SB251 (BR1171) - J. Adams
AN ACT relating to access to health services and supports for Kentuckians who are medically complex and have neurological behavioral disorders, and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a task force to identify issues, develop strategies, propose legislative and regulatory changes, and determine funding mechanisms to provide care for Kentuckians who are medically complex and have neurological behavioral disorders; establish membership; establish topics for study; require reporting to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare and Family Services and the Legislative Research Commission; create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to require DMS and MCOs to establish a crisis transitioning service for individuals with medical complexity recovering from an emergency, allow for contracting with a single entity to conduct transitioning services for those experiencing an emergency; establish a pilot project for a self-determination of funding services and supports for at least 25 persons receiving services under the 1915(c) waiver program; EMERGENCY.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Health & Welfare (S)
SB252 (BR459) - J. Adams
AN ACT relating to radon gas.
Amend KRS 211.9119 to make a technical correction.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Health & Welfare (S)
SB253 (BR1951) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to micro out-of-state distilled spirits and wine supplier's licenses.
Amend KRS 243.030 to authorize micro out-of-state distilled spirits and wine supplier's licenses; amend KRS 243.212 to add license requirements; amend KRS 243.360 to include in exemption from advertising intent to apply.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
SB254 (BR1856) - D. Parrett
AN ACT relating to exceptional education.
Amend KRS 157.224 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to consider a school district's special education application for funding insufficient and to withhold add-on funds from the district if they fail to appropriately implement and operate special education programs.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Education (S)
SB255 (BR299) - W. Westerfield
AN ACT relating to ignition interlock devices.
Amend KRS 186.570 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to address violations related to the issuance of an ignition interlock license and installation of an ignition interlock device and to promulgate administrative regulations to address out-of-state interlock ignition orders for residents and nonresidents; amend KRS 189A.005 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 189.070 to require that persons charged with a violation of KRS 189A.010 which includes aggravating circumstances, or who have refused a breath, blood, or urine test, may only receive day-for-day credit for a valid interlock license after conviction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to allow any person charged with violating KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f) or who refused a breath, blood, or urine test to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for an ignition interlock license; delete the requirement that certain offenses require court approval to apply for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.085 to require proof of issuance of an ignition interlock license to avoid impoundment of a defendant’s license plate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to state that an employer exemption for an ignition interlock device allows the person to operate his or her employer's non-ignition interlock equipped motor vehicle in the course and scope of employment if the business entity that owns the motor vehicle is not owned or controlled by the person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to provide that within thirty days of issuance of an ignition interlock license, a person must have a functioning ignition interlock device installed in his or her vehicle; amend KRS 189A.090 to make technical corrections to allow the court to revoke an ignition interlock or hardship license if the person has been convicted of a violation under KRS Chapter 189 for which points are assessed by the Transportation Cabinet or of certain offenses under KRS Chapter 189A; amend KRS 189A.105 to require that at the time of a breath, blood, or urine test a person shall be informed that he or she will have to the ability to apply for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.107 to allow a person who refuses a breath, blood, or urine test to apply for an ignition interlock license if the person files a motion waiving the right to judicial review and to receive credit on a day-for-day basis after conviction; provide that a person who was not convicted of a violation of KRS 189A.010 but found by the court to have refused to submit to testing may receive credit on a day-for-day basis; amend KRS 189A.200 to revise procedure for issuance of an ignition interlock license during a suspension period for refusal to take a breath, blood, or urine test and other violations of KRS 189A.010; amend KRS 189A.240 to amend procedures related to issuance of an ignition interlock license during a pretrial suspension under KRS 189A.200(1)(a); amend KRS 189A.320 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 189A.400 to revise jurisdictional requirements of the District Court related to the issuance of ignition interlock licenses; amend KRS 189A.410 to revise eligibility requirements for issuance of a hardship driver’s license after a minimum license suspension period under KRS 189A.010(6) or KRS 189A.070; amend KRS 189A.500 to require the Transportation Cabinet to create a process by which a person may seek administrative review by the cabinet related to ignition interlock devices; repeal KRS 189A.340, 189A.345, 189A.420, and 189A.440, relating to ignition interlock devices.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Transportation (S)
Mar 07, 2018 - reassigned to Judiciary (S)
SB256 (BR1718) - W. Westerfield
AN ACT relating to adoption.
