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CHAPTER 239
( HB 604 )
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AN ACT relating to governmental agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
**[SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 42 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Agencies" means the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Commonwealth Office of
Technology, and the Department of Revenue;
(b) "Aggregated format" means the smallest possible combination of data to ensure that no specific
taxpayer is identified, generally with no more than three (3) taxpayers combined into a single line of
data;
(c) "Committee" means the:
1. Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; or
2. a. Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; and
b. House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; and
(d) "Data" means all tax return data, accounts receivable data, refund data, tax expenditure data, or any
other information required to make sound tax policy decisions by the General Assembly as it relates
to businesses operating and citizens living in the Commonwealth.
(2) The agencies shall cooperatively provide to the committee all data in an aggregated format.
(3) A working group containing employees from the agencies and the committee is hereby created to
accomplish an efficient and effective delivery of the data required in subsection (2) of this section in an
aggregated format which is easily accessible, adaptable, and useable by staff of the committee and on a
timeline which meets the needs of the committee.
(4) (a) By June 1, 2022, the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall submit the names
and contact information of staff from the agencies to the committee.
(b) The first meeting of the working group shall occur no later than June 30, 2022, with monthly
meetings to be held thereafter until the delivery timeline, format, and methodology for each type of
data has been determined and the first submission of each type of data has been received.]**
Section 2. KRS 132.590 is amended to read as follows:
(1) The compensation of the property valuation administrator shall be based on the schedule contained in
subsection (2) of this section as modified by subsection (3) of this section. The compensation of the property
valuation administrator shall be calculated by the department annually. Should a property valuation
administrator for any reason vacate the office in any year during his term of office, he shall be paid only for
the calendar days actually served during the year.
(2) The salary schedule for property valuation administrators provides for nine (9) levels of salary based upon the
population of the county in the prior year as determined by the United States Department of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census annual estimates. To implement the salary schedule, the department shall, by November
1 of each year, certify for each county the population group applicable to each county based on the most recent
estimates of the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The salary schedule provides
four (4) steps for yearly increments within each population group. Property valuation administrators shall be
paid according to the first step within their population group for the first year or portion thereof they serve in
office. Thereafter, each property valuation administrator, on January 1 of each subsequent year, shall be
advanced automatically to the next step in the salary schedule until the maximum salary figure for the
population group is reached. If the county population as certified by the department increases to a new group
level, the property valuation administrator's salary shall be computed from the new group level at the ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2
beginning of the next year. A change in group level shall have no affect on the annual change in step. Prior to
assuming office, any person who has previously served as a property valuation administrator must certify to
the department the total number of years, not to exceed four (4) years, that the person has previously served in
the office. The department shall place the person in the proper step based upon a formula of one (1)
incremental step per full calendar year of service:
SALARY SCHEDULE
County Population Steps and Salary
by Group for Property Valuation Administrators
Group I Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
0-4,999 $45,387 $46,762 $48,137 $49,513
Group II
5,000-9,999 49,513 50,888 52,263 53,639
Group III
10,000-19,999 53,639 55,014 56,389 57,765
Group IV
20,000-29,999 55,702 57,765 59,828 61,891
Group V
30,000-44,999 59,828 61,891 63,954 66,017
Group VI
45,000-59,999 61,891 64,641 67,392 70,143
Group VII
60,000-89,999 66,017 68,768 71,518 74,269
Group VIII
90,000-499,999 68,080 71,518 74,957 78,395
Group IX
500,000 and up 72,206 75,644 79,083 82,521
(3) (a) For calendar year 2000, the salary schedule in subsection (2) of this section shall be increased by the
amount of increase in the annual consumer price index as published by the United States Department of
Commerce for the year ended December 31, 1999. This salary adjustment shall take effect on July 14,
2000, and shall not be retroactive to the preceding January 1.
(b) For each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2000, upon publication of the annual consumer
price index by the United States Department of Commerce, the annual rate of salary for the property
valuation administrator shall be determined by applying the increase in the consumer price index to the
salary in effect for the previous year. This salary determination shall be retroactive to the preceding
January 1.
