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SB113 (BR465)/AA/LM - W. Westerfield AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for local elected officials and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 61.637 to allow a mayor or member of a city legislative body who does not have service credit in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) for his or her service to the city to retire and draw benefits from CERS for other covered employment without resigning from his or her position as mayor or member of a city legislative body; amend KRS 78.540 to provide that a mayor or member of a city legislative body who has been required to participate in CERS due to other covered employment, or because of failure to make an election to not participate as provided by this section, may elect to not participate in CERS for service as mayor or member of the city legislative body and to receive a refund of contributions for his or her service as a mayor or member of a city legislative body; EMERGENCY.
HCS1/AA/LM - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 61.645 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems' board to promulgate an administrative regulation to conduct trustee elections by electronic ballot and to make technical changes; EMERGENCY HCA1(J. Miller) - Make title amendment. HFA1(J. Miller) - Delete original provisions; amend KRS 61.645 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems' board to promulgate an administrative regulation to conduct trustee elections by electronic ballot and to make technical changes. HFA2(J. Miller) - Make title amendment. HFA3(J. Kay) - Retain original provisions of HFA1; amend KRS 61.645 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) to follow the state Model Procurement Code when contracting for investment management services; provide that KRS board members may also be removed for a violation of fiduciary duties or conflict of interest; provide that a KRS board member shall not be considered as acting in good faith if they fail to disclose a conflict of interest; grant the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute violations of the ethical and fiduciary duties of trustees and investment managers for the Kentucky Retirement Systems; specify investment fee and commission reporting to include underlying fund of fund fees; require investment managers failing to disclose investment holdings, fees, and commissions to forfeit any fees or commission paid by KRS; subject investment contracts made by the Kentucky Retirement System to full public disclosure; amend 61.650 to require investment managers to formally adopt the CFA Institute's codes of conduct; require that failure to adhere to the codes result in the forfeiture of any fees or commissions paid by the Kentucky Retirement Systems; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.655 to amend conflict-of-interest provisions to prohibit a trustee and employees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems from having a contractual agreement with or interest in any entities providing services to the systems and from receiving, directly or indirectly, any interest, fees, or profit from entities that provide services to the Kentucky Retirement Systems; require trustees, members of the General Assembly, and public servants to adhere to relevant conflict-of-interest provisions during tenure and for five years following termination; require trustees and employees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems to file annual conflict-of-interest statements with the Kentucky Retirement Systems beginning on January 1, 2019; amend KRS 61.990 to provide that a knowing violation of the ethical and fiduciary duties of trustees and investment managers for the Kentucky Retirement Systems is a Class D felony. HFA4(J. Kay) - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 61.645 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) to follow the state Model Procurement Code when contracting for investment management services; provide that KRS board members may also be removed for a violation of fiduciary duties or conflict of interest; provide that a KRS board member shall not be considered as acting in good faith if they fail to disclose a conflict of interest; grant the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute violations of the ethical and fiduciary duties of trustees and investment managers for the Kentucky Retirement Systems; specify investment fee and commission reporting to include underlying fund of fund fees; require investment managers failing to disclose investment holdings, fees, and commissions to forfeit any fees or commission paid by KRS; subject investment contracts made by the Kentucky Retirement System to full public disclosure; amend 61.650 to require investment managers to formally adopt the CFA Institute's codes of conduct; require that failure to adhere to the codes result in the forfeiture of any fees or commissions paid by the Kentucky Retirement Systems; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.655 to amend conflict-of-interest provisions to prohibit a trustee and employees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems from having a contractual agreement with or interest in any entities providing services to the systems and from receiving, directly or indirectly, any interest, fees, or profit from entities that provide services to the Kentucky Retirement Systems; require trustees, members of the General Assembly, and public servants to adhere to relevant conflict-of-interest provisions during tenure and for five years following termination; require trustees and employees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems to file annual conflict-of-interest statements with the