergency medical technician"; amend KRS 311A.190 to change "run form" to "patient care record"; add mobile integrated healthcare program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to set requirements for advanced emergency medical technicians; amend KRS 95A.262, 189.910, and 311.550 to conform; repeal KRS 311A.110, 311A.115, and 311A.127.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - floor amendment (1) withdrawn

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (91-0)

3/14/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2)

3/14/2019 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY for Concurrence

3/14/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (37-0) w/ SCS1, SFA2

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SCS1, SFA1,2

3/13/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SCS1, SFA1,2

3/12/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SCS 1, SFA 1,2

3/7/2019 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute

3/7/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent w/SCS1

3/6/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/5/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/5/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/27/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/21/2019 - received in Senate

2/20/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/20/2019 - Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/15/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/14/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/14/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/5/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

1/8/2019 - Introduced

PRIOR AUTHORIZATION
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to prior authorizations.

Amend KRS 304.17A-611 to prohibit insurers from setting requirements or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat opioid use disorder; amend KRS 205.536 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services or a Medicaid managed care organization from setting requirements or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat opioid use disorder.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/13/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

3/13/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/13/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/14/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/12/2019 - received in Senate

2/11/2019 - (H) THIRD READING passed on Consent (97-0)

2/11/2019 - (H) THIRD READING

2/8/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 11, 2019

2/8/2019 - (H) THIRD READING; Consent Calendar

2/8/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/7/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/7/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/7/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/5/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

1/8/2019 - Introduced

VIOLENT OFFENDERS
(MEREDITH, MICHAEL)

AN ACT relating to violent offenders.

Amend KRS 439.3401 to provide that any person convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, reckless homicide, or criminal attempt to commit murder of clearly identifiable emergency medical services personnel shall serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before probation or parole.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - received in House

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/13/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/7/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent

3/7/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary

3/6/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/6/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

2/15/2019 - received in Senate

2/15/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 96-0

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019

2/14/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/13/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/13/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/8/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

1/9/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAL MARIJUANA
(BANTA, KIM)

AN ACT relating to medical marijuana and making an appropriation therfor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; to exempt the medicinal marijuana program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; to require the Department for Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control to implement and regulate the medicinal marijuana program in Kentucky; to establish the Division of Medicinal Marijuana within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; to establish restrictions on the possession of and cultivation for personal use of medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients, and designated caregivers; to establish certain protections for cardholders; to establish professional protections for practitioners; to establish professional protections for attorneys; to prohibit the possession and use of medicinal marijuana on a school bus, on the grounds of any preschool or primary or secondary school, in a correctional facility, any property of the federal government, or while operating a motor vehicle; to prohibit smoking of medicinal marijuana on public transportation, in public places, or in any place of public accommodation; to clarify that the use of medicinal marijuana by a qualifying patient or visiting qualifying patient is to be treated the same as the use of prescribed pharmaceutical medications; to establish additional protections for medicinal use; to clarify that an employer may restrict the possession and use of medicinal marijuana in the workplace; to require the department to implement and operate a registry identification card program; to establish requirements for registry identification cards; to establish registry identification card fees; to require the department to operate a provisional licensure receipt system; to establish the application requirements for a registry identification card; to clarify when the department may deny an application for a registry identification card; to establish certain responsibilities for cardholders; to clarify when a registry identification card may be revoked; to establish various cannabis business licensure categories; to clarify tiering of cannabis business licenses; to require certain information be included in an application for a cannabis business license; to clarify when the department may deny an application for a cannabis business license; to prohibit a practitioner from being a board member or principal officer of a cannabis business; to prohibit cross-ownership of certain classes of cannabis businesses; to establish rules for local sales, including establishing the process by which a local legislative body may prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses within its territory and the process for local ordinances and ballot initiatives; establish technical requirements for cannabis businesses; to require at least 60% of the board of a cannabis business and at least 60% of the owners of a cannabis business be composed of individuals with at least 3 years of continuous Kentucky residency; to establish requirements for cannabis cultivators, including cultivation square footage limits; to establish requirements for cannabis dispensaries; to establish requirements for safety compliance facilities; to establish requirements for cannabis processors; to establish procedures for the department to inspect cannabis businesses; to establish procedures for the suspension or revocation of a cannabis business license; to protect certain records and information from the disclosure under the Kentucky Open Records Act; to require the department to establish a verification system for use by law enforcement personnel and cannabis business agents; to require the department to establish a database to share data with all licensed dispensaries and monitor the amount of medical marijuana purchased by cardholders in real time; to require the department to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement the medicinal marijuana program; to establish an alternative method to create a valid registry identification card if the department fails to act; to clarify that nothing in the bill requires government programs or private insurers to reimburse for the cost of use; to establish the medicinal marijuana trust fund; to require that at least 10% of money in the medical marijuana trust fund be returned to dispensaries for use by indigent persons who are qualified patients and enrolled in certain government assistance programs; to require that 3% of money in the medical marijuana trust fund be used to create a grant program to fund medicinal marijuana related research; to require that not more than 85% of money in the medicinal marijuana trust fund be used for operation and enforcement activities; to establish the local medicinal marijuana trust fund; and to establish procedures for the distribution of local cannabis trust fund moneys; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax of 10% for cultivators and processors for selling to dispensaries; to establish an excise tax of 10% for dispensaries selling to cardholders; to require that 80% of the revenue from the excise taxes be deposited into the medicinal marijuana trust fund; to require that 20% of the revenue from the excise taxes be deposited into the local medicinal marijuana trust fund; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to conform; amend KRS 12.020 to change the name of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control and to create the Division of Medicinal Marijuana; and amend KRS 12.252, 15.300, 15.380, 15.398, 15A.340, 15.420, 61.592, 62.160, 131.1815, 211.285, 241.010, 241.015, 241.030, 243.025, 243.0307, 243.038, 243.090, 243.360, 438.310, 438.311, 438.313, 438.315, 438.317,438,320, 438.325, 438.330, 438.337, and 438.340 to conform; Sections 2, 4 to 14,17,18, 20 to 25, 29, 30, and 34 to 37 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020; APPROPRIATION.

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3/12/2019 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

3/12/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/7/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

3/7/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar w/HCS 1

3/7/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/27/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

1/9/2019 - Introduced

SURPRISE BILLING
(SIMS JR., JOHN)

AN ACT relating to surprise billing.

Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "balance billing," "cost sharing," "covered person," "usual and customary rate," and other terms; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the insurance commissioner or a designated nonprofit organization to establish and maintain a database of billed health care services charges collected from insurers; define "unanticipated out-of-network care"; require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care at the lower of the billed amount or the usual and customary rate less any cost sharing owed by the covered person; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed as required; allow a provider to bill for any applicable cost-sharing requirements owed by the insured; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17A-500, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

1/9/2019 - Introduced

VISION EXAMINATIONS
(SIMS JR., JOHN)

AN ACT relating to vision examinations.

Amend KRS 156.160 to require a conclusive vision examination upon a child's initial enrollment in kindergarten and a vision examaination upon a child's initial enrollment in grade six.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/11/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - Introduced

ABORTION
(FISCHER, JOSEPH M.)

AN ACT relating to abortion.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to provide that if the United States Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade, or an amendment is adopted to the United State Constitution restoring state authority to prohibit abortion, no person shall knowingly administer to, prescribe for, procure for, or sell to any pregnant woman any medicine, drug, or other substance with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being and no person shall use or employ any instrument or procedure upon a pregnant woman with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being; any person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; provide an exemption for a licensed physician to perform a medical procedure necessary in reasonable medical judgment to prevent the death or substantial risk of death due to a physical condition, or to prevent the serious, permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ of a pregnant woman; specify that this Act shall also be effective to the appropriation of Medicaid funds that set forth the limited circumstances in which states must fund abortion to remain eligible to receive federal Medicaid funds; repeal KRS 311.710; provide that this Act may be cited as the Human Life Protection Act.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - received in House

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 32-5

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/12/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/7/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

3/7/2019 - Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/20/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

2/15/2019 - received in Senate

2/15/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 69-20 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/14/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed

2/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019

2/14/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar w/ HCS 1

2/13/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/13/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/8/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

1/11/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

1/10/2019 - Introduced

CHILD ABUSE
(BURCH, TOM)

AN ACT relating to reporting of child abuse, neglect, or dependency.

Amend KRS 620.030 to establish that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is dependent, neglected, or abused, causes an oral or written report of the dependency, neglect, or abuse to be made, is employed by a local law enforcement agency, the Department of Kentucky State Police, the cabinet or its designated representative, the Commonwealth's attorney, or a county attorney, then that person shall make the oral or written report to his or her employer and to one of the other entities authorized to receive the report.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/11/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - Introduced

INSURANCE FRAUD
(FISCHER, JOSEPH M.)

AN ACT relating to insurance fraud.

Amend KRS 304.47-020 to establish a range of criminal penalties resulting from conviction of insurance fraud; amend KRS 304.47-050 to require certain Kentucky health professional boards to report suspected insurance fraud to the Department of Insurance's Division of Insurance Fraud Investigation and to require the boards to provide information requested by the insurance commissioner; amend KRS 189.635 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to redact vehicle accident reports provided to news-gathering organizations; provide an exception to redaction for up to three reports per day; make technical revisions; create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit physician self-referrals of health care services for which payment may be made from basic reparations benefits provided under the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act; incorporate exceptions provided in federal law; require refund of amounts collected in violation of section; amend KRS 304.99-060 to establish civil penalties for violation of Section 4 of the Act; amend KRS 311.597 to deem violation of Section 4 or 5 of the Act by a physician "dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct."

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (71-29)

3/14/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

3/14/2019 - Missing Action!; for Concurrence w/SCS 1 and SFA 1

3/13/2019 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

3/13/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

3/13/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/13/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/ SCS1, SFA1

3/12/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

3/12/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/SCS 1

3/7/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar w/SCS1

3/5/2019 - Senate Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/25/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/21/2019 - received in Senate

2/20/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 93-5 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/20/2019 - Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019

2/14/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar w/HCS 1

2/13/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/13/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/7/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

1/11/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

1/10/2019 - Introduced

CHILD WELFARE
(MEADE, DAVID)

AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to require national and state background checks of staff members of child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies in Kentucky as newly required by federal law; amend KRS 199.011 to update the definition of "voluntary and informed consent" as it relates to adoption; amend KRS 199.505 to establish a beginning timeframe related to searches of the Kentucky putative father registry that corresponds to the date on which the statute became effective following its enactment in 2018; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to establish a foster child bill of rights; amend KRS 620.020 to establish definitions for "position of authority" and "position of special trust"; amend KRS 620.030, relating to reports of abuse or neglect of a child that may or may not involve fictive kin, persons in a position of authority, or persons in a position of special trust; amend KRS 620.040, relating to reports of abuse or neglect of a child that may or may not involve fictive kin, persons in a position of authority, or persons in a position of special trust; amend KRS 620.180 to require case reviews for court approval 60 days after a child has been placed in a qualified residential facility to ensure the Commonwealth is in compliance with federal law.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/7/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/6/2019 - posted for concurrence

3/6/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (94-1) w/SCS 1, SFA 1, SFA 2

3/6/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2)

3/6/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/6/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2)

3/6/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 6, 2019

3/1/2019 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

2/28/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/28/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/SCS1

2/27/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/25/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/21/2019 - received in Senate

2/20/2019 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

2/20/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)

2/20/2019 - (H) Placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

2/20/2019 - Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T and HCS 1

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T and HCS 1

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/15/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/14/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/14/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/12/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/11/2019 - Introduced

HUMAN TRAFFICKING
(PALUMBO, RUTH ANN)

AN ACT relating to training of commercial drivers license holders in identifying and reporting human trafficking victims.

Amend KRS 281A.010 to define "human trafficking"; amend KRS 281A.120 to require a person applying for a commercial driver's license to complete training related to identifying and reporting human trafficking; amend KRS 281A.170 to require commercial driver's licenses to be issued with a wallet card that outlines the signs of human trafficking and how to report it, and includes the National Human Trafficking Hotline number; amend KRS 281A.130, 281A.320 and 281.755 to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/5/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation

1/11/2019 - Introduced

RESUSCITATION ORDERS
(HUFF, REGINA)

AN ACT relating to implementing do not resuscitate orders in a hospital.

Create new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "Do Not Resuscitate or DNR order"; require the signature of a patient or a family member of the patient before implementing a do not resuscitate order written by a health care provider in a hospital setting; permit a hospital to request that a patient complete a Medical Order for Scope of Treatment (MOST) form in accordance with KRS 311.621 to KRS 311.643.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/5/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/11/2019 - Introduced

SEXUAL ASSAULT
(GOFORTH, ROBERT)

AN ACT relating to sexual assault victims.