Amend KRS 199.470 to set forth which relatives do not need the secretary's approval to adopt a child; align placement options with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; amend KRS 199.500 to simplify the timeline; amend KRS 199.502 to limit fees charged by appointed attorneys; amend various sections to conform.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Judiciary (S)
SB257 (BR1986) - M. Wise
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish the Charter Schools Advisory Council; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the State Advisory Council for Exceptional Children; amend KRS 156.029 to revise the Kentucky Board of Education membership; amend KRS 156.040 to allow a Kentucky Board of Education member to hold a non-paid state office requiring the constitutional oath; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.648 to revise the State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education membership; repeal and reenact KRS 158.794 to abolish the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee and create the Read to Achieve Council; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.028 to attach the Education Professional Standards Board to the Kentucky Department of Education for administrative purposes; revise the board membership; amend KRS 161.120 to provide the commissioner of education subpoena authority for EPSB disciplinary cases; amend KRS 164.011 to revise the Council on Postsecondary Education membership; amend KRS 161.220 to provide for the transition to KDE for EPSB employees that participate in KTRS; amend KRS 151B.134 to revise the membership of the Board of the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 158.6452 and 161.017; confirm Executive Order 2017-364.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Education (S)
SB258 (BR1904)/CI - M. McGarvey
AN ACT relating to human trafficking.
Amend KRS 439.3401 to include as violent offenders individuals convicted of human trafficking and promoting human trafficking; specify that individuals convicted of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking shall not be released on probation or parole until 85 percent of the sentence has been served.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Judiciary (S)
SB259 (BR1935) - R. Alvarado
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; and to allow a single administrative hearing to be held to appeal the final decision of an external review that involved multiple claims.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Health & Welfare (S)
SB260 (BR311) - R. Alvarado
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).
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
SB261 (BR1559) - S. Humphries
AN ACT relating to emergency air ambulance coverage and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "balance bill" and "insured"; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "registered air ambulance service provider" and to require a health benefit plan to hold harmless an insured for any amount owed to a registered air ambulance provider; prohibit a health benefit plan from using an allowed amount for air ambulance services under certain conditions to determine when an air ambulance transport is medically necessary; require assumption of charges by the insurer under certain conditions; require notification to the air ambulance service of assumption by the insurer; prohibit the air ambulance provider from certain actions following receipt of notification; establish payment requirements for the insurer; establish the Independent Dispute Resolution Program for air ambulance service charges within the Department of Insurance; require reporting by registered air ambulance service providers and the department; require registration in the program; require an independent reviewer for the program; establish procedures for the Independent Dispute Resolution Program; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit an insurer from using debt owed by a consumer to an air ambulance provider in determining insurance rates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit any individual or business from considering any debt owed by a consumer to an air ambulance provider in determining whether to issue credit or determine rates of interest; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to prohibit an air ambulance provider from reporting any debt owed to it by a consumer to a consumer reporting agency; amend KRS 427.010 to set exemptions from enforcement of a judgment for debt owed by an individual to an air ambulance provider; amend KRS 426.720 to prohibit the attachment of a judgment arising out of a debt to an air ambulance provider as a lien against real property. Sections 1 to 11 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019; EMERGENCY; apply provisions of Sections 12 through 16 to prospective actions on debt owed on or after January 1, 2010.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (S)
SB262 (BR1956) - D. Carroll
AN ACT relating to personal information.
Amend KRS 365.720 to clarify definition of "personally identifiable information."
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
SB263 (BR1859) - G. Neal
AN ACT requiring the offering of hepatitis C screening testing.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require health care providers to make referrals for hepatitis C screening testing as part of an individual's annual medical examination; require appropriate follow-up health care if a test is reactive; require the referral to include education; specify that this requirement shall not affect the scope of practice of care for hepatitis C testing of a health care provider.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Health & Welfare (S)
SB264 (BR1971) - G. Neal
AN ACT relating to historical memorials.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 11 to establish the Kentucky Historical Memorials Act of 2018; define terms; create standards for preservation; establish the Committee on Kentucky Historical Memorials and provide the structure, process, and membership of the committee; establish the duties of the committee; establish a process for any entity who wants to relocate, remove, alter, change, preserve, or rename certain significant properties; require the Division of Historic Properties to promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A for the implementation of this Act; amend KRS 11.026 to conform.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)
SB265 (BR2012) - G. Neal
AN ACT relating to instruction in voting.
Amend KRS 116.046 to require that at least once each school year, each public high school, vocational school, and upon request, private schools, must inform students and school personnel about the availability of voter registration forms and provide assistance with properly registering; require school districts to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission documenting the dissemination of voter registration information, the total number of students who have registered to vote, and a plan for encouraging students to vote; include sophomores as an eligible class of persons to receive access to secondary school programs regarding instructions in voting; include within the secondary school programs of public education regarding elections, how to register to vote, how to vote in an election using a ballot, and how to vote using an absentee ballot.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)
SB266 (BR1871)/LM - G. Neal
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of certain felonies the right to vote as provided by the General Assembly; submit to voters with question.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)
SB267 (BR2023) - J. Adams
AN ACT relating to screening committees.
Amend KRS 160.352 to permit a local board of education in a school district with a student minority population of 50 percent or greater to appoint three at-large members to the screening committee.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Education (S)
SB268 (BR1493) - B. Smith
AN ACT relating to workforce.
Amend KRS 337.055 to insert gender neutral language.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
SB269 (BR1868) - G. Neal
AN ACT relating to tax incentives for brownfields redevelopment.