(c) In addition to the step increases based on service in office, each property valuation administrator shall
be paid an annual incentive of six hundred eighty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents ($687.67) per
calendar year for each forty (40) hour training unit successfully completed based on continuing service
in that office and, except as provided in this subsection, completion of at least forty (40) hours of
approved training in each subsequent calendar year. If a property valuation administrator fails without
good cause, as determined by the commissioner of the department, to obtain the minimum amount of
approved training in any year, the officer shall lose all training incentives previously accumulated. No
property valuation administrator shall receive more than one (1) training unit per calendar year nor
more than four (4) incentive payments per calendar year. Each property valuation administrator shall be
allowed to carry forward up to forty (40) hours of training credit into the following calendar year for the
purpose of satisfying the minimum amount of training for that year. This amount shall be increased by
the consumer price index adjustments prescribed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. Each CHAPTER 239
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training unit shall be approved and certified by the department. Each unit shall be available to property
valuation administrators in each office based on continuing service in that office. The department shall
promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish guidelines for
the approval and certification of training units.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision contained in this section, no property valuation administrator holding office on
July 14, 2000, shall receive any reduction in salary or reduction in adjustment to salary otherwise allowable by
the statutes in force on July 14, 2000.
(5) Deputy property valuation administrators and other authorized personnel may be advanced one (1) step in
grade upon completion of twelve (12) months' continuous service. The department may make grade
classification changes corresponding to any approved for department employees in comparable positions, so
long as the changes do not violate the integrity of the classification system. Subject to availability of funds, the
department may extend cost-of-living increases approved for department employees to deputy property
valuation administrators and other authorized personnel, by advancement in grade.
(6) Beginning with the 1990-1992 biennium, the department shall prepare a biennial budget request for the
staffing of property valuation administrators' offices. An equitable allocation of employee positions to each
property valuation administrator's office in the state shall be made on the basis of comparative assessment
work units. Assessment work units shall be determined from the most current objective information available
from the United States Bureau of the Census and other similar sources of unbiased information. Beginning
with the 1996-1998 biennium, assessment work units shall be based on parcel count per employee. The total
sum allowed by the state to any property valuation administrator's office as compensation for deputies, other
authorized personnel, and for other authorized expenditures shall not exceed the amount fixed by the
department. However, each property valuation administrator's office shall be allowed as a minimum such
funds that are required to meet the federal minimum wage requirements for two (2) full-time deputies.
(7) Beginning with the 1990-1992 biennium each property valuation administrator shall submit by June 1 of each
year for the following fiscal year to the department a budget request for his office which shall be based upon
the number of employee positions allocated to his office under subsection (6) of this section and upon the
county and city funds available to his office and show the amount to be expended for deputy and other
authorized personnel including employer's share of FICA and state retirement, and other authorized expenses
of the office. The department shall return to each property valuation administrator, no later than July 1, an
approved budget for the fiscal year.
(8) Each property valuation administrator may appoint any persons approved by the department to assist him in
the discharge of his duties. Each deputy shall be more than twenty-one (21) years of age and may be removed
at the pleasure of the property valuation administrator. The salaries of deputies and other authorized personnel
shall be fixed by the property valuation administrator in accordance with the grade classification system
established by the department and shall be subject to the approval of the department. The Personnel Cabinet
shall provide advice and technical assistance to the department in the revision and updating of the personnel
classification system, which shall be equitable in all respects to the personnel classification systems
maintained for other state employees. Any deputy property valuation administrator employed or promoted to a
higher position may be examined by the department in accordance with standards of the Personnel Cabinet, for
the position to which he is being appointed or promoted. No state funds available to any property valuation
administrator's office as compensation for deputies and other authorized personnel or for other authorized
expenditures shall be paid without authorization of the department prior to the employment by the property
valuation administrator of deputies or other authorized personnel or the incurring of other authorized
expenditures.
(9) Each county fiscal court shall annually appropriate and pay each fiscal year to the office of the property
valuation administrator as its cost for use of the assessment, as required by KRS 132.280, an amount
determined as follows:
Assessment Subject to
County Tax of:
At Least But Less Than Amount
---- $100,000,000 $0.005 for each $100 of the first
$50,000,000 and $0.002 for ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 4
each $100 over $50,000,000.
$100,000,000 150,000,000 $0.004 for each $100 of the first
$100,000,000 and $0.002 for
each $100 over $100,000,000.
150,000,000 300,000,000 $0.004 for each $100 of the first
$150,000,000 and $0.003 for
each $100 over $150,000,000.
300,000,000 ---- $0.004 for each $100.