Amend KRS 403.322 to specify that persons found by clear and convincing evidence to have committed an offense in KRS Chapter 510 that produced a child shall not have custody, visitation, or inheritance rights with regard to that child.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/5/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

1/11/2019 - Introduced

REOGRANIZATION
(KOENIG, ADAM)

AN ACT relating to reorganization.

Establish and create various sections of KRS Chapter 308, relating to Public Protection Cabinet oversight of state occupational boards; define terms; declare policy regarding occupational licensing; list boards that are regulated under KRS Chapter 308; require the Department of Professional Licensing to provide administrative services, technical assistance, personnel staffing, and meeting space to the boards; organize the boards under eight authorities within the department; manage each authority with an executive director; set standards regarding board members, including appointments by the Governor, quorum via majority, and voting eligibility; institute board reimbursement and travel expense rules; direct board officer elections, board member disqualification standards, and semiannual meeting requirements; establish general board powers; require executive director approval before a board may promulgate an administrative regulation; authorize the executive director to hear and issue a final order regarding any board decision that would otherwise be subject to appeal; allow an aggrieved party to appeal an executive director's final order to the Circuit Court; instruct boards to keep a register of licensees and make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; establish rules for board review of license applications and board-administered examinations; require a licensee to report criminal convictions to the licensee's board; immunize board members, staff, legal counsel, and other persons from civil liability for conduct that is taken in good faith and is within the scope and arising out of the performance of their duties; direct the boards to send licensees a thirty-day notice of expiration both before and after the expiration occurs; prohibit a board from issuing an advisory opinion unless authorized by the board's enabling act; establish the Prescribing Boards Advisory Council within the department, composed of eight ex officio members with expertise in combatting prescription drug abuse; amend KRS 12.020 to add the new authorities to the cabinet; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 216A, 309, 310, 311, 311B, 312, 313, 314, 314A, 315, 316, 317, 317A, 319, 319A, 319B, 319C, 320, 322, 322A, 323, 323A, 324, 324A, 325, 326, 327, 329A, 330, 334, 334A, and 335 to conform; amend KRS 325.230 to place the State Board of Accountancy within the Department of Financial Institutions; amend KRS 325.240 and 325.360 to grant the commissioner of the department authority over the accountant board's administrative regulations and disciplinary decisions; repeal KRS 310.080, 311.882, 311B.060, 312.045, 312.065, 315.171, 319A.040, 319A.050, 319A.060, 322.260, 323.180, 323.200, 323A.150, 323A.180, 323A.200, 324.2811, 324.284, 324A.025, 324A.060, 324B.010, 324B.020, 324B.030, 324B.040, 334.170, 334A.100, and 334A.110.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/15/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/5/2019 - Introduced

STD PREVENTION
(BURCH, TOM)

AN ACT relating to instruction and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and related matters.

Amend KRS 158.1415 to require the State Board of Education promulgate administrative regulations regarding human sexuality education; require implementation of a Department of Education-approved plan during the 2020-2021 school year; set the minimum instructional requirements for grades four through twelve; require instruction by a certified teacher.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education

2/5/2019 - Introduced

CANNABIS PRODUCTION
(KEENE, DENNIS)

AN ACT relating to the production of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor

Create a noncodified section to relate legislative findings about cannabis; create new sections of KRS Chapter 260 to establish the Office of Cannabis Control within the Department of Agriculture; to prohibit the production, storage, sale, or transport of cannabis unless licensed by this Act; to specify the application requirements for cannabis producers, storage licensees, and transporters; to specify the rights granted by each license type; and to establish fees for initial licensing and license renewal; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax for the production of cannabis; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 260 to establish the cannabis distribution trust fund and appropriate moneys from the fund for operating expenses of the Office of Cannabis Control and supplementing employer contributions to specified retirement systems; amend KRS 246.030 to establish the Office of Cannabis Control within the Department of Agriculture; create a noncodified section to name the Act, “The Free Market Access for Cannabis Entrepreneurs Act of 2019”; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/5/2019 - Introduced

PUBLIC PROTECTION
(HEAVRIN, SAMARA)

AN ACT relating to public protection.

Amend KRS 237.115 to allow persons with valid concealed deadly weapons licenses or temporary permits to carry concealed weapons on public postsecondary property and remove criminal penalties.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/7/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

2/5/2019 - Introduced

EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION
(HEAVRIN, SAMARA)

AN ACT relating to the Emergency Response Commission.

Amend KRS 39E.030 to change the quorum requirement for the Emergency Response Commission to a simple majority of currently appointed members.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/15/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/5/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/5/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/5/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/4/2019 - received in House

3/4/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 34-0

3/4/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 4, 2019

3/1/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/28/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar

2/28/2019 - Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

2/15/2019 - received in Senate

2/15/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 96-0

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019

2/14/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/13/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/13/2019 - House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, (Fifth Hearing)

2/7/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

2/5/2019 - Introduced

LONG-TERM CARE
(CARNEY, JOHN BAM)

AN ACT relating to long-term care.

Create a new section of KRS 216.510 to 216.595 to require employees in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Inspector General, to sign a Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Statement upon hire and on an annual basis thereafter; amend KRS 216.590 to establish requirements of surveyor and investigator training for long-term care facility investigators.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - Introduced

CONVERSION THERAPY
(WILLNER, LISA)

AN ACT relating to conversion therapy and declaring an emergency

Create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 319, and 335 to prohibit practitioners from engaging in conversion therapy, including the compensation and advertisement for conversion therapy; require violations to be subject to board discipline and false claims laws; prohibit public funds from being used for conversion therapy; define "conversion therapy" and "public funds"; EMERGENCY.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - Introduced

SURGICAL ASSISTANT LICENSURE
(SHELDON, STEVE)

AN ACT relating to the licensure of surgical assistants.

Amend KRS 311.878 to update certifying bodies; create a new section of KRS 311.864 to 311.890 to provide for temporary certification and the cancellation of temporary certification; repeal KRS 311.882.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - received in House

3/13/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3/12/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent

3/12/2019 - Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor

3/6/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Committee on Committees

3/6/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/6/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

3/4/2019 - received in Senate

3/1/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 96-0 with floor amendment (1)

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

2/26/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

2/25/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

2/25/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/21/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/20/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/20/2019 - House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/15/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/5/2019 - Introduced

DIALYSIS DRUGS
(SHELDON, STEVE)

AN ACT relating to dialysis drugs and devices.

Amend KRS 315.0351 and 315.040 to allow a person or pharmacy located outside this Commonwealth to sell or distribute dialysate drugs or devices necessary to perform home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patients with end-stage renal disease, provided that certain criteria are followed; amend KRS 315.400 to change the definition of "wholesale distribution."

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (86-3)

3/14/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/14/2019 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY for Concurrence

3/14/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/ SCS1

3/13/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/ SCS1

3/12/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/SCS1

3/7/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent w/SCS1

3/6/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/5/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/5/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/27/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/25/2019 - received in Senate

2/22/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 94-1 with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendments (1) and (2-title)

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 1,2T,3

2/21/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 1,2T,3

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 1,2T,3

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 1,2T,3

2/15/2019 - floor amendments (1) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/15/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/14/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/14/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/12/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAID
(LEWIS, DEREK)

AN ACT relating to Medicaid resource exclusions.

Create a new section of the Medical Assistance Act to require that a burial reserve of up to $10,000 be excluded from consideration as a resource or asset in determining a Medicaid applicant's or recipient's eligibility for Medicaid; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to implement the section and provide a status report to the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance upon request.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/13/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/8/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

2/8/2019 - (H) reassigned to committee House Banking & Insurance

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - Introduced

INSURANCE COMPANIES
(LEWIS, DEREK)

AN ACT relating to the supervision of insurance companies.

Create a new section of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers to file Corporate Governance Annual Disclosures with the Department of Insurance; specify the form and contents of the disclosures; allow insurers to comply with the section by cross-referencing other existing relevant and applicable documents; specify the level at which information shall be reported; require insurers to maintain documentation and support for information provided in the disclosure; specify the format for disclosures filed after the initial disclosure; classify disclosure-related filings, documents, and information as confidential and privileged; permit certain use and sharing of disclosure-related filings, documents, and information; permit the commissioner to retain third-party consultants and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to assist in review of the disclosures; specify requirements for persons retained by the commissioner; amend KRS 304.37-010 to alphabetize definitions and to add definitions for "groupwide supervisor" and "internationally active insurance group"; create a new section of Subtitle 37 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the commissioner to act as or acknowledge another regulatory official as a groupwide supervisor for an internationally active insurance group; establish factors to be considered in making a determination of groupwide supervisor; establish criteria for when the commissioner shall acknowledge another regulatory official acting as a groupwide supervisor; authorize the commissioner to collect information; require the commissioner to make certain notifications; establish the commissioner's authority when acting as a groupwide supervisor; require certain insurers to pay the reasonable expenses of the commissioner's participation in the administration of the section; amend KRS 304.37-050 to classify information reported or provided to the department under KRS 304.37-030 and Section 3 of the Act as confidential and privileged and make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.3-090, 304.3-400, 304.24-290, and 304.37-130 to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - received in House

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/13/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/12/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar

3/12/2019 - Senate Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/15/2019 - received in Senate

2/15/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 96-0

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019

2/14/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/13/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/13/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/7/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/5/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAID
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to durable medical equipment, covered benefits, and reimbursement under Medicaid.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish definition of "durable medical equipment," to ensure that suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies receive proper reimbursement of claims filed with prior authorization of service despite a Medicaid recipient moving to a different Medicaid managed care organization during the authorization period; require suppliers to be reimbursed at no less than 100% of the Kentucky Medicaid program durable medical equipment fee schedule; require items with miscellaneous HCPCS codes to be reimbursed at the manufacturer's suggested retail price minus 15% and those items without a manufacturer's suggested retail price reimbursed at invoice plus 20%; require Medicaid managed care organizations to cover the same quantities of medical supplies as are established on the Kentucky Medicaid program durable medical equipment fee schedule; require the allowable timeframe for claim submissions to be equal to the timeframe for any discrepancy during the Medicaid managed care organization's audit or recoupment period.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/27/2019 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

3/26/2019 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State

3/26/2019 - Filed with Secretary of State

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (89-0)

3/14/2019 - House Concurred in Senate floor amendment (1)

3/14/2019 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY for Concurrence

3/14/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0 with floor amendment (1)

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/13/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules

3/6/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/5/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/5/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/26/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/22/2019 - received in Senate

2/21/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 100-0

2/21/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/15/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/14/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/14/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/12/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - Introduced

DECEPTIVE LAWSUIT ADVERTISING
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to deceptive lawsuit advertising and solicitation practices.

Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to regulate advertising for legal services.

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2/28/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/21/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/12/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - Introduced

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
(REED, BRANDON)

AN ACT relating to farmer focused mental health services and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 248 to require the governor's Office of Agricultural Policy to create and administer a program related to farmer-focused mental health service; amend KRS 304.17B-003 to appropriate $500,000 for the farmer-focused mental health service program beginning on July 1, 2020; make conforming changes; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/15/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Agriculture

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Agriculture

2/5/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAID COVERAGE
(RAYMOND, JOSIE)

AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage of dentures.

Amend KRS 205.560 to require Medicaid to cover dentures for all Medicaid recipients including full and partial dentures, relining, and replacement, regardless of when teeth were removed; exempt from preauthorization.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - Introduced

EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY
(BENTLEY, DANNY)

AN ACT relating to permitting expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted gonorrhea infection.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms; establish authority and standards for permitting expedited partner therapy for a sexually transmitted gonorrhea or chlamydia infection.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (90-1)

3/14/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/14/2019 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY for Concurrence

3/14/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent w/SCS1

3/6/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/5/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/5/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/27/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/21/2019 - received in Senate

2/20/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 97-2

2/20/2019 - Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/15/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/14/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/14/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/12/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - Introduced

DIABETES SCREENING
(FREELAND, CHRIS)

AN ACT relating to student diabetes screening.

Amend KRS 156.160 to add a blood screening for diabetes to any student physical required for enrollment.

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2/7/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education

2/6/2019 - Introduced

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
(REED, BRANDON)

AN ACT relating to health services in schools.