Kentucky Retirement Systems beginning on January 1, 2019; amend KRS 61.990 to provide that a knowing violation of the ethical and fiduciary duties of trustees and investment managers for the Kentucky Retirement Systems is a Class D felony. HFA5(J. Kay) - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 61.645 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) to follow the state Model Procurement Code when contracting for investment management services; provide that KRS board members may also be removed for a violation of fiduciary duties or conflict of interest; provide that a KRS board member shall not be considered as acting in good faith if they fail to disclose a conflict of interest; grant the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute violations of the ethical and fiduciary duties of trustees and investment managers for the Kentucky Retirement Systems; specify investment fee and commission reporting to include underlying fund of fund fees; require investment managers failing to disclose investment holdings, fees, and commissions to forfeit any fees or commission paid by KRS; subject investment contracts made by the Kentucky Retirement System to full public disclosure; amend 61.650 to require investment managers to formally adopt the CFA Institute's codes of conduct; require that failure to adhere to the codes result in the forfeiture of any fees or commissions paid by the Kentucky Retirement Systems; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.655 to amend conflict-of-interest provisions to prohibit a trustee and employees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems from having a contractual agreement with or interest in any entities providing services to the systems and from receiving, directly or indirectly, any interest, fees, or profit from entities that provide services to the Kentucky Retirement Systems; require trustees, members of the General Assembly, and public servants to adhere to relevant conflict-of-interest provisions during tenure and for five years following termination; require trustees and employees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems to file annual conflict-of-interest statements with the Kentucky Retirement Systems beginning on January 1, 2019; amend KRS 61.990 to provide that a knowing violation of the ethical and fiduciary duties of trustees and investment managers for the Kentucky Retirement Systems is a Class D felony. HFA6(J. Kay) - Make title amendment. Jan 26, 2018 - introduced in Senate Jan 29, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S) Mar 14, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar Mar 15, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018 Mar 16, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 36-0 Mar 19, 2018 - received in House Mar 20, 2018 - taken from Committee on Committees (H); 1st reading; returned to Committee on Committees (H); to State Government (H); posted in committee Mar 21, 2018 - taken from State Government (H); 2nd reading; returned to State Government (H) Mar 22, 2018 - reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 27, 2018; floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed Mar 27, 2018 - floor amendment (3) filed to hfa (1), floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute, and floor amendments (5) and (6 title) filed to Bill
AN ACT relating to coroners. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to prohibit a coroner from also being a funeral director and making it malfeasance to do so; create a new section of KRS Chapter 316 to require a licensee to report to the board when becoming a coroner, and to require the license to be placed in inactive status, and make it an ethical violation if not done; amend KRS 316.030 to create an inactive license; amend KRS 316.130 to conform; and amend 316.150 to establish a violation as grounds for disciplinary action. Jan 29, 2018 - introduced in Senate Jan 30, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Jan 31-WITHDRAWN SB116 (BR1340) - E. Harris AN ACT relating to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to set forth requirements for commercial motor vehicles to operate as a platoon; amend KRS 281.010 to define the term "platoon"; amend KRS 189.340 to exempt commercial motor vehicles operating behind the lead vehicle in a platoon from the prohibitions against following too closely.
SFA1(E. Harris) - Require submission of a platooning plan to the State Police for review; limit the definition of a platoon to two vehicles. Jan 30, 2018 - introduced in Senate Jan 31, 2018 - to Transportation (S) Feb 14, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar Feb 15, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules Feb 23, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Feb 26, 2018 - floor amendment (1) filed Feb 27, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with floor amendment (1) Feb 28, 2018 - received in House Mar 02, 2018 - to Transportation (H) Mar 08, 2018 - posted in committee Mar 13, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar Mar 14, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules Mar 15, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018 Mar 16, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 87-0 Mar 19, 2018 - received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
AN ACT relating to underground facility protection. Amend KRS 367.4909 to waive the rights of nonmember operators of the Kentucky Contact Center for damage to their underground facilities; amend KRS 367.4913 to eliminate the requirement that the operators file their contact information with the county clerk where the operator has underground facilities and to require the Kentucky Contact Center to maintain a list of members' contact information.
