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AN ACT relating to the Perinatal Advisory Committee. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS 211.672 TO 211.678 IS CREATED 3
TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) (a) The secretary shall appoint the Perinatal Advisory Committee to make 5
recommendations for the improvement of the following statewide health 6
status indicators that relate to pregnancy and perinatal care: 7
1. Infant mortality; 8
2. Preterm birth; 9
3. Substance abuse during pregnancy; 10
4. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS); 11
5. Maternal mortality; and 12
6. Maternal and postpartum depression. 13
(b) The advisory committee shall make recommendations on evidence-based 14
guidelines and programs to improve the outcomes of pregnancies, including 15
ways to improve coordination of existing programs operated by the cabinet 16
and private organizations. 17
(2) The advisory committee shall be attached to the cabinet for administrative 18
purposes and be composed of the following members: 19
(a) The director of the Division of Maternal and Child Health, Department for 20
Public Health, who shall serve as chair of the advisory committee; 21
(b) The director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of 22
Kentucky College of Medicine; 23
(c) The director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of 24
Louisville School of Medicine; 25
(d) The director of a maternal-fetal medicine program from a pediatric 26
teaching hospital with a Level III NICU that has a minimum of thirty (30) 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS BR 235
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beds, to be selected by the secretary; 1
(e) The director of the Division of Neonatology, University of Kentucky College 2
of Medicine; 3
(f) The director of the Division of Neonatology, University of Louisville School 4
of Medicine; 5
(g) One (1) practicing obstetrician from rural practice in a hospital with a Level 6
I nursery, to be selected by the secretary; 7
(h) One (1) practicing obstetrician from rural practice in a hospital with a Level 8
II neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), to be selected by the secretary; 9
(i) One (1) practicing pediatrician from rural practice in a hospital with a 10
Level I nursery, to be selected by the secretary; 11
(j) One (1) practicing pediatrician or one (1) practicing neonatologist from 12
rural practice in a hospital with a Level II NICU, to be selected by the 13
secretary; 14
(k) One (1) practicing pediatrician or one (1) practicing neonatologist from a 15
non-university urban practice hospital with a Level II NICU, to be selected 16
by the secretary; 17
(l) One (1) practicing pediatrician or one (1) practicing neonatologist from a 18
pediatric teaching hospital with a Level III NICU that has a minimum of 19
thirty (30) beds, to be selected by the secretary; 20
(m) The president of the Kentucky Perinatal Association or designee; 21
(n) The president of the Kentucky Academy of Family Practice or designee; 22
(o) The president of the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of 23
Pediatrics or designee; 24
(p) The president of the Kentucky Section of the American College of 25
Obstetricians and Gynecologists or designee; 26
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Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses or designee; 1
(r) The chair of the Kentucky Medical Association’s Committee on Maternal 2
and Neonatal Health or designee; 3
(s) The chair of the Kentucky Medical Association’s Committee on Maternal 4
Mortality or designee; 5
(t) One (1) board-certified pediatric surgeon, to be selected by the secretary; 6
(u) One (1) board-certified pediatrician specializing in medical genetics, to be 7
selected by the secretary; 8
(v) One (1) perinatal social worker, to be selected by the secretary; and 9
(w) One (1) representative from a non-university hospital with a Level II or a 10
Level III NICU, selected by the secretary. 11
(3) Other subject matter experts may be represented as members of the advisory 12
committee at the discretion of the secretary. 13
(4) The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly and shall hold its first 14
meeting no later than thirty (30) days after the effective date of this Act. 15
(5) The advisory committee shall submit an annual report of its activities and 16
recommendations by December 1 of each year to the secretary, the commissioner, 17
and the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services. 18