Amend KRS 156.502 to include a definition of "medication" and "sunscreen"; require local boards of education to adopt policy allowing students to carry and self-administer sunscreen; provide that the policy may permit school employees to voluntarily assist with application of sunscreen; include voluntarily assisting with the application of sunscreen in liability protection for school employees.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/7/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education

2/6/2019 - Introduced

MEDICATION TREATMENT PROGRAM LICENSING
(HARRIS, CHRIS)

AN ACT relating to medication assisted treatment program licensing.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to entitle this Act the "Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Licensing Act"; define terms; establish the licensure for opioid treatment programs; require oversight by the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; set forth three licensure categories and the requirements for each; set forth the documentation required for applications; require inspections; establish the licensure for office-based medication-assisted treatment programs; require oversight by the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; set forth three licensure categories and the requirements for each; set forth the documentation required for applications; require inspections; require registration with the Secretary of State and Department of Revenue; establish requirements for facility, medical director, and staff and qualifications; permit program participation in Medicaid and private insurance; require United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment approval; require fingerprint-supported background checks through the Kentucky State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation; require participation in the electronic monitoring system for controlled substances; establish requirements for the diagnosis, treatment, and associated documentation for a patient; set forth restrictions for facilities and operations and permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary to grant waivers and variances from certain requirements; require the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to inspect facilities and programs; establish parameters for license limitation, denial, suspension, and revocation; establish violations, penalties, and injunctions; require advertisement disclosure of the medical director; and require the promulgation of administrative regulations for the enforcement of this Act.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/12/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/11/2019 - Introduced

HOSPITAL RATE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
(CARNEY, JOHN BAM)

AN ACT relating to hospital rate improvement programs and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to establish hospital rate improvement programs that require hospitals to pay an assessment into a fund to be used as state matching dollars for federal Medicaid funds; establish formulas for collection of the assessments and for making supplemental payments to hospitals; condition the program on federal approval; create the hospital Medicaid assessment fund to be administered by the Department for Medicaid Services; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (93-4)

3/13/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/13/2019 - Missing Action!; for Concurrence w/SCS 1

3/12/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/7/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Rules

3/7/2019 - received in House w/SCS 1

3/7/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/7/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent w/SCS1

3/6/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/5/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/5/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/27/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/25/2019 - received in Senate

2/22/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 95-0

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/21/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/20/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019

2/20/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/19/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/19/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/19/2019 - House Appropriations & Revenue, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/13/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/13/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/12/2019 - Introduced

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PRESCRIBING
(SHELDON, STEVE)

AN ACT relating to electronic prescribing of controlled substances.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require that all prescriptions for controlled substances be submitted electronically except for certain conditions; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promultate administrative regulations; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (93-0)

3/14/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/14/2019 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY for Concurrence

3/14/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14

3/13/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/12/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar w/SCS1

3/11/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/7/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/5/2019 - received in Senate

3/4/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 98-0 with floor amendment (1)

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 4, 2019

3/1/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/28/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

2/28/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/28/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/28/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/26/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/14/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/13/2019 - Introduced

WORKERS COMPENSATION
(GENTRY, ALAN)

AN ACT relating to workers compensation.

Amend KRS 342.020 to require an employer to pay for medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks; amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of "board-certified pulmonary specialist" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified "B" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.610 to indicate that liability for compensation shall not apply if the injury or death was proximately caused by voluntary intoxication or a willful intent to injure himself or herself; amend KRS 342.990 to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/14/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

2/13/2019 - Introduced

ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS COVERAGE
(GENTRY, ALAN)

AN ACT relating to coverage for prosthetics and orthotics.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 304, Subtitle 17A to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices; amend KRS 304.17A-515 and 304.17A-254 to require health benefit plans to provide access to health care providers that practice in the area of prosthetics and orthotics and professionals that provide prosthetic and orthotic devices and services; amend KRS 18A.225 to require prosthetic and orthotic device coverage for the state employee health plan; amend KRS 205.560 to include prosthetic and orthotic device coverage in the scope of care for the Kentucky Medical Assistance Program; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/14/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/13/2019 - Introduced

PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE
(BENTLEY, DANNY)

AN ACT relating to insurance for prescription drugs.

Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to add definition for "financial assistance"; prohibit insurers from prohibiting financial assistance for prescription drugs received by an insured from applying toward any cost sharing owed by the insured under a health benefit plan unless the prohibition is required to comply with federal law; require amounts paid on a insured's behalf to apply towards any out-of-pocket maximums.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/15/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/14/2019 - Introduced

LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
(FISCHER, JOSEPH M.)

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act.

Amend KRS 304.42-030 to add coverage for health maintenance organization contracts to the Kentucky Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act; add health care providers rendering services covered under a health insurance policy, contract, or certificate as a beneficiary entitled to coverage; exempt structured settlement factoring transactions and Medicaid policies or contracts from coverage under the subtitle; exempt long-term care or any other health insurance benefits from interest rate coverage exemption; establish a limitation on coverage provided for long-term care riders to a life insurance policy or annuity contract; amend KRS 304.42-050 to conform and add definition for "health benefit plan;" amend KRS 304.42-060 to add health maintenance organizations as members of the Kentucky Life and Health Guaranty Association; amend KRS 304.42-080 to conform and permit the association to reissue policies and contracts of impaired insurers; offer substitute coverage at actuarially justified rates; amend KRS 304.42-090 to conform and make revisions to the assessment requirements; amend KRS 304.42-130 to permit member insurers that are exempt from certain taxes to impose a surcharge to recoup assessments levied; amend KRS 304.42-020, 304.42-110, 304.42-120, 304.42-140, and 304.42-190 to conform.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - received in House

3/13/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3/12/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent

3/12/2019 - Senate Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

3/6/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Committee on Committees

3/6/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/6/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

3/4/2019 - received in Senate

3/1/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 97-0

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

2/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1, 2019

2/28/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/27/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/27/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

2/15/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/14/2019 - Introduced

INSURANCE INDUSTRY
(ROWLAND, BART)

AN ACT relating to the insurance industry.

Create new sections of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms, including "beta test,"; "exclusivity period"; "insurance innovation"; "limited no-action letter" "permanent no-action letter," and "regulatory sandbox"; create an application process for admitting companies to the regulatory sandbox for the purpose of permitting the company to beta test an insurance innovation under a limited no-action letter; impose certain disclosure and financial stability requirements for companies making an application; establish a director of insurance innovation within the Department of Insurance; establish procedures and requirements for the review and acceptance of applications; grant the commissioner authority to modify, increase, or change certain application requirements; grant the commissioner authority to reject applications; allow companies to file a petition for reconsideration and request a hearing upon rejection of an application; establish requirements for issuing a limited no-action letter; establish how long the safe harbor of a limited no-action letter persists; set time period for a beta test at one year; allow a beta test to be extended for up to one year; establish requirements for a beta test; establish company's rights during a beta test; authorize the commissioner to issue certain orders to enforce the terms and conditions of a beta test; establish requirements for an exclusivity period; authorize the commissioner to issue an order terminating the exclusivity period; establish a cause of action for infringement of exclusivity period; establish reporting requirements for evaluation of beta test by the commissioner; establish requirements for issuance of a permanent no-action letter by the commissioner; establish that certain documents relating to the financial condition of a company are confidential and not subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Kentucky Open Records Act; establish certain disclosure rights of the commissioner; require the commissioner to submit reports relating to the administration of Sections 1 to 9 of this Act.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (93-3)

3/14/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/14/2019 - Missing Action!; for Concurrence w/SCS 1

3/13/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/13/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/13/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3/12/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent w/ SCS1

3/12/2019 - Senate Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING

3/6/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

3/4/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

3/4/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Committee on Committees

3/4/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/4/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/28/2019 - received in Senate

2/27/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 96-1 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/26/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/25/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/21/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/20/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/20/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/15/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/15/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

2/14/2019 - Introduced

PHARMACY REIMBURSEMENT PRACTICES
(ROWLAND, BART)

AN ACT relating to pharmacy reimbursement practices.

Amend KRS 304.9-440 to authorize administrative action against a pharmacy benefit manager if the manager engages in certain practices relating to pharmacy wholesalers; amend KRS 205.647 to require pharmacy benefit managers contracted with a Medicaid managed care organization to comply with KRS 304.9-440; require the Department of Medicaid Services to not approve contracts with certain requirements relating to pharmacy wholesalers or to directly impose any of those requirements.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/6/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

3/6/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/6/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/27/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/25/2019 - received in Senate

2/22/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

2/21/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 22, 2019

2/21/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (H) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar

2/20/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/20/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/15/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

2/15/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/15/2019 - Introduced

NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
(HEAVRIN, SAMARA)

AN ACT relating to nonprofit emergency medical services and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 273 allowing for emergency medical service providers created under KRS Chapter 273 to have an elective membership or subscriber fee placed upon the property tax bill; establish procedures for placement; establish procedures for collection of tax and failure to pay tax; allow sheriffs a fee for collection of tax; set limits on the placement of tax in certain jurisdictions; establish procedures for opting out of payment of fees; require provision of services to all in the area of jurisdiction; prohibit fees for those users having paid fees; allow the billing of nonsubscribers for services used; require billing according to a fee schedule established by Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services; cap any fees to Medicare recipients at $150; amend KRS 67.327 to allow EMS service providers created under KRS Chapter 273 to have an elective membership or subscriber fee placed upon the property tax bill; amend KRS 95.018 to allow EMS service providers created under KRS Chapter 273 to have an elective membership or subscriber fee placed upon the property tax bill; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/19/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government

2/15/2019 - Introduced

HEALTH INSURANCE EXPANSION
(BOWLING, ADAM)

AN ACT relating to the expansion of health insurance options within Kentucky.

Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to revise definitions of "employer-organized association," "health benefit plan," "insurer," and "large group"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.17A-0954 to conform with definitions in KRS 304.17A-005; revise application of permissible amount or rate of premiums for an employer-organized association health plan; make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.17A-808 to increase filing fee to $1,000 for self-insured employer-organized association groups; amend KRS 304.17A-812 to add exception to capital and surplus requirements for self-insured employer-organized association groups; amend KRS 304.17A-834 to require self-insured employer-organized association groups to file required forms with the commissioner.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - (H) Final Passage passed (81-14)

3/13/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/13/2019 - Missing Action!; for Concurrence w/SCS 1

3/12/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

3/7/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Rules

3/7/2019 - received in House w/SCS 1

3/7/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/7/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar w/SCS1

3/5/2019 - Senate Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/26/2019 - received in Senate

2/25/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 88-6 with floor amendment (1)

2/25/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/21/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

2/21/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/20/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/20/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/15/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/15/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

2/15/2019 - Introduced

CHRONIC PAIN TREATMENTS
(STEVENSON, CHERLYNN)

AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of chronic pain treatments.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/19/2019 - Introduced

OPIOID USE REDUCTION
(STEVENSON, CHERLYNN)

AN ACT relating to opioid use reduction.

Amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discus and refer or prescribe alternative chronic pain treatments before initially prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/19/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
(MCCOY, CHAD)

AN ACT relating to medical malpractice.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411, requiring plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions to file a certificate of merit; repeal all sections in KRS Chapter 216C, the 2017 Medical Review Panel Act.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/27/2019 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

3/26/2019 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State

3/26/2019 - Filed with Secretary of State

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - received in House

3/13/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/13/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3/12/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules as Consent

3/12/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

3/6/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Committee on Committees

3/6/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/6/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

3/4/2019 - received in Senate

3/1/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 69-24

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1, 2019

2/28/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/27/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/27/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/22/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/19/2019 - Introduced

PATIENT TEST RESULTS
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to information on patient test results.

Amend KRS 214.181 to add designee to persons who may inform patients of test results.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - received in House

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/13/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/12/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar

3/11/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/7/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/5/2019 - received in Senate

3/4/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T and HCS 1

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 4, 2019

3/1/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/28/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/28/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/28/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/26/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/19/2019 - Introduced

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to strengthening the controlled substances collaborative agreement between physicians and advanced practice registered nurses.

Amend KRS 314.042 to add requirements for the Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Controlled Substances (CAPA-CS).

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/22/2019 - (H) reassigned to committee House Health and Family Services

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/19/2019 - Introduced

VISION TESTING
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to vision testing for motor vehicle operators.

Amend KRS 186.576 to define "trained vision assessor"; amend KRS 186.577 to require vision testing for operator's license renewal; allow an applicant to be exempt from visual acuity and visual field testing at the time of application if he or she submits a vision testing form completed by a trained vision assessor; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this section; require the Transportation Cabinet to designate trained vision assessors who may perform vision testing; permit the Transportation Cabinet to develop a system for electronic transmission of driver vision testing forms; amend KRS 186.480 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation

2/19/2019 - Introduced

CHFS
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Amend to make language gender neutral.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/19/2019 - Introduced

CHFS
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Amend KRS 210.450 to make language gender neutral.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/19/2019 - Introduced

MENTAL ILLNESS SERVICES
(BOJANOWSKI, TINA)

AN ACT relating to services for persons with severe mental illness.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit an application for waiver or waiver amendment or request a plan amendment to the federal agency that approves waivers, waiver amendments, and plan amendments to provide supportive housing and supported employment services to persons with severe mental illness.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/19/2019 - Introduced

PRIOR AUTHORIZATION
(GOFORTH, ROBERT)

AN ACT relating to prior authorizations.

Amend KRS 304.17A-611 to prohibit insurers from setting requirements or using certain utilization reviews for a covered person's initial admission of up to 14 days to a short-term residential treatment facility for substance use disorder treatment; amend KRS 205.536 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services or a Medicaid managed care organization from requiring or conducting a prospective or concurrent review of a Medicaid recipient's initial admission of up to 14 days to a short-term residential treatment facility for substance use disorder treatment; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/19/2019 - Introduced

TAXATION
(RUDY, STEVEN)

AN ACT relating to taxation.