SCS1 - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 367.4909 to require operators of underground facilities located in Kentucky to be members of the Kentucky Contact Center; establish a phase in period for mandatory membership; waive the rights of nonmember operators of the Kentucky Contact Center for damage to their underground facilities after December 31, 2019; amend KRS 367.4913 to modify the members of the board of directors of the Kentucky Contact Center; establish certain bylaw requirements for the Kentucky Contact Center; require a fiscal audit report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Governor from the Kentucky Contact Center; require a membership and operations report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Governor from the Kentucky Contact Center; require notices and minutes of the Kentucky Contact Center to be posted on their Web site. Jan 30, 2018 - introduced in Senate Jan 31, 2018 - to Natural Resources & Energy (S) Feb 28, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) Mar 01, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules Mar 05, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Mar 06, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 28-10 with Committee Substitute (1) Mar 07, 2018 - received in House Mar 09, 2018 - to Natural Resources & Energy (H) Mar 19, 2018 - posted in committee Mar 21, 2018 - taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H); 1st reading; returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H) Mar 22, 2018 - taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H); 2nd reading; returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
AN ACT relating to medical cannabis. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; restrict medical cannabis to certain patients with qualifying debilitating conditions; establish requirements for cultivation, production, processing, distribution, and sale in compassion centers; establish requirements for patients, visiting patients, and caregivers; establish professional protections for practitioners; establish certain protections for cardholders; establish responsibilities for cardholders; allow restrictions on possession, possession while operating a motor vehicle, and smoking; specify that use of medical cannabis by a qualifying patient is to be treated the same as use of prescribed pharmaceutical medications; establish additional protections for medical use; specify that nothing in the bill requires government programs or private insurers to reimburse for the costs of use or prohibits an employer from disciplining an employee for workplace impairment; establish a medical purpose defense for some uses of medical cannabis; establish the Department for Medical Cannabis Administration to enforce the program's provisions; establish requirement that local law enforcement be hired or contracted with for local inspections, investigations, and administrative duties; establish a process for the department to increase the list of debilitating medical conditions; require testing and quality regulation of the production, cultivation, processing, and sale of medical cannabis; establish requirements for licenses, facilities security, transportation, training, packaging, labeling, and health and safety; establish rules on advertising, additives, pesticides, and requiring random sample testing and safe processing; require licensure and issuance of cards for all medical cannabis businesses; establish certain licensure and application fees; require the department to issue registry cards to patients submitting the required information; establish procedures for denying an application; establish technical requirements for cards and for cardholders; establish a provisional licensure process; establish cardholder fees and notification requirements; require 60% of the boards of medical cannabis businesses to be composed of individuals with 3 years of continuous Kentucky residence: establish 3 tiers of medical cannabis business regulation by gross receipts; establish requirements for applying producers, cultivators, distributors, and processors; establish requirements for cultivator businesses, including addressing expansion of crops to meet market needs; establish protections and responsibilities for compassion centers, cultivators, and safety compliance facilities; establish procedures for the department to suspend or revoke registration and licensure; establish rules for local sales, including a requirement that a local legislative body take action to approve medical cannabis businesses; establish a process for local ordinances and ballot initiatives; establish requirements for medical cannabis business agents; prohibit location of a medical cannabis business within a certain distance from a school; establish a requirement that compassion centers obtain usable medical cannabis from only certain licensed entities; establish recordkeeping requirements; protect certain records and information from disclosure via the Kentucky Open Records Act; require establishment of a verification system for use by law enforcement personnel and medical cannabis business agents; establish a 19-member oversight committee to advise the department; require an annual report to be sent to the Legislative Research Commission; establish authority for the department to promulgate administrative regulations; establish a method by which any citizen may commence an action in the Franklin Circuit Court to compel the department to perform its duties; establish an alternative method to create a valid registry identification card if the department fails to act; clarify that the department's duties are administrative in nature; establish a medical cannabis trust fund to receive fees, fines, and registration costs and administer and operate the medical cannabis program; require 5% of trust fund moneys to be returned to the compassion centers for the use of certain indigent persons; amend KRS 218A.1421 to allow and exempt conduct allowed by the medical cannabis program; amend KRS 218A.1422 to allow and exempt conduct allowed by the medical cannabis program; amend KRS 218A.1423 to allow and exempt conduct allowed by the medical cannabis program; amend KRS 12.020 and 12.242 to reflect the creation of the Department for Medical Cannabis Administration. Jan 30, 2018 - introduced in Senate Feb 02, 2018 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
AN ACT relating to cervid meat processors. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "cervid meat processor"; require cervid meat processors to dispose of waste or unused material produced from processing cervid meat in the same manners as required for livestock, poultry, and fish carcasses under KRS 257.160; amend KRS 150.990 to establish penalties; amend KRS 257.160 to conform.