(10) The total sum to be paid by the fiscal court to any property valuation administrator's office under the
provisions of subsection (9) of this section shall not exceed the limits set forth in the following table:
Assessed Value of Property Subject to
County Tax of:
At Least But Less Than Limit
---- $700,000,000 $25,000
$700,000,000 1,000,000,000 35,000
1,000,000,000 2,000,000,000 50,000
2,000,000,000 2,500,000,000 75,000
2,500,000,000 5,000,000,000 100,000
5,000,000,000 7,500,000,000 175,000
7,500,000,000 30,000,000,000 250,000
30,000,000,000 ----- 400,000
This allowance shall be based on the assessment as of the previous January 1 and shall be used for deputy and
other personnel allowance, supplies, maps and equipment, travel allowance for the property valuation
administrator and his deputies and other authorized personnel, and other authorized expenses of the office.
(11) Annually, after appropriation by the county of funds required of it by subsection (9) of this section, and no
later than August 1, the property valuation administrator shall file a claim with the county for that amount of
the appropriation specified in his approved budget for compensation of deputies and assistants, including
employer's shares of FICA and state retirement, for the fiscal year. The amount so requested shall be paid by
the county into the State Treasury by September 1, or paid to the property valuation administrator and be
submitted to the State Treasury by September 1. These funds shall be expended by the department only for
compensation of approved deputies and assistants and the employer's share of FICA and state retirement in the
appropriating county. Any funds paid into the State Treasury in accordance with this provision but unexpended
by the close of the fiscal year for which they were appropriated shall be returned to the county from which
they were received.
(12) After submission to the State Treasury or to the property valuation administrator of the county funds budgeted
for personnel compensation under subsection (11) of this section, the fiscal court shall pay the remainder of the
county appropriation to the office of the property valuation administrator on a quarterly basis. Four (4) equal
payments shall be made on or before September 1, December 1, March 1, and June 1 respectively. Any
unexpended county funds at the close of each fiscal year shall be retained by the property valuation
administrator, except as provided in KRS 132.601(2). During county election years the property valuation
administrator shall not expend in excess of forty percent (40%) of the allowances available to his office from
county funds during the first five (5) months of the fiscal year in which the general election is held.
(13) The provisions of this section shall apply to urban-county governments and consolidated local governments. In
an urban-county government and a consolidated local government, all the rights and obligations conferred on
fiscal courts or consolidated local governments by the provisions of this section shall be exercised by the
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(14) When an urban-county form of government is established through merger of existing city and county
governments as provided in KRS Chapter 67A or when a consolidated local government is established through
merger of existing city and county governments as provided by KRS Chapter 67C, the annual county
assessment shall be presumed to have been adopted as if the city had exercised the option to adopt as provided
in KRS 132.285. For purposes of this subsection, the amount to be considered as the assessment for purposes
of KRS 132.285 shall be the amount subject to taxation for full urban services.
(15) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (9) of this section, the amount appropriated and paid by each
county fiscal court to the office of the property valuation administrator for 1996 and subsequent years shall be
equal to the amount paid to the office of the property valuation administrator for 1995, or the amount required
by the provisions of subsections (9) and (10) of this section, whichever is greater.
(16) Notwithstanding this section or any other Kentucky Revised Statute to the contrary, the total compensation
for the office of the property valuation administrator in an urban-county government shall be $420,000 per
year.
SECTION 3. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 164 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(1) The Kentucky Center for Cannabis**[Research]**is hereby established at the University of Kentucky to
advance the study of the use of cannabis and cannabis derivatives for the treatment of certain medical
conditions and diseases as indicated and recommended by the center's advisory board.
(2) The role and mission of the center shall be to:
(a) Conduct and fund research related to cannabis and cannabis derivatives**[, including
pharmaceutical development and the efficacies of cannabis and cannabis derivatives for the
treatment of certain medical conditions and diseases]**;
(b) Conduct and fund research related to the health effects, including the potential risks or side effects,
of the use of cannabis and cannabis derivatives;
(c) Conduct and fund research related to the efficacy and potential health effects of various cannabis
delivery methods, including but not limited to vaporizing, ingestibles, topical applications, and
combustion;
(d) Review current and future cannabis research literature, clinical studies, and clinical trials;
(e) Monitor, to the extent that appropriate and sufficient data are available, patient outcomes in states
with medicinal cannabis programs; and
(f) Examine, to the extent that sufficient data are available, the health effects of the use of combustible
cannabis.