Amend KRS 141.023 to make a technical correction.

  ALL BILL STATUS

4/9/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/28/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/28/2019 - 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with

3/28/2019 - floor amendment (1) adopted

3/28/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

3/28/2019 - 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with

3/28/2019 - Committee Substitute (1) adopted

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/28/2019 - received in House w/ Letter

3/28/2019 - (S) Final Passage passed (33-0) w/ HFA1

3/28/2019 - Senate Concurred in House floor amendment (1)

3/28/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in House floor amendment (1)

3/28/2019 - received in Senate w/ letter

3/28/2019 - (H) Passed passed (74-22)

3/28/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (37-1) w/ SCS1

3/28/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2019

3/28/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably w/ SCS1

3/28/2019 - Senate Appropriations & Revenue, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/14/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

3/14/2019 - (S) SECOND READING

3/14/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

3/13/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

3/13/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

3/13/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

3/13/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

3/13/2019 - received in Senate

3/13/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 91-0

3/13/2019 - (H) PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY

3/13/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably to Rules

3/12/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

3/12/2019 - (H) SECOND READING

3/12/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

3/1/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

3/1/2019 - (H) FIRST READING

3/1/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

2/26/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/20/2019 - Introduced

TAXATION
(RUDY, STEVEN)

AN ACT relating to taxation.

Amend KRS 139.680 to make a technical correction.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/20/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAID COVERAGE
(CARNEY, JOHN BAM)

AN ACT relating to required Medicaid coverage of services.

Amend KRS 205.560 to require that dental and optometric services provided to eligible recipients ages 21 and over be the same as those provided to eligible children ages 21 and under; establish minimum requirements for dental services provided to all age groups; require coverage of nonemergency medically necessary transportation for eligible recipients.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/20/2019 - Introduced

FIREARM POSSESSION
(CARNEY, JOHN BAM)

AN ACT relating to firearms possession by domestic abusers.

Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic violence order or an interpersonal protective order of the firearm possession prohibition.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/20/2019 - Introduced

FIREARMS
(HARRIS, CHRIS)

AN ACT relating to firearms.

Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the possession of an assault weapon by a person under 21 years of age unless the person is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a law enforcement officer; prohibit sale or transfer of an assualt weapon to a person under 21 years of age; create penalties.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/20/2019 - Introduced

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
(MCCOY, CHAD)

AN ACT relating to controlled substances.

Amend KRS 217.186 to allow a pharmacist to dispense naloxone to a person or agency who provides training on the use of naloxone as a part of a harm reduction program; amend KRS 218A.1412 to make a technical correction to clarify that heroin trafficking is not eligible for a Class D felony; amend KRS 507.040 to add the unlawful distribution for remuneration of a Schedule I or II drug where the drug is the proximate cause of death to the elements of manslaughter in the second degree.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - received in House

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/13/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/12/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar

3/12/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/7/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

3/6/2019 - received in Senate

3/5/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 96-0

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1, 2019

2/28/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/27/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/27/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/22/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/20/2019 - Introduced

WORKERS COMPENSATION
(GENTRY, ALAN)

AN ACT relating to workers compensation.

Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee's body.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

2/20/2019 - Introduced

RURAL HOSPITAL TAX CREDITS
(BROWN JR., GEORGE)

AN ACT relating to rural hospital tax credits.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the rural hospital organization donation tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/20/2019 - Introduced

LICENSED OCCUPATIONS
(HEAVRIN, SAMARA)

AN ACT relating to licensed occupations.

Amend KRS 322.030 to clarify that a licensed architect may engage in the practice of engineering incidental to the practice of architecture; allow the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to promulgate administrative regulations that define aspects of a building that are not considered incidental to the practice of architecture.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/22/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/20/2019 - Introduced

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
(BENTLEY, DANNY)

AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to annually compile a list of certain prescription drugs deemed to be essential to treating diabetes and a list of such drugs that have been subject to a price increase greater than a certain percentage; require drug manufacturers to annually report to the cabinet certain information related to the cost of manufacturing and marketing such drugs and factors that contributed to a price increase; require pharmacy benefit managers to annually report to the cabinet certain information related to prescription drug rebates for such drugs; exempt such information and data reported by manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers to the cabinet from disclosure pursuant to KRS 61.870 to 61.884; require the cabinet to annually submit to the Legislative Research Commission a report that summarizes the information reported to the cabinet by manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the new sections; amend KRS 217.990 to establish a penalty for failure to report; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to restrict cost-sharing amounts charged by insurers and pharmacy benefit managers; prohibit insurers and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting a pharmacist's ability to inform patients about and to sell less expensive alternative drugs; and amend KRS 304.17A-505 and 304.17C-030 to require disclosure of information related to drug formularies.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/20/2019 - Introduced

MONITORING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
(MOSER, KIMBERLY POORE)

AN ACT relating to Kentucky’s electronic system for monitoring controlled substances.

Amend KRS 218A.202 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish secure connections between Kentucky's electronic system for monitoring controlled substances and a prescribing or dispensing health care practitioner’s electronic health recordkeeping system.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/20/2019 - Introduced

MEDICATION DISPOSAL
(BOOKER, CHARLES)

AN ACT relating to the safe disposal of prescription medications.

Create a new section of KRS 217.905 to 217.919 to require a pharmacist or a pharmacist’s designee to inform persons verbally, in writing, or by posted signage of methods for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired legend drugs anytime a legend drug is dispensed; require a pharmacist or a pharmacist’s designee to make available at no charge a nontoxic composition for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired legend drugs when a legend drug is dispensed; require manufacturers or distributors to enter into consignment reimbursement contracts for inventory; require a practitioner who dispenses a legend drug to inform all persons who receive a prescription about the importance of proper and safe disposal of unused, unwanted, or expired prescription drugs and make available at no charge a nontoxic composition for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired legend drugs; amend KRS 218A.170 to require a pharmacist or a pharmacist’s designee to inform persons verbally, in writing or by posted signage of methods for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired controlled substances anytime a controlled substance is dispensed; require a pharmacist or a pharmacist’s designee to make available at no charge a nontoxic composition for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired controlled substances when a controlled substance is dispensed; require manufacturers or distributors to enter into consignment reimbursement contracts for inventory; require a practitioner who dispenses a controlled substance to inform all persons who receive a prescription about the importance of proper and safe disposal of unused, unwanted, or expired prescription drugs and make available at no charge a nontoxic composition for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired controlled substances, exempt veterinarians from the Act’s provisions; specify that the Medicaid program is not required to provide payment when a practitioner or a pharmacist distributes a nontoxic composition for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired legend drugs or controlled substances anytime a legend drug or controlled substance is sold or distributed, and establish penalties for violations of the Act.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/20/2019 - Introduced

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT
(TATE, NANCY)

AN ACT relating to substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and programs

Amend KRS 12.500, 210.485, 210.506, 210.509, 214.185, 222.003, 222.271, 222.311, 222.421, 222.430, 222.431, 222.432, 222.433; 222.434, 222.435, 222.441, 222.460, 304.17A-660, 311B.160, 600.020, 610.127, and 620.023, to change "alcohol and other drug abuse" to "substance use disorder"; amend KRS 202A.0819 and 210.365 to delete the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses; make technical corrections; add the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; amend KRS 210.400 to correct reference; amend KRS 222.005 to delete the terms "alcohol and other drug abuse" and "juvenile"; add the term "substance use disorder"; amend KRS 222.211 to change "tobacco addiction" to "nicotine dependence"; change "alcohol and other drug abuse" to "substance use disorder"; amend KRS 222.221 to change "alcohol and other drug abuse" to "substance use disorder"; delete requirement to publish list of treatment facilities and services; amend KRS 222.231 and 222.465 to change "alcohol and other drug abuse" to "substance use disorder"; update references; change narcotic treatment program requirements; repeal KRS 222.001, 210.500, 210.502, 210.504, 210.580.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - received in House

3/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0

3/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/13/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/12/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar

3/11/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/7/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

3/7/2019 - received in Senate

3/6/2019 - floor amendment (1) defeated

3/6/2019 - (H) THIRD READING passed (97-0)

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

3/5/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 4, 2019

3/1/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/28/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/28/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/28/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/26/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/20/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAL MARIJUANA
(BENTLEY, DANNY)

Urge federal policymakers to incorporate standards for safety and efficacy in the use of medical marijuana.

Urge federal policymakers to incorporate standards for safety and efficacy in the use of medical marijuana.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/12/2019 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/26/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/25/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/21/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/20/2019 - Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/15/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 13, 2019

2/8/2019 - (H) THIRD READING; Consent Calendar

2/8/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/7/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/7/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/7/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/5/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/20/2018 - Pre-Filed

SCHOOL SAFETY
(WISE, MAX)

AN ACT relating to school safety.

Amend KRS 158.441 to include definitions of school safety and school security; amend KRS 158.442 to include development and implementation of a school safety coordinator training program; specify membership on the Center for School Safety board of directors; amend KRS 158.443 to specify the board of directors is to appoint an executive director, establish all positions of the center, approve a school security risk assessment tool, review the organizational structure of the center and make recommendations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the state school security marshal to be appointed by and report to the Department of Criminal Justice Training; require the marshal to report annually to the Center for School Safety; require development of a school security risk assessment tool; require reporting by school superintendents on completion of the risk assessment annually; require mandatory additional staff training if the risk assessment is not completed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require school district superintendents to appoint a school safety coordinator; require the school safety coordinator to complete training within six months of appointment; require the coordinator to designate threat assessment teams at each school in the district; require the coordinator to prescribe policies and procedures for an all-hazards approach to school safety; require the coordinator to ensure that all school campuses in their district are toured at least once per school year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to promote the assignment of a school resource officer to each school; require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to promulgate administrative regulations to establish school resource officer training and course curriculum; require superintendents to report annually to the Center for School Safety the number and placement of school resource officers in the district; amend KRS 15.330 to conform; amend KRS 158.162 to require all districts to restrict the access to each school building by July 1, 2022; withhold approval of new building construction or expansion approval without compliance; amend KRS 156.095 to require suicide prevention awareness information be provided to students in person, by live streaming, or via video recording; require suicide training provided to staff to include the recognition of signs and symptoms of mental illness; require staff with job duties requiring direct contact with students to receive a minimum of one hour of training annually on responding to an active shooter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define mental health professional and trauma-informed approach; direct all schools to adopt a trauma-informed approach to education; require by July 1, 2021, as funds become available, each school district to provide a mental health professional for each one thousand five hundred students; require by January 1, 2020, the Department of Education make available a tool kit to assist school districts in developing a trauma-informed approach; require by July 1, 2020, each local board of education to develop a plan for implementing a trauma-informed approach; amend KRS 70.062 to encourage sheriffs to collaborate with local school districts on policies and procedures for communicating instances of student-involved trauma; amend KRS 95.970 to encourage chiefs of police to collaborate with local school districts on policies and procedures for communicating instances of student-involved trauma; create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to encourage the Department of Kentucky State Police to work with school districts pertaining to school and student safety and emergency response plans and concerns and policies and procedures for communicating instances of student involved trauma; amend KRS 508.078 to include in terroristic threatening in the second degree making false statements by any means for the purpose of causing evacuation, cancellation, or creating fear of bodily harm in schools or among students, parents, or school personnel; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education make available to each school district an anonymous reporting tool; allow the reporting individual to stay anonymous; require information reported be immediately sent to administration of each school district and law enforcement agencies affected; require the Department of Education develop and provide a comprehensive training and awareness program on the anonymous reporting tool; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require principals to provide each school year written notice to all students, parents, and guardians of the provisions of KRS 508.078 and potential penalties under KRS 532.060 and 534.030; create a new section of Chapter 158 to allow the board of directors of any public school district foundation to accept gifts or donations restricted for school security purposes and use them exclusively for the purpose granted; encourage the organization of foundations to support public school districts for which no foundation exists; Act shall be known as the School Safety and Resiliency Act; direct the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a study on the use of guidance counselors' time in schools.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/11/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

2/28/2019 - delivered to Governor

2/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

2/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

2/28/2019 - (S) Final Passage passed (37-0) w/HCS1, HFTA1

2/28/2019 - Senate Concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)

2/28/2019 - received in Senate w/ letter

2/27/2019 - floor amendment (1) defeated

2/27/2019 - (H) THIRD READING passed (96-3) w/HCS 1 and HCA 1T

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1

2/26/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1

2/25/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, and HFA 1

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/22/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/21/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/21/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/21/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/20/2019 - House Education, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/15/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Education

2/12/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education

2/11/2019 - received in House

2/8/2019 - floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) defeated

2/8/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (35-0) w/SCS 1

2/8/2019 - (S) THIRD READING

2/7/2019 - floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute

2/7/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 8, 2019

2/7/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably to Rules

2/7/2019 - Senate Education , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/6/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Education

2/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING

2/6/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/5/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Education

2/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

2/5/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

1/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education

1/9/2019 - Introduced

CIVIL ACTIONS
(STIVERS, ROBERT)

AN ACT relating to civil actions.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to allow appointment of a special judge in certain civil actions.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/12/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/4/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Judiciary

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING

3/4/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

3/1/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/28/2019 - floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn

2/28/2019 - received in House

2/28/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (26-9) w/SCS1, SFA3

2/28/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1, SFA1, SFA2, SFA3

2/27/2019 - floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute

2/27/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

2/27/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1, SFA1,2

2/26/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 27, 2019

2/25/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed, floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

2/25/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules w/SCS1

2/25/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/21/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/20/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary

2/20/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

2/20/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/5/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

1/11/2019 - Introduced

ABORTION
(CASTLEN, MATT)

AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require a person who intends to perform an abortion to determine whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion before determining whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; provide exceptions for medical emergencies; require documentation of whether an abortion was performed to preserve the health of the pregnant woman; specify that nothing in the Act restricts access to contraceptives; allow a woman to file a civil action for the wrongful death of her unborn child; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to inspect the medical records of a facility that performs abortions to ensure compliance with reporting requirements; permit the Attorney General to apply to a state or federal court for a declaration that the Act's provisions are constitutional, or an order lifting an injunction if one exists, if federal abortion law changes; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; allow for severability; EMERGENCY.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/15/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - floor amendment (4) defeated

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - received in Senate

3/14/2019 - (H) THIRD READING passed (71-19)

3/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4

3/13/2019 - floor amendment (4) filed

3/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

2/28/2019 - floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed

2/28/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/27/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/27/2019 - House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/21/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

2/19/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

2/15/2019 - received in House

2/14/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 31-6

2/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 14, 2019

2/14/2019 - Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/9/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

1/9/2019 - (S) SECOND READING

1/9/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

1/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

1/8/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Committee on Committees

1/8/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

1/8/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

1/8/2019 - Introduced

CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky.

Propose amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly the power to limit noneconomic damages for injuries resulting in death or for injuries to persons or property, and to provide a uniform statute of limitations; provide for submission to the voters.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/9/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

KENTUCKY RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL
(ADAMS, JULIE RAQUE)

AN ACT establishing the Kentucky Rare Disease Advisory Council and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky Rare Disease Advisory Council; list members to be appointed by the Governor; state the duties of the council; require a report of council activities; create a rare disease trust fund to be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to finance the operation of the council and support rare disease research and treatment; require a report on expenditures from the fund; provide that the council shall to cease to exist on December 1, 2029, unless reestablished by the General Assembly.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/7/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/7/2019 - received in Senate

3/7/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/5/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

3/4/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/4/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/20/2019 - received in House

2/19/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0 with floor amendment (1)

2/19/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SFA1

2/15/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/14/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

2/14/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

2/13/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

8/24/2018 - Pre-Filed

PREGNANCY-RELATED DISCRIMINATION
(KERR, ALICE FORGY)

AN ACT relating to pregnancy-related discrimination.

Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of "reasonable accommodation" accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; define "related medical condition"; amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful for an employer to fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; require employers to provide notice to all employees regarding the right to be free from discrimination for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.

  ALL BILL STATUS

4/9/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/28/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/28/2019 - received in Senate

3/28/2019 - (H) Final Passage, passed 87-5

3/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

3/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

3/13/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

3/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3/12/2019 - (H) SECOND READING to Rules

3/12/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/12/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Judiciary

3/6/2019 - (H) FIRST READING

3/6/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

2/26/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/25/2019 - received in House

2/22/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 25-7 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2-title)

2/22/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SFA1, 2T

2/21/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute and floor amendment (2-title) filed

2/21/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

2/21/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019

2/15/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/SCS1

2/14/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

8/17/2018 - Pre-Filed

MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to enact and enter into the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for physicians.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - floor amendments (2) and (3-title) withdrawn

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - received in Senate

3/14/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 88-5

3/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2P,3T

3/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2P,3T

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2P,3T

3/7/2019 - floor amendments (1), (2) and (3-title) filed

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/7/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

3/6/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/20/2019 - received in House

2/19/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0

2/19/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/15/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

2/15/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/14/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019

2/13/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - PLACED IN THE ORDERS OF THE DAY

2/12/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/12/2019 - (S) Placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

2/12/2019 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

OUT OF NETWORK BILLING
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to out-of-network balance billing.

Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to incorporate definitions of terms used in the Act, including "balance billing," "cost sharing", and "usual, customary, and reasonable rate"; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the insurance commissioner or a designated nonprofit organization to establish and maintain a database of billed health care services charges collected from insurers; amend KRS 304.17A-254 to require certain health insurers to ensure that their networks of participating providers are adequate to meet the health care needs of covered persons; amend KRS 304.17A-510 to consolidate requirements in the insurance code for participating provider directories, to establish specific requirements for content, updates, and access, to require that directories be made available on insurer's Web sites, and to require an annual audit of a reasonable sample size of an insurer's provider directories; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for access to a nonparticipating provider with prior plan authorization in certain circumstances, for access, without the need for a referral, to primary and preventive obstetric and gynecologic services, and for access to certain specialists; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the insurance commissioner to review health benefit plans for network adequacy; amend KRS 304.17A-550 to require certain insurers that offer a group health benefit plan that provides comprehensive coverage of health care services by nonparticipating providers to offer that coverage at a rate of at least 80% of the usual, customary, and reasonable rate; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to consolidate requirements in the insurance code for coverage of emergency health care services and to require insurers to ensure that covered persons incur no greater out-of-pocket costs for emergency health care services provided by a nonparticipating provider than the covered person would incur if services were provided by a participating provider; amend KRS 304.17A-607, 304.17A-617, 304.17A-621, and 304.17A-625 to establish utilization review and appeal requirements for nonparticipating provider coverage that requires prior authorization; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish notice requirements for health benefit plans relating to the coverage requirements established in the Act and reimbursement for health care services provided by a nonparticipating provider; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish a binding independent dispute resolution program for disputed charges for covered health care services provided by a nonparticipating provider; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require health care providers and health facilities to make certain disclosures to covered persons, to post certain information on their Web sites, and to comply with certain requirements if they balance bill a covered person; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17A-500, 304.17A-527, 304.17A-600, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, 304.39-241, and 18A.225 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-590, 304.17A-640, 304.17A-641, 304.17A-645, 304.17A-647, and 304.17A-649; cite as the Out-of-Network Balance Billing Transparency Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/14/2018 - Pre-Filed

STUDENT HEALTH
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to student health.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit use of tobacco products by students, school personnel, and visitors in schools, school vehicles, properties, and activities; require policies to be in place by the 2020-2021 school year; require that smoke-free policies and signage be adopted; provide that existing bans are not impacted; repeal KRS 438.050.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/14/2018 - Pre-Filed

CANCER PREVENTION
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to cancer prevention through insurance coverage for screening and appropriate genetic testing.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover genetic tests for cancer that are recommended by certain health care providers if the recommendation is consistent with certain genetic testing guidelines; establish that the section shall not be construed to limit coverage required by Section 2 of the Act or any other law; amend KRS 304.17A-257 to reduce the age required for colorectal cancer examination and testing coverage from fifty (50) to forty-five(45); make technical amendments; establish that the section shall not be construed to limit coverage required by Section 1 of the Act or any other law; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/7/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/7/2019 - received in Senate

3/7/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 98-1

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

2/28/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

2/27/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/27/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/25/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

2/25/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/22/2019 - received in House

2/21/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 33-3

2/21/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019

2/20/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/19/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/19/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

2/19/2019 - Senate Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/12/2019 - Senate Banking & Insurance , (First Hearing)

1/9/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

REMOVAL OF SMOKER PROTECTIONS
(SCHICKEL, JOHN)

AN ACT relating to employment discrimination based on smoking.

Amend KRS 344.040 to remove protections against employment discrimination based on an individual's status as a smoker or nonsmoker.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

11/15/2018 - Pre-Filed

WATER FLUORIDATION PROGRAMS
(WEST, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.

Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services optional; allow local government entities and special districts to void implementation of the programs by legislative action.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/9/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/14/2018 - Pre-Filed

MEDICAID DISCLOSURES
(MEREDITH, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to disclosure of Medicaid managed care organizations' payment schedules to the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee.

Amend KRS 304.17A-527 to require Medicaid managed care organizations to provide all payment schedules utilized to reimburse health care providers with whom they have maintained a contractual relationship for the previous three (3) months to the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee on a quarterly basis for the committee's review.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/9/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/12/2018 - Pre-Filed

MEDICAID IMPROVEMENTS
(MEREDITH, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to service improvements in the Medicaid program.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of (MCO) contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three and to establish a process for selecting the three MCOs to be awarded the contracts; require that services provided in rural counties be reimbursed at least at the median amount paid to an urban health care provider within the nearest metropolitan statistical area; establish a penalty that goes to the underpaid provider.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/12/2018 - Pre-Filed

ABORTION
(SMITH, BRANDON)

AN ACT relating to reporting the dispensing of prescriptions to induce abortion.

Amend KRS 213.101 to require a report of dispensing a prescription for RU-486, cytotec, pitocin, mifeprex, misoprostol, or any other drug or combination of drugs that are intended to end a pregnancy to the Vital Statistics Branch within 15 days after the end of the month in which the prescription was dispensed; require report to be made available on the cabinet's Web site; create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require a report of dispensing a prescription for RU-486, cytotec, pitocin, mifeprex, misoprostol, or any other drug or combination of drugs that are intended to end a pregnancy; amend KRS 311.723 and 311.735 to correct citations to KRS 213.101.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - (S) Final Passage passed (31-4) w/ HCS1, HFTA1

3/14/2019 - Senate Concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1-title)

3/14/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1-title) on Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/13/2019 - received in Senate w/ letter

3/13/2019 - (H) THIRD READING passed (75-19) w/HCS 1 and HFA 1T

3/13/2019 - floor amendment (2) ruled not germane

3/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1T,2,3,4T

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1T, 2, 3, 4T

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1T,2,3,4T

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1T,2,3,4T

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1T,2,3,4T

3/4/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS1, HFA 1T,2,3,4T

3/1/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, and HFA 1T,2,3,4T

2/27/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1T,2,3,4T

2/26/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1. HFA 1T,2,3,4T

2/25/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1T,2,3,4T

2/22/2019 - floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4-title) filed to bill

2/22/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/22/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/21/2019 - floor amendment (1-title) filed

2/21/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/21/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/21/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/5/2019 - received in House

1/11/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (30-6)

1/11/2019 - (S) THIRD READING

1/10/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 11, 2019

1/10/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably to Rules

1/9/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

1/9/2019 - (S) SECOND READING

1/9/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

1/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

1/8/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Committee on Committees

1/8/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

1/8/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

1/8/2019 - Introduced

PRIOR AUTHORIZATION
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to prior authorization.

Create a new section of subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require an insurer develop processes for electronic prior authorizations; to establish an extended length of authorization under certain circumstances; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services or a Medicaid managed care organization to comply with Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this Act; amend KRS 217.211 to require governmental units of the Commonwealth to promulgate administrative regulations for electronic prescribing that include electronic prior authorization standards meeting certain requirements; amend KRS 218A.171 to require governmental units of the Commonwealth to promulgate administrative regulations for electronic prescribing that include electronic prior authorization standards meeting certain requirements; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "health care services," "health facility" or "facility," and "medically necessary health care services"; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to prohibit a requirement of a utilization review for the provision of emergency health care services; to establish a presumption of medical necessity; amend KRS 304.17A-600 to amend the definition of "prospective review" to include prior authorization, step therapy, preadmission review, pretreatment review, and utilization and case management; amend KRS 304.17A-603 to require certain written procedures of insurers be accessible on its Web site; amend KRS 304.17A-607 to require that decisions relating to utilization reviews are conducted by physicians of the same specialty as the ordering provider; to establish a time frame for providing utilization decisions; to allow for electronic format of certain required notices; to establish that an insurer's failure to respond within set time frames shall be deemed a prior authorization; amend 304.17A-430, to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - (S) Final Passage passed (37-0) w/ HCS1, HFA1

3/13/2019 - Senate Concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

3/13/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1) on Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3/13/2019 - received in Senate w/ letter

3/12/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 97-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 1

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 1

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

2/28/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/28/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

2/27/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

2/27/2019 - House Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/25/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance

2/25/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance

2/22/2019 - received in House

2/21/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 33-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

2/21/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019

2/20/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/19/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/19/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/SCS1

2/19/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

2/19/2019 - Senate Banking & Insurance , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/9/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/14/2018 - Pre-Filed

CHIROPRACTIC
(WISE, MAX)

AN ACT relating to students of chiropractic.

Amend KRS 312.018 to allow a student of chiropractic to engage in clinical practice under the supervision of a licensed chiropractor.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/22/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/13/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - received in Senate

3/12/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 100-0

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/6/2019 - (H) SECOND READING to Rules

3/6/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/4/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING

3/4/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/22/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/21/2019 - received in House

2/20/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 35-0

2/20/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2019

2/15/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/14/2019 - Senate Education , (First Hearing)

2/7/2019 - (S) reassigned to committee Senate Education

2/7/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

1/10/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

1/8/2019 - Introduced

QUALITY OF LIFE
(ADAMS, JULIE RAQUE)

AN ACT relating to patient quality of life.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish membership and duties; establish the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program within the cabinet; set forth purposes, duties, and requirements.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/13/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/12/2019 - (S) Final Passage passed (37-0) w/ HCS1

3/12/2019 - Senate Concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)

3/12/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/7/2019 - received in Senate w/ letter

3/7/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/5/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar w/HCS 1

3/4/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/4/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/20/2019 - received in House

2/19/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/19/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1

2/15/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/14/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/SCS1

2/13/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/10/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/8/2019 - Introduced

COLON CANCER SCREENING
(ADAMS, JULIE RAQUE)

AN ACT relating to the Colon Cancer Screening Program fund and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide taxpayers the option to donate to the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program fund from their individual income tax refund; require the Department of Revenue to place the designation on the face of the Kentucky individual income tax return; provide information about the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program fund in the return's instructions; transfer the funds designated by taxpayers to the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program fund by July 1 of this year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to provide for a Colon Cancer Prevention special license plate; amend KRS186.162 to establish the initial fee and renewal fee for the special license plate and transfer funds collected by the special license plate fees to the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program fund.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

1/8/2019 - Introduced

CHILD ABUSE
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to child abuse education.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring each public school to provide developmentally appropriate instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in all grades; require the Department of Education to develop child abuse and child sexual abuse instructional resources for use by schools; cite the Act as Jenna Quinn's Law.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education

1/9/2019 - Introduced

SYRINGE EXCHANGE
(THAYER, DAMON)

AN ACT relating to syringe exchange.

Amend KRS 218A.500 to limit local health departments which operate syringe and needle exchanges to exchanging only on a one-for-one basis.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/9/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAID COVERAGE SERVICES
(NEAL, GERALD A.)

AN ACT relating to required Medicaid coverage services.

Amend KRS 205.560 to require that dental and optometric services provided to eligible recipients ages 21 and over be the same as those provided to eligible children ages 21 and under; establish minimum requirements for dental services provided to all age groups; require coverage of nonemergency medically necessary transportation for eligible recipients.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/10/2019 - Introduced

COSMETIC SERVICES
(KERR, ALICE FORGY)

AN ACT relating to cosmetic services.

Amend KRS 317A.010 to define "beauty salon" "esthetic salon" and "nail salon" as either a fixed or mobile establishment; amend KRS 317A.060 to require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish inspection criteria for mobile salons; amend KRS 317A.155 to allow licensees to render services outside of a licensed establishment for persons suffering from a medical condition which limits physical mobility as attested by a physician in writing.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/12/2019 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

1/10/2019 - Introduced

CANNABIS
(SEUM, DAN)

AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.

Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 245 to define terms, allow for possession, growth, use, processing, purchasing, transfer, and consumption of cannabis; establish limits for transfer; allow for purchasing and manufacture of cannabis accessories; authorize activities and operation of retail stores, consumption establishments, cultivation facilities, cannabis testing facilities, and product manufacturing facilities; establish possession limits; prohibit smoking cannabis in public and establish a fine for violation; prohibit operation of motor vehicles while consuming cannabis and specify that existing intoxication laws are not superseded; prohibit state or local resources to be used to investigate violations of federal Controlled Substances Act that conflict with this KRS Chapter 245; specify that an employer is not required to allow consumption, workplace intoxication, possession, or transfer of cannabis; prohibit individuals under the age of 21 from entering cannabis establishments, purchasing, using, or misrepresenting his or her age; establish penalties for violation; establish a penalty for underage possession of cannabis; establish a penalty for underage cultivation of cannabis; establish requirements for personal cultivation; establish and direct the Department of Cannabis Control to administer KRS Chapter 245 and promulgate administrative regulations relating to all aspects of cannabis establishments, cannabis manufacturing, and transfer, cultivation, packaging, and health and safety requirements; restrictions on advertising, and restrictions on additives, pesticides, visitor logs, and sample testing; require promulgation of administrative regulations within 180 days; establish timeframes for the issuance of licenses; establish licensure requirements and separate licenses; establish a license and renewal fee and license application form; establish a trust and agency account; establish a cannabis regulation fund and mandate the direction of certain funds; establish a civil penalty for violating KRS Chapter 245, including for failing to keep written records and submitting required reports; establish a prioritization requirement for Kentucky residents; establish the legislative intent that cannabis or cannabis products not in conformity with KRS Chapter 245 are seizable as contraband; allow for local governments to prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish excise taxes; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to direct the placement of excise taxes and sales taxes relating to cannabis; amend KRS 2.015 to make the cultivation, purchase, use, and possession of cannabis a higher age of majority activity; amend KRS 610.010 to make cannabis offenses under KRS Chapter 245 committed by minors under the authority of the juvenile session of the District Court; amend KRS 630.020 to grant a court jurisdiction over cannabis offenses committed by children; amend KRS 630.120 to prohibit commitment of children over a cannabis offense; amend KRS 218A.1422 to clarify that a person is guilty of possession of marijuana when he or she has more than the possession limit established in KRS Chapter 245, and to exempt a cannabis establishment; amend KRS 218A.1423 to prohibit cultivation of more than 5 marijuana plants and to exempt cannabis establishments; amend KRS 12.020 to reflect the establishment of the Department of Cannabis Control; amend KRS 12.252 to reflect the establishment of the Department of Cannabis Control; establish a short title; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/10/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/8/2019 - Introduced

MIDWIVES
(BUFORD, TOM)

AN ACT relating to licensed professional certified midwives.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 314 to define "APRN-designated certified nurse midwife," "certified professional midwifery services," "council," "licensed certified professional midwife; "create the Licensed Certified Professional Midwives Advisory Council under the Board of Nursing and establish its membership; provide that a licensed certified professional midwife has same authority and responsibility as other licensed health care providers regarding public health laws and require each to keep appropriate medical records; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to licensed certified professional midwives, including a requirement for informed consent, fees for permits, statewide requirements for transfer of care, medical tests, and a formulary of medications; permit the board to require a criminal background investigation of an applicant for a license as a licensed certified professional midwife by means of a fingerprint check; require the council to delineate findings on restrictions to providing certified professional midwifery services; provide immunity from liability in civil action for health care providers who have acted in consultation with a licensed certified professional midwife; establish a work group to develop statewide transfer guidelines; amend KRS 164.298, 211.180, 311.271, and 311.550 to conform; require data to be collected about the place of delivery and planned place of delivery; prohibit performing abortions; provide an education requirement to meet United States educational accreditation standards; provide that any medications used by a licensed certified professional midwife are for the safe conduct of pregnancy, labor and birth, and immediate care of a newborn.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/14/2019 - (S) Final Passage passed (35-1) w/ HCS1, HFA2

3/14/2019 - Senate Concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2)

3/14/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2) on Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/13/2019 - received in Senate w/ letter

3/13/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 96-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2)

3/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 2

3/12/2019 - floor amendment (1) withdrawn

3/12/2019 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1 and HFA 1

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/6/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

3/6/2019 - (H) SECOND READING to Rules w/HCS 1

3/6/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/4/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING

3/4/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/25/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/22/2019 - received in House

2/21/2019 - floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute

2/21/2019 - floor amendments (1) and (2) ruled out of order

2/21/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (32-4) w/SCS1

2/21/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019

2/20/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed

2/20/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/19/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/SCS1

2/19/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

2/19/2019 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations , (First Hearing)

2/5/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

1/11/2019 - Introduced

AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES
(MCGARVEY, MORGAN)

AN ACT relating to air ambulance services.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish requirement for out-of-network coverage of air ambulance claims; require program for payment of out-of-network air ambulance claims; require mediation process for out-of-network claims; deem compliant payments as full and final payments by the covered person; to require the department to report health facilities that do not provide required disclosures; require that the Department of Insurance publish on its Web site participating provider status information of air ambulance providers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require health care providers to make certain disclosures to a covered person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to prohibit an air ambulance provider from selling subscription services; amend KRS 216B.990 to establish fines for health facilities failing to provide required disclosures; amend KRS 304.17A-254 to require a compliance clause in participating provider agreements; amend KRS 304.17A-527 to require a compliance clause in participating provider agreements; amend KRS 304.99-020 to establish penalties for certain violations; amend KRS 311A.060 to require the Board of Emergency Medical Services to send notice of certain violations to the commissioner of insurance; amend KRS 367.990 to establish penalties for provider violations; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/14/2019 - Introduced

SEXUAL VIOLENCE TRAINING
(HARPER ANGEL, DENISE)

AN ACT relating to sexual violence training.

Amend KRS 311A.120 to require training on awareness of sexual violence for emergency medical technicians.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - (S) Final Passage passed (37-0) w/ HCS1

3/13/2019 - Senate Concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)

3/13/2019 - Missing Action! for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) on Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3/13/2019 - received in Senate w/ letter

3/12/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 100-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/7/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar w/HCS 1

3/6/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/26/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/25/2019 - received in House

2/22/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 33-0

2/22/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/21/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 22, 2019

2/20/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/19/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/19/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

2/19/2019 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations , (Second Hearing)

2/5/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

1/11/2019 - Introduced

PARTNER THERAPY FOR STI
(BUFORD, TOM)

AN ACT relating to expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted gonorrhea or chlamydia infections.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms; establish authority and standards for permitting expedited partner therapy for a sexually transmitted gonorrhea or Chlamydia infecton.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/28/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/22/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/21/2019 - received in House

2/20/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 32-1 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/20/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1

2/19/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2019

2/14/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/SCS1

2/13/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/7/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/5/2019 - Introduced

SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE
(HARPER ANGEL, DENISE)

AN ACT relating to sexual assault forensic evidence kits.

Amend KRS 16.132 to require the Kentucky State Police to create a tracking system for sexual assault forensic evidence kits.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/22/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/13/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - received in Senate

3/12/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 100-0

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/7/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

3/6/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

2/27/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

2/22/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/21/2019 - received in House

2/20/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 35-0

2/20/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/19/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2019

2/15/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/14/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/14/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/7/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

2/5/2019 - Introduced

PATIENT DISCUSSIONS
(KERR, ALICE FORGY)

AN ACT relating to discussion with patients on the risks, benefits, and limitations of treatment with controlled substances.

Amend KRS 218A.172 to add issues that a practitioner is required to discuss with a patient prior to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance to a patient; require that the same information is discussed prior to a third sequential prescription; require any discussion records to be kept by the practitioner.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/5/2019 - Introduced

FERTILITY PRESERVATION SERVICES
(KERR, ALICE FORGY)

AN ACT relating to coverage for medically necessary fertility preservation services.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, shall include coverage for standard fertility preservation services when a necessary medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility to an insured; establish language to specify that fertility preservation coverage is not required to be provided or included in any employer-sponsored health benefit plan offered by an employer to its employees if the employer is a religious organization; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/5/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAID CREDENTIALING
(MEREDITH, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to Medicaid credentialing of health care providers.

Amend KRS 205.532 to amend the definition of credentialing verification organization.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/7/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/7/2019 - received in Senate

3/7/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/5/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

3/4/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/4/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/27/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/26/2019 - received in House

2/26/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0 with floor amendment (1)

2/26/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SFA1

2/25/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

2/25/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

2/25/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/22/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/21/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/20/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/13/2019 - House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, (First Hearing)

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/5/2019 - Introduced

CONTINUING EDUCATION
(MEREDITH, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to continuing education.

Amend KRS 316.130 to eliminate the 6-hour, in-person continuing education requirement for funeral directors and embalmers.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/22/2019 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

2/21/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 22, 2019

2/20/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/19/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/19/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

2/19/2019 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations , (Third Hearing)

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

2/5/2019 - Introduced

COPAYMENTS
(MEREDITH, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to copayments by medical assistant recipients.

Amend KRS 205.6312 to prohibit the cabinet or a managed care organization contracted to provide services from instituting copayments, cost sharing, or similar charges to be paid by any medical assistance recipients, their spouses, or parents, for any assistance provided pursuant KRS Chapter 205, federal law, or any federal Medicaid waiver; amend KRS 205.6485 to prohibit copayments to be charged in the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/5/2019 - Introduced

REORGANIZATION
(WISE, MAX)

AN ACT relating to reorganization.

Create a new section of KRS 157.195 to 157.290 to establish the State Advisory Council for Exceptional Children; amend KRS 156.029 to revise the Kentucky Board of Education; amend KRS 158.6453 to revise the standards and assessments process review committee; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.6452 to revise the School Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability Council; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.648 to rename the State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education the Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Council and revise the council; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.794 to rename the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee the Read to Achieve Council and revise the council; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.017 to revise the authority of the Education Professional Standards Board and replace the executive director with the Commissioner of Education; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.028 to revise the Education Professional Standards Board; amend KRS 161.220 to clarify retirement system participation for employees of the Education Professional Standards Board; amend KRS 164.011 to revise the Council on Postsecondary Education; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 200.700 to revise the Early Childhood Advisory Council; amend KRS 12.020, 18A.115, 151B.134, 156.553, 158.792, 158.842, 161.100, and 161.126 to conform; repeal KRS 160.158 relating to the Council for Community Education; confirm, in part, Executive Orders 2018-581, 2018-597, and 2018-653.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/7/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education

3/6/2019 - received in House

3/5/2019 - floor amendment (1) defeated

3/5/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (25-11) w/SCS1, SFA2, SFA3

3/5/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1, SFA1, 2, 3

3/4/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

3/4/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1, SFA1

3/1/2019 - floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute

3/1/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

3/1/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1, 2019

2/28/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/28/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules w/SCS1

2/28/2019 - Senate Education , (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/27/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Education

2/27/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

2/27/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education

2/5/2019 - Introduced

ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES
(HORNBACK, PAUL)

AN ACT relating to prescriptive authority or advanced practice registered nurses.

Amend KRS 314.011 to allow designated advanced practice registered nurses certified in psychiatric-mental health nursing to prescribe up to two sequential refills for a 30 day supply of psychostimulants; amend KRS 314.042 to remove the one-year practice requirement before an APRN may prescribe controlled substances under a CAPA-CS; establish conditions for an APRN to prescribe controlled substances without a CAPA-CS after four years of controlled substance prescribing authority under a CAPA-CS; require an APRN whose license is in good standing to notify the nursing board when he or she will be prescribing without a CAPA-CS; prohibit any attempt to require or compel an APRN to maintain a CAPA-CS to prescribe after the four year threshold; exempt an equivalently qualified out-of-state APRN from the CAPA-CS requirement to prescribe under licensure by endorsement; require an APRN with less than four years of prescribing controlled substances to maintain a CAPA-CS until the four years are completed.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/1/2019 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

3/1/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/22/2019 - floor amendment (3) filed

2/20/2019 - floor amendment (1-title) and (2) filed

2/20/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/19/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/19/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

2/19/2019 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations , (Fifth Hearing)

2/7/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

2/5/2019 - Introduced

IMMUNIZATION
(ADAMS, JULIE RAQUE)

AN ACT relating to immunization of post-secondary students.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require entering students enrolling in postsecondary institutions and residing on-campus to provide documentation of receiving required immunizations beginning with the 2020-21 academic year; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations implementing the requirement; provide for exemptions to the requirement; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/7/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/5/2019 - Introduced

MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS ACT
(GIRDLER, RICK)

AN ACT relating to Motor Vehicles Reparations Act.

Amend KRS 304.39-020 to make technical changes; to define CMS revenue codes, current procedural terminology, healthcare common procedure acting system, health care provider or provider, and international statistical classification of disease; to change the definition of medical expense; amend KRS 304.39-130 to increase weekly limit for basic reparation benefits payable for certain losses to $400; amend KRS 304.39-210 to establish rate at which medical expenses shall be paid; amend KRS 304.39-241 to make technical correction; amend KRS 304.39-245 to prohibit providers from charging in excess of the amount allowed under the subtitle for medical expenses, to balance bill a person for an excess amount above what is allowed by the subtitle, and to prohibit the reporting of a failure to pay an amount beyond what is allowed by this subtitle; create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the Department of Insurance to report certain information to the General Assembly this section to expire on January 1, 2026; repeal Section 6 of this Act as codified, effective 1/1/2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/6/2019 - Introduced

PHARMACIST AND PHARMACY SERVICES
(HIGDON, JIMMY)

AN ACT relating to coverage for pharmacist and pharmacy services.

Create new sections of KRS 304-17A to set requirements for reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy benefit manager networks; permit the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to review and approve a compensation program that is fair and reasonable; except information and data collected by the department from KRS 61.870 to 61.884; prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from taking actions related to payment and practices; permit the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations prohibiting practices by pharmacy benefit managers; amend KRS 304.17A-161 to apply definitions to Sections 1 and 4 of the Act; add definitions of independent pharmacy and specialty drug; amend KRS 304.17A-162 to add adjustment to appeals process for price updates; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to require health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers to implement certain pharmacy services practices and utilization review procedures; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to add pharmacy to the definition of health care provider; make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.17A-741 to add recoupment requirements for pharmacy audits; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the requirements of the Act; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid managed care organizations to comply with the requirements of the Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/25/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/25/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules

2/25/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/22/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/22/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

2/22/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

2/6/2019 - Introduced

INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL REVENUE CLAIMS
(MEREDITH, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to independent external review claims.

Amend KRS 205.646 to allow a provider to appeal multiple claims in a single external review; allow a single administrative hearing to be held to appeal the final decision of an external review that involved multiple claims.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/7/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/7/2019 - received in Senate

3/7/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/5/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

3/4/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/4/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/27/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/26/2019 - received in House

2/25/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0

2/25/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

2/22/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/21/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/20/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/8/2019 - Introduced

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREAMENT
(ADAMS, JULIE RAQUE)

AN ACT relating to law enforcement programs for substance abuse treatment.

Amend KRS 15.525, relating to programs created by law enforcement agencies to refer persons for substance use treatment, to delete the requirement that the person seeking assistance be immediately paired with a volunteer mentor; provide that a person is ineligible for the program if he or she places law enforcement in reasonable apprehension of physical injury; clarify that information gathered on program participants is exempt from the Kentucky Open Records Act; provide criminal and civil immunity for those who provide referrals and services pursuant to the program.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/13/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - received in Senate

3/12/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 100-0

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/7/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

3/6/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary

2/27/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/26/2019 - received in House

2/26/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-1

2/26/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2019

2/22/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/21/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar

2/21/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

2/21/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

2/8/2019 - Introduced

DEATH CERTIFICATES
(HIGDON, JIMMY)

AN ACT relating to death certificates.

Create a new section of KRS 213 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services not include a social security number on certified copies of death certificates.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/13/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/11/2019 - Introduced

REORGANIZATION
(ADAMS, JULIE RAQUE)

AN ACT relating to reorganization.

Amend KRS 12.020 to change the name of the Office of Health Care Policy to the Office of Health Data and Analytics; add the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review; add the Office of Public Affairs, the Office of Administrative Services, and the Office of Application Technology Services; delete the Governor's Office of Electronic Health Information, the Division of Kentucky Access, the Office of Health Policy, the Office of Legal Services, the Office of Communications and Administrative Review, and the Office of the Ombudsman; amend KRS 13B.020 to change the name of the Office of Health Care Policy to the Office of the Inspector General; create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Division of Health Benefit Exchange in the Office of Health Data and Analytics and establish duties; establish the Division of Analytics in the Office of Health Data and Analytics and establish duties; establish the Division of Health Information in the Office of Health Data and Analytics and establish duties; amend 194A.030 to establish duties of the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review, the Office of Public Affairs, and the Office of Health Data and Analytics; delete the Governor's Office of Electronic Health Information; amend KRS 211.751 and 211.752 to change the name of the Office of Health Care Policy to the Office of Health Data and Analytics; amend KRS 217C.070 to delete the milk for manufacturing advisory committee; amend KRS 304.17A-080 to increase the membership of the Health Insurance Advisory Council from nine to ten; amend KRS 304.17B-001 to define "office"; amend KRS 304.17B-003 to change the chair to the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; move the Kentucky Health Care Improvement Authority to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 304.17B.005 to move Kentucky Access to the Division of Health Benefit Exchange in the Office of Health Data and Analytics; amend KRS 304.17B-007, 304.17B-009, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-013, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-017, 304.17B-019, 304.17B-021, 304.17B-023, 304.17B-027, 304.17B-029, 304.17B-031, and 304.17B-033 to change the Department of Insurance to the Office of Health Data and Analytics; amend KRS 304.2-020 to delete the Division of Kentucky Access from the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 304.2-100 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to assist the Office of Health Data and Analytics with the provisions of KRS Chapter 304.17B; amend KRS 311.1947 to move the electronic registry for organ and tissue donation from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Administrative Office of the Courts; add donor designation at the application or renewal of a state identification card or on the Commonwealth's single sign-on system; repeal KRS 260.660, 260.661, 260.662, 260.663, 260.664, 260.664, and 260.665; repeal 2007 Ky. Acts Chapter 61 (2007 House Joint Resolution 137); confirm Executive Orders 2018-325 and 2018-780; amendments to KRS 311.1947; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/13/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/13/2019 - received in Senate

3/12/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 76-16

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

3/6/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/5/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar

3/4/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/4/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/27/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/26/2019 - received in House

2/25/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/25/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1

2/22/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/21/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/SCS1

2/20/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/14/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/11/2019 - Introduced

MEDICAL MARIJUANA
(WEST, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to medicinal marijuana and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; to exempt the medicinal marijuana program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; to require the Department for Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control to implement and regulate the medicinal marijuana program in Kentucky; to establish the Division of Medicinal Marijuana within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; to establish restrictions on the possession of and cultivation for personal use of medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients, and designated caregivers; to establish certain protections for cardholders; to establish professional protections for practitioners; to establish professional protections for attorneys; to prohibit the possession and use of medicinal marijuana on a school bus, on the grounds of any preschool or primary or secondary school, in a correctional facility, any property of the federal government, or while operating a motor vehicle; to prohibit smoking of medicinal marijuana on public transportation, in public places, or in any place of public accommodation; to clarify that the use of medicinal marijuana by a qualifying patient or visiting qualifying patient is to be treated the same as the use of prescribed pharmaceutical medications; to establish additional protections for medicinal use; to clarify that an employer may restrict the possession and use of medicinal marijuana in the workplace; to require the department to implement and operate a registry identification card program; to establish requirements for registry identification cards; to establish registry identification card fees; to require the department to operate a provisional licensure receipt system; to establish the application requirements for a registry identification card; to clarify when the department may deny an application for a registry identification card; to establish certain responsibilities for cardholders; to clarify when a registry identification card may be revoked; to establish various cannabis business licensure categories; to clarify tiering of cannabis business licenses; to require certain information be included in an application for a cannabis business license; to clarify when the department may deny an application for a cannabis business license; to prohibit a practitioner from being a board member or principal officer of a cannabis business; to prohibit cross-ownership of certain classes of cannabis businesses; to establish rules for local sales, including establishing the process by which a local legislative body may prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses within its territory and the process for local ordinances and ballot initiatives; establish technical requirements for cannabis businesses; to require at least 60% of the board of a cannabis business and at least 60% of the owners of a cannabis business be composed of individuals with at least 3 years of continuous Kentucky residency; to establish requirements for cannabis cultivators, including cultivation square footage limits; to establish requirements for cannabis dispensaries; to establish requirements for safety compliance facilities; to establish requirements for cannabis processors; to establish procedures for the department to inspect cannabis businesses; to establish procedures for the suspension or revocation of a cannabis business license; to protect certain records and information from the disclosure under the Kentucky Open Records Act; to require the department to establish a verification system for use by law enforcement personnel and cannabis business agents; to require the department to establish a database to share data with all licensed dispensaries and monitor the amount of medical marijuana purchased by cardholders in real time; to require the department to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement the medicinal marijuana program; to establish an alternative method to create a valid registry identification card if the department fails to act; to clarify that nothing in the bill requires government programs or private insurers to reimburse for the cost of use; to establish the medicinal marijuana trust fund; to require that at least 10% of money in the medical marijuana trust fund be returned to dispensaries for use by indigent persons who are qualified patients and enrolled in certain government assistance programs; to require that 3% of money in the medical marijuana trust fund be used to create a grant program to fund medicinal marijuana related research; to require that not more than 85% of money in the medicinal marijuana trust fund be used for operation and enforcement activities; to establish the local medicinal marijuana trust fund; and to establish procedures for the distribution of local cannabis trust fund moneys; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax of 10% for cultivators and processors for selling to dispensaries; to establish an excise tax of 10% for dispensaries selling to cardholders; to require that 80% of the revenue from the excise taxes be deposited into the medicinal marijuana trust fund; to require that 20% of the revenue from the excise taxes be deposited into the local medicinal marijuana trust fund; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to conform; amend KRS 12.020 to change the name of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control and to create the Division of Medicinal Marijuana; and amend KRS 12.252, 15.300, 15.380, 15.398, 15A.340, 15.420, 61.592, 62.160, 131.1815, 211.285, 241.010, 241.015, 241.030, 243.025, 243.0307, 243.038, 243.090, 243.360, 438.310, 438.311, 438.313, 438.315, 438.317,438,320, 438.325, 438.330, 438.337, and 438.340 to conform; Sections 2, 4 to 14,17,18, 20 to 25, 29, 30, and 34 to 37 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020; APPROPRIATION.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/26/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

