All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB259
Introduced
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Refer
2/26/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Engrossed
3/11/24
Refer
3/11/24
Refer
3/14/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Vetoed
4/6/24
Refer
4/12/24
Override
4/12/24
Refer
4/12/24
Override
4/12/24
Enrolled
4/12/24
Enrolled
4/12/24
Chaptered
4/12/24
Passed
4/12/24
Amends KRS 65.503, relating to the board of the West End Opportunity Partnership, to stipulate that the board has the authority to set its own procedures to determine successors, to allow more than one nominee from the institutions from which members are appointed by the Governor listed in paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of the section, and to allow successor members to be appointed to the board if an institution refuses to comply with the board procedures for successor determination, in which event the institution is deemed to have forfeited its membership.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB26
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/8/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to establish the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee, the membership of the committee and the committee's duties.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB260
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 18A.035 to add gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB261
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/26/24
Report Pass
3/12/24
Engrossed
3/15/24
Refer
3/15/24
Refer
3/15/24
Report Pass
3/26/24
Amend KRS 18A.225 to exclude from the definition of "employee" any employer that ceases participation in the state employee health insurance plan from participating in the plan in the future; require minimal participation duration for all benefits administered by the Personnel Cabinet pursuant to KRS 18A.205 to 18A.2287; require health insurance coverage for state employees to provide minimum value that pays over 60 percent of the total cost of in-network medical services, provide minimal essential coverage as defined in 26 U.S.C. sec. 5000A(f), and not discriminate in favor of highly compensated individuals as prohibited by 26 U.S.C. sec. 105(h); require any carrier bidding to offer health care coverage to employees to rate all employees as a single entity; require any premium due for vision coverage, if in excess of a premium amount contributed by an employer to be paid by the employee; delete references to regional contracts for state employee health insurance; specify that no provision of KRS Chapter 304, the insurance code, shall apply to the public employee health insurance program for public employees unless otherwise authorized; amend KRS 18A.2254 to add health savings accounts as a waiver funding option and provide that the type of account available for waiver funding each year shall be at the discretion of the Personnel Cabinet; permit the Personnel Cabinet to make available the quarterly report of the status of the health insurance trust fund to either the Governor, the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, or the Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board, upon request; amend KRS 18A.226 to expand the membership of the Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board; require the board, upon request, to submit an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; repeal 18A.2255, relating to the Advisory Committee of State Health Insurance Subscribers.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB262
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class A misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class D felony; provide that the Act may be cited as the Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB263
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit censorship of history curriculum; permit a school or school district to adopt, implement, and offer equity, diversity, and inclusion curricula, programing, initiatives, and instruction without penalty; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that public postsecondary education institutions may adopt, implement, and offer diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, initiatives, and instruction without penalty.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB264
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/26/24
Amend KRS 2.110 to add the nineteenth day of June as a state holiday commemorating Juneteenth National Freedom Day; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB265
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/26/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Engrossed
3/7/24
Refer
3/7/24
Refer
3/8/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/9/24
Passed
4/9/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish a teacher induction and mentor program, to require that the Education Professional Standards Board develop standards and guidance for the program, develop evaluations for new teachers, and submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission; amends KRS 161.030 to direct that an individual who completes a preparation program and passes the required assessments shall receive a five-year professional certificate, to provide that an out-of-state teacher who passes the required assessments shall receive a five-year professional certificate, to remove the provisions for a teacher internship requirement, and to direct that teacher certification be awarded upon successful completion of an educator preparation program or alternative certification pathway and passing of the required assessment and not be dependent on employment except for emergency certificates; amends KRS 161.048 to modify the Option 7 alternative teacher certification pathway, to remove some initial candidate requirements, to allow provisional certification upon qualifying and enrolling in an approved institute, and to establish conditions for receiving a professional certificate; repeals KRS 161.1222 relating to the pilot teacher internship program; and amends sections of KRS Chapter 161 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB266
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/26/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Engrossed
3/25/24
Refer
3/25/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit a bot from communicating or interacting with another person in Kentucky online with the intent to mislead the other person about its artificial identify for the purpose of knowingly deceiving the person about the content of the communication in order to incentivize a purchase or sale of goods or services in a commercial transaction; provide that a violation of the Act is a deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce; prohibit a private right of action.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB267
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to require that any person who administers an unapproved drug, devise, or biologic that has been approved for emergency use by the secretary of the United States Food and Drug Administration provides information to the individual receiving the unapproved drug, devise, or biologic; prohibit any person from requiring an individual to have an unapproved drug, devise, or biologic administered to him or her; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB268
Introduced
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 205.170 to make technical corrections.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB269
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary institutions offering bachelor's degrees to include at least three credit hours related to the study of the government of the United States in any graduation requirements for those degrees and authorize the Council on Postsecondary Education to establish the minimum standards for the courses.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB27
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/3/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Engrossed
3/12/24
Refer
3/12/24
Refer
3/12/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, prohibit discrimination against 340B covered entities by pharmaceutical manufacturers, and authorize the Attorney General to investigation violations.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB270
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define "health care provider" and "health care service"; make conforming amendments; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to establish eligibility criteria and requirements for prior authorization exemptions; establish requirements for rescinding prior authorization exemptions; set forth requirements for external reviews of prior authorization exemption denials and rescissions; establish requirements for sending forms and notices to health care providers; provide that nothing shall be construed to authorize a health care provider to act outside the provider's scope of practice or require an insurer or private review agent to pay for a health care service performed in violation of law; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to establish forms; amend KRS 304.17A-605 to establish applicability of provisions relating to prior authorization exemptions to certain insurers and private review agents; amend KRS 304.17A-607 to establish requirements for prior authorizations; amend KRS 304.17A-611 to prohibit the retrospective denial, reduction in payment, and review of health care services for which a health care provider has a prior authorization exemption and establish exceptions; amend KRS 304.17A-621 to conform; amend KRS 304.17A-627 to prohibit conflicts of interest with independent review entities and reviewers of prior authorization exemption denials and rescissions; require independent review entities and reviewers of prior authorization exemption denials and rescissions to submit an annual report to the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 304.17A-633 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to report on external reviews of prior authorization exemptions denials and rescissions; amend KRS 304.17A-706 to conform; amend KRS 205.536 to require managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to comply with the sections on prior authorization exemptions; apply the provisions to contracts delivered, entered, renewed, extended, or amended on or after the effective date of the Act; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB271
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 533.220 to include gender-neutral language.