Amend KRS 141.418, relating to tax incentives for polluted property redevelopment, to establish a percentage credit instead of a capped-sum credit; amend varoius sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to make technical corrections and conforming changes.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
SB270 (BR429) - S. West
AN ACT relating to dyslexia.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "dyslexia" and "evidence-based"; require the Department of Education to make available a dyslexia toolkit that includes guidance on the instruction of students displaying characteristics of dyslexia; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Education Professional Standards Board and the Council on Postsecondary Education to update professional development for teachers related to dyslexia; require each local board of education to develop policies for identifying and assisting students in kindergarten through grade three with dyslexia and other learning disabilities; require school districts to report data to the Department of Education regarding dyslexia screening and results; require teacher preparation programs to include instruction on dyslexia; require the commissioner of education to select three school districts to participate in a study project; this may be cited as the Ready to Read Act.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Education (S)
SB271 (BR430) - S. West
AN ACT establishing support for dyslexia and making an appropriation therefor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to create a dyslexia trust fund to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Education to finance grants to school districts for support of students identified with characteristics of dyslexia; require a report on expenditures from the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to create a Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate with extra fees funding the dyslexia trust fund; amend KRS 186.162 to establish the fees for the Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of license plates to include the Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Education (S)
SB272 (BR1899) - M. McGarvey, R. Thomas
AN ACT relating to medical marijuana.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; establish a medical marijuana program that allows for a patient to possess 2.5 ounces of marijuana if he or she has a qualifying condition, a physician recommendation, and a card; establish protections for cardholders, physicians, attorneys, and pharmacists; establish requirements for dispensaries and cultivation facilities; require Department for Public Health to administer and enforce provisions relating to patients, qualifying medical conditions, and designated caregivers, including registry identification cards for qualifying patients and designated caregivers; establish a secure database for patient information; establish requirements for designated caregivers and parents; clarify conduct that is not authorized; establish a medical purpose defense for the use of marijuana; establish and require dispensaries and cultivation facilities to be licensed, regulated, and monitored by the Medical Marijuana Commission and the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; require that a business demonstrate that 60% of each board can show continuous residency in Kentucky for the previous 7 years; require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to adopt administrative regulations governing oversight requirements, security requirements, personnel requirements, penalties and appeal procedures; establish advertising restrictions; establish a date for the commission to begin accepting applications; require at least 20 but no more than 40 dispensary licenses, and at least 4 but no more than 8 cultivation facility licenses; prohibit an individual from owning an interest in more than 1 cultivation facility and dispensary; prohibit dispensaries from selling products which require the combustion of marijuana; allow dispensaries to grow or possess up to 50 mature marijuana plants; allow a cultivation facility to cultivate and possess usable marijuana in an amount reasonably necessary to met demands; establish a process to determine amount of marijuana reasonably necessary; allow for data sharing between departments and commission; require appointment of a pharmacy consultant by a dispensary and establish duties for pharmacy consultant; establish security requirements for cultivation facilities; require agents of dispensaries and cultivation facilities to register with the Department for Alcoholic Beverage Control require that department to administer and enforce provisions relating to cultivation facility and dispensary agents; establish additional inventory, recordkeeping, and security requirements; state that cultivation facilities may only sell marijuana to dispensaries; prohibit a local entity from prohibiting the operation of a dispensary or cultivation facility unless the prohibition is approved by the voters of the affected territory; allow for the Medical Marijuana Commission to license transporters, distributors, and processors, and establish requirements and responsibilities for these entities, including licensure; establish prohibitions for physicians; create an option for alterative licensure if the departments and commission fail to act to create the medical marijuana program; establish the Medical Marijuana Commission; state that there is no implied repeal of the existing Kentucky laws criminalizing possession of marijuana; state that the only authorized growing of marijuana is at a dispensary or cultivation facility and not by patients or caregivers; state how the retail sale of usable marijuana shall be taxed; amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to conform; establish a short title.
Mar 01, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2018 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Senate Resolutions
SR1 (BR77) - D. Thayer
Establish the 2018 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.
Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
SR2 (BR497) - D. Thayer
Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2018 Regular Session of the Senate.
Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
SR3 (BR498) - D. Thayer
Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2018 Regular Session with prayer.
Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
SR4 (BR801) - D. Thayer
Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.
Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
SJR5 (BR214) - J. Turner
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a Floyd County bridge in honor of Julius Mullins.
Nov 13, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 03, 2018 - to Transportation (S)
SR6 (BR116) - R. Girdler
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mayor Frey Todd.
Dec 08, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 04, 2018 - to Senate Floor
Mar 27, 2018 - adopted by voice vote
SR7 (BR122) - J. Schickel
Honor Kellie Clark upon being named 2018 Kentucky Teacher of the Year.
Dec 07, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 04, 2018 - to Senate Floor
Jan 24, 2018 - adopted by voice vote
SR8 (BR145) - J. Schickel
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Vivian Stewart Cartmell.
Dec 07, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 04, 2018 - to Senate Floor
Mar 16, 2018 - adopted by voice vote
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