(3) The university shall:
(a) Develop and maintain the center in accordance with its administrative and governing regulations
related to the formation of multidisciplinary research centers and institutes;
(b) Establish an internal advisory board to oversee the activities, research agenda, and finances of the
center. Members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the president of the University of
Kentucky**[ and may include:
1. The director of the University of Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research;
2. The director of the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research;
3. The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment or his
or her designee;
4. The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy or his or her designee;
5. The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine or his or her designee;
6. Physicians who are licensed by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure and who are
certified by the appropriate board in the following specialties:
a. Oncology;
b. Pain and addiction medicine; ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 6
c. Neurology;
d. Psychiatry; and
e. Ophthalmology;
7. Researchers from a college or university that currently conducts cannabis research or that
receives funds from the center pursuant to subsection (5) of this section, if any; and
8. Any other individual appointed at the discretion of the president of the University of
Kentucky]**;
(c) Report to the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Legislative Research
Commission by September 1 each year for the preceding fiscal year, outlining the center's activities
and expenditures; and
(d) Ensure that the center complies with subsection (4) of this section.
(4) The center shall:
(a) Employ a director and necessary staff;
(b) Seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources to support the role
and mission of the center;
(c) Conduct clinical research, clinical studies, and clinical trials as approved by appropriate federal
agencies;
(d) Establish an application for individuals interested in participating in cannabis-related clinical
research, clinical studies, or clinical trials and a screening protocol to place interested applicants in
appropriate research participant pools;
(e) Publicly disseminate the research conducted or funded by the center;
(f) Host an annual cannabis research symposium; and
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and upon request from the Cabinet for Health
and Family Services, enter into a memorandum of understanding with the cabinet for data collected
by the center or any researcher associated with or funded by the center.
(5) (a) The center may award research funds to any nonprofit Kentucky-based research entity or any
Kentucky institution of higher education and any research entity association with such an institution.
(b) If the center awards research funds to any other entity, the center shall use an open, competitive
grant application process using national best practices.
(c) Any entity or institution that receives research funds from the center shall present the results of its
research at the center's annual research symposium in the year after the research is concluded and
shall, upon request from the center, present an update on any ongoing research at the center's
annual research symposium if the research has not concluded.
(6) The application developed pursuant to subsection (4)(d) of this section shall be made publicly available on
the center's Web site.
(7) The university, the center, and any researcher or staff employed by, associated with, or funded by the center
or the university shall immediately notify the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Legislative
Research Commission of any imminent or serious public health risk, or potentially imminent or serious
public health risk, associated with cannabis identified as part of a research project associated with or
approved by the center or the university's internal review board.
(8) If at any time the Commonwealth establishes a medicinal cannabis program, the application to receive a
medicinal cannabis card shall include a question asking whether the patient is interested in participating in
clinical research conducted by the center. If the patient indicates his or her interest in participating in the
center's research, the department or state agency responsible for approving medicinal cannabis cards is
authorized to share the patient's name, phone number, and address with the center.
**[(9) The appropriation provided by the General Assembly for the Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research in
fiscal year 2022-2023 shall be considered startup funds and shall only be appropriated once.]**
SECTION 4. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 210 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: CHAPTER 239
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(b) "CMHC" means a community mental health center;
(c) "Fund" means the mobile crisis services fund; and
(d) "Mobile unit" means any vehicle which a CMHC uses to travel within its region to provide
community services for Kentuckians who experience issues with mental health, developmental and
intellectual disabilities, and substance use disorder.
(2) (a) The mobile crisis services fund is hereby established within the cabinet to provide loans to CMHCs
for:
1. Increasing access to mental health services; and
2. Providing services to individuals who lack sufficient access to transportation and who are:
a. Residing in rural areas;
b. Residing in homeless shelters; or
c. Disadvantaged mentally, physically, or economically.
(b) Any loan issued by the cabinet shall not exceed a five (5) year term and the interest rate shall not
exceed one percent (1%).
(3) The cabinet shall:
(a) Determine the terms and conditions of each loan, including the repayment to be deposited back in the
fund for issuance of future loans to other CMHCs;
(b) Review and adjudicate applications submitted by CMHCs that apply for a loan;
(c) Monitor the performance of each CMHC in the program; and
(d) By December 1, 2022, and by each December 1 thereafter, report to the Interim Joint Committee on
Health, Welfare, and Family Services information about each CMHC in the program, including:
1. The name and location of each CMHC that received a loan;
2. The amount of principal originally loaned; and
3. How each CMHC used the funds.
(4) In order to apply for loan, a CMHC shall:
(a) Submit an application to the