2/12/2019 - Introduced

CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
(MILLS, ROBBY)

AN ACT relating to operations for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Amend KRS 42.545 to delete the Kentucky Health and Geriatric Authority; amend KRS 42.720, 42.726, 42.728, and 61.8715 to delete reference to the Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement; amend KRS 154.20-020 to delete reference to building a one hundred bed inpatient mental health facility in eastern Kentucky; amend KRS 194A.050, 194A.180, and 194A.190 to delete reference to the Public Health Services Advisory Council; amend KRS 199.894 to change definition of child-care center and family child-care home; amend KRS 199.896 to add exemption from licensure for instructional programs; amend KRS 200.550 to make technical correction; amend KRS 205.178 to change reporting requirement; amend KRS 209.032 to delete boarding homes from definition of vulnerable adult service provider; amend KRS 209.552 to change flu immunization requirements for long-term care facilities; amend KRS 209.554 to change long-term care facility purchase of vaccines; change reporting requirements; amend KRS 211.1752 to delete appeals hearings from the local Health Department Employment Personnel Council duties; amend KRS 211.990 to increase penalties for violations of KRS 211.842 to 211.852 relating to radiation control; amend KRS 216.2920 to change definitions of ambulatory facility and health-care provider; amend KRS 216.2925 to conform; amend KRS 216.2980 to delete the Department for Public health from reporting; amend KRS 216B.990 to delete penalties relating to boarding homes; amend KRS 342.375 to conform; repeal KRS 194.245, 194A.140, 194A.145, 194A.146, 194A.200, 199.8992, 200.662, 205.179, 210.271, 211.215, 216.2960, 216.750, 216.760, 216.770, 216.780, 216.800, 216.803, 216.805, 216.807, 216.810, 216.813, 216.815, 216.817, 216.820, 216.823, 216.825, 216.827, 216.830, 216.833, 216.835, 216.837, 216.840, 216.843, 216.845, 216.847, 216.850, 216.853, 216B.300, 216B.303, 216B.305, 216B.306, 216B.310, 216B.315, 216B.320, and 216B.459.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/14/2019 - (H) SECOND READING to Rules w/HCS 1

3/14/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/14/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/13/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Health and Family Services

3/13/2019 - (H) FIRST READING

3/13/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

3/12/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

3/7/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

3/6/2019 - received in House

3/5/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1)

3/5/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1, SFA1

3/4/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

3/4/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

3/4/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1

3/1/2019 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

3/1/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

3/1/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1

2/28/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar w/SCS1

2/27/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/15/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/13/2019 - Introduced

CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
(KERR, ALICE FORGY)

AN ACT relating to licensure by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to establish the Kentucky certified long-term care facility civil money penalty fund; amend KRS 205.510 to delete the definition of primary care center; amend KRS 216.515 to cite federal law regarding long-term care facility resident rights; amend KRS 216.525, 216.555, and 216.557 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 216.560 to change the nursing incentive scholarship fund to the Kentucky civil penalty fund; amend KRS 216.567 change hearing officer's decision process; amend 216B.015 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 216B.020 to clarify which facilities and services are required to obtain a certificate of need and which are subject to licensure; amend KRS 216B.042, 216B.085, and 216B.086 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 216B.105 to clarify cabinet actions when issuing an emergency order to suspend a license; amend KRS 216B.131 to require penalties to be paid into the Kentucky civil penalty fund; amend KRS 216B.450 to delete the term "home-like"; amend KRS 216B.455 and 216B.457 to update licensure requirements for Level I and Level II psychiatric residential treatment facilities; amend KRS 218A.240 to permit the cabinet to notify patients of closures using the electronic system for monitoring Schedules II, III, IV, and V controlled substances; amend KRS 304.17-312 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 314.027 to remove the payment of penalties and fines to the Kentucky nursing incentive scholarship fund; repeal KRS 216B.021, 216B.022, and 216B.182.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/13/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

3/12/2019 - received in House

3/12/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)

3/12/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/7/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar w/SCS1, SCTA1

3/6/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/27/2019 - (S) reassigned to committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/27/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/15/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

2/13/2019 - Introduced

MENTAL HEALTH
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to mental health.

Amend KRS 202A.131 to make language gender-neutral.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/15/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/13/2019 - Introduced

CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Amend KRS 199.900 to make language gender-neutral.

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2/15/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/13/2019 - Introduced

HEALTH AND WELFARE
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to health and welfare.

Amend KRS 311.271 to make language gender-neutral.

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2/15/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/13/2019 - Introduced

MEDICINE
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to medicine.

Amend KRS 311.586 to make language gender-neutral.

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2/15/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/13/2019 - Introduced

CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Amend KRS 205.170 to make language gender-neutral.

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2/15/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/13/2019 - Introduced

HEALTHCARE
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

AN ACT relating to healthcare.

Amend KRS 311.1961 to make language gender-neutral.

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2/15/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/13/2019 - Introduced

PHARMACY
(WISE, MAX)

AN ACT relating to pharmacy.

Amend KRS 315.020 to insert gender-neutral language.

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2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

2/14/2019 - Introduced

STUDENT SMOKING AND VAPING
(SMITH, BRANDON)

AN ACT relating to prevention of smoking and vaping by students.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to establish an anonymous reporting mechanism for students to report concerns about vaping and other substances in schools; establish policies for the prompt investigation of reports to the anonymous reporting mechanism; encourage local school boards to provide awarness programs to teachers, students, and staff about vaping;

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3/14/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably to Rules w/HCS 1

3/14/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/13/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Health and Family Services

3/13/2019 - (H) SECOND READING

3/13/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

3/12/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

3/12/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Health and Family Services

3/12/2019 - (H) FIRST READING

3/12/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

3/7/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

3/6/2019 - received in House

3/5/2019 - floor amendments (1) (2-title) (4) and (5) withdrawn

3/5/2019 - (S) THIRD READING passed (33-3) w/SFA3

3/5/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SFA1, 2T, 3, 4, 5

3/4/2019 - floor amendment (5) filed

3/4/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 4, 2019

3/1/2019 - floor amendment (4) filed

2/28/2019 - floor amendment (1) and (2-title) and (3) filed

2/28/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/27/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar

2/27/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/15/2019 - Introduced

BONE MARROW REGISTERY
(CARROLL, JULIAN M.)

AN ACT relating to bone marrow registry.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health to develop a statewide education, awareness, and information program on bone marrow registries in the Commonwealth; allow primary health care practitioners and urgent treatment facility or urgent care facility health care practitioners to ask new patients if they are registered with a bone marrow registry in the Commonwealth.

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2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/15/2019 - Introduced

ABORTION
(WESTERFIELD, WHITNEY)

AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of an infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of medically appropriate and reasonable medical care, medical treatment, or surgical care; require a physician performing an abortion to take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born alive infant; provide that a born alive infant shall be treated as a legal person under the laws of the Commonwealth; specify that any born alive infant, whose parents declare they do not want to keep the infant, shall immediately upon birth become a ward of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prohibit any person from performing scientific research on a born alive infant; specify that this section shall not be construed as preventing an infant's parent or guardian from refusing medical care that is not medically necessary; specify that the parent or guardian of a born alive infant shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for the actions of a physician, nurse, or other healthcare provider that acted without his or her consent; provide for civil and administrative penalties for violations of this Act; allow for severability; allow the General Assembly by joint resolution to appoint members to intervene as a matter or right in any case that challenges the constitutionality of this Act; amend KRS 311.595, 311.850, 314.091, and 315.121 to suspend or revoke the license of any physician, physician's assistant, nurse, or pharmacist who violates this Act; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; establish the short title of "Born Alive Infant Protection Act"; EMERGENCY.

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3/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1

3/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1

3/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3/7/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/6/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Regular Calendar w/HCA 1

3/6/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/6/2019 - House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/4/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

3/1/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

2/28/2019 - received in House

2/28/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 32-0

2/28/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2019

2/28/2019 - (S) Reported Favorably to Rules

2/28/2019 - Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/26/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

2/26/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules

2/26/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/25/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

2/25/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

2/25/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/20/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

2/15/2019 - Introduced

PUBLIC HEALTH
(THAYER, DAMON)

AN ACT relating to public health.

Amend KRS 212.170 to make language gender neutral.

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2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/15/2019 - Introduced

MONITORING FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
(MEREDITH, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to Kentucky's electronic system for monitoring controlled substances.

Amend KRS 218A.202 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish secure connections between Kentucky's electronic system for monitoring controlled substances and a prescribing or dispensing health care practitioner’s electronic health recordkeeping system.

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2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

2/15/2019 - Introduced

CONVERSION THERAPY
(MCGARVEY, MORGAN)

AN ACT relating to conversion therapy and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 319, and 335 to prohibit practitioners from engaging in conversion therapy, including the compensation and advertisement for conversion therapy; require violations to be subject to board discipline and false claims laws; prohibit public funds from being used for conversion therapy; define "conversion therapy" and "public funds"; EMERGENCY.

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2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

2/15/2019 - Introduced

SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
(MEREDITH, STEPHEN)

AN ACT relating to sale of tobacco products.

Amend KRS 438.305 to define "proof of age"; amend KRS 438.310 to restrict the sale of tobacco and vapor products to persons under the age of 21; amend KRS 438.311 to make it unlawful for persons under 21 to buy tobacco or vapor products; amend KRS 438.313 to restrict the wholesale, retail, or manufacturer distribution of tobacco or vapor products to persons under 21; amend KRS 438.315 to raise the minimum age for vending machine sales of tobacco or vapor products; amend KRS 438.325 to establish new age limits regarding tobacco or vapor product retail notifications; amend KRS 438.330 to set new tobacco and vapor product enforcement standards; amend KRS 438.350 regarding possession of tobacco or vapor products by a person under age 21.

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2/25/2019 - Senate Agriculture, (Second Hearing)

2/22/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Agriculture

2/22/2019 - (S) SECOND READING

2/22/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/21/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Agriculture

2/21/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

2/21/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Agriculture

2/15/2019 - Introduced

PARAMEDICINE PILOT PROGRAMS
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

Direct a study of community paramedicine pilot programs in Kentucky and emergency medical services reimbursement concerns related to non-transport patients.

Direct a study of community paramedicine pilot programs in Kentucky and emergency medical services reimbursement concerns related to non-transport patients.

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1/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

Urge all private health insurance providers doing business in Kentucky to study the potential impacts of implementing programs similar to the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan's Diabetes Value Benefit plan and Diabetes Prevention Program and to implement similar programs if the results of their studies indicate a likelihood of cost savings or improved client health outcomes.

Urge all private health insurance providers doing business in Kentucky to study the potential impacts of implementing programs similar to the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan's Diabetes Value Benefit plan and Diabetes Prevention Program and to implement similar programs if the results of their studies indicate a likelihood of cost savings or improved client health outcomes.

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1/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA WORKFORCE
(MILLS, ROBBY)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Alzheimer's and Dementia Workforce Assessment Task Force.

Create the Alzheimer's and Dementia Workforce Assessment Task Force to study the state's healthcare workforce needs as well as the state's long-term care services and supports infrastructure, including long-term care facilities that are used to provide care to individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's or dementia; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2019 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2019.

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3/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/12/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - (H) Placed in the Regular Orders of the Day

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/5/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

3/4/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/4/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/20/2019 - received in House

2/19/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)

2/19/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1 and SFA1

2/15/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

2/15/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/14/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2019 - (S) FIRST READING

2/13/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/5/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/11/2019 - Introduced

DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAID SERVICES
(ALVARADO, RALPH)

Direct the Department for Medicaid Services to study the potential impacts of implementing programs similar to the Kentucky Employee Health Plan's Diabetes Value Benefit plan and Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicaid beneficiaries in the Commonwealth; direct the department to submit a written report of its findings to the IJC on Health and Welfare and Family Services.

Direct the Department for Medicaid Services to study the potential impacts of implementing programs similar to the Kentucky Employee Health Plan's Diabetes Value Benefit plan and Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicaid beneficiaries in the Commonwealth; direct the department to submit a written report of its findings to the IJC on Health and Welfare and Family Services.

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3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/7/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/7/2019 - received in Senate

3/7/2019 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 99-0

3/7/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day

3/6/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019

3/5/2019 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/4/2019 - (H) FIRST READING Consent Calendar

3/4/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

3/4/2019 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services

2/27/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services

2/26/2019 - received in House

2/25/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

2/25/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS1

2/22/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019

2/21/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/20/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar w/SCS1

2/20/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/19/2019 - Senate Health & Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/9/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2018 - Pre-Filed