SCS1 - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "cervid meat processor"; require cervid meat processors to dispose of waste or unused material produced from processing cervid meat in the same manners as required for livestock, poultry, and fish carcasses under KRS 257.160; amend KRS 150.990 to establish penalties. Jan 31, 2018 - introduced in Senate Feb 01, 2018 - to Agriculture (S) Feb 13, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) Feb 14, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules Feb 15, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) Feb 22, 2018 - received in House Feb 26, 2018 - to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) Mar 06, 2018 - posted in committee Mar 08, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar Mar 09, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules Mar 13, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Mar 14, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 95-0 Mar 15, 2018 - received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor Mar 27, 2018 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 28)
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle by a minor. Amend KRS 186.560 to require the Transportation Cabinet to suspend, for 30 days, an instruction permit, intermediate license, or operator's license of a person who is under the age of 18 if that person has attained more than 3 points against his or her driving record; amend KRS 186.450 and KRS 186.4122 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. Jan 31, 2018 - introduced in Senate Feb 01, 2018 - to Transportation (S)
AN ACT relating to the motor vehicle reparations act. Amend KRS 304.39-020 to define "health care provider"; amend the definition of "medical expense"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.39-130 to increase loss per week dollar cap to $400; amend KRS 304.39-241 to clarify when a reparation obligor must honor a written direction of benefits provided by an insured; amend KRS 304.39-245 to prohibit providers from charging or balance billing for an amount in excess of that which would be allowed under the definition of "medical expense" for services covered under basic reparation benefits; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
SFA1(R. Girdler) - Keep original provisions; amend the definition of provider to include similarly licensed pactitioners in other jurisdictions; include reference to billing requirements under the Workers' Compensation medical fee schedule; delete billing requirement for CPT codes; amend special application section to apply to losses incurred on or after the effective date of the act. SFA2(R. Girdler) - Keep original provisions; amend the definition of provider to include similarly licensed practitioners in other jurisdictions; include reference to billing requirements under the Workers' Compensation medical fee schedule; delete billing requirement for CPT codes; amend special application section to apply to losses incurred on or after the effective date of the act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. SFA3(W. Westerfield) - Amend original provisions to amend the definition of provider to include similarly licensed practitioners in other jurisdictions; include reference to billing requirements under the Workers' Compensation medical fee schedule; include massage therapy in the definition of medical expenses; include charges for massage therapy performed in coordination with or out of a provider's business location; amend language determining when medical expenses are deemed medically necessary; delete billing requirement for CPT codes; amend special application section to apply to losses incurred on or after the effective date of the act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. SFA4(S. Meredith) - Amend to add definitions for current procedural terminology, international statistical classification of diseases, and usual and customary rate; amend the definition of medical expenses to limit them to the workers compensation fee schedule for providers that are not hospitals, and for providers that are hospitals to either the negotiated contractual fee between the hospital and a reparations obligor or 80% of the usual and customary rate; and create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to collect information from health benefit plants regarding billed charges, and either to select a nonprofit to distribute the information to or to publish the information annually on its Web site; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019 SFA5(R. Girdler) - Amend original provisions to include in the definition of "medical expenses" charges incurred for nonmedical remedial treatment rendered in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing. Feb 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate Feb 02, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (S) Feb 06, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar Feb 07, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules Feb 12, 2018 - floor amendment (1) filed Feb 13, 2018 - floor amendment (2) filed Feb 21, 2018 - floor amendment (3) filed Feb 22, 2018 - floor amendment (4) filed Feb 28, 2018 - floor amendment (5) filed Mar 02, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 5, 2018 Mar 05, 2018 - 3rd reading; floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn; passed 21-16 with floor amendments (3) (4) and (5) Mar 06, 2018 - received in House Mar 12, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (H) Mar 13, 2018 - posted in committee Directory: record record -> # Received Requester record -> Legislative record house appendix record -> Legislative record house appendix record -> A resolution honoring the life and legacy of former University of Kentucky Wildcat Football Coach Rich Brooks record -> Olympic athletics records Download 3.67 Mb. Share with your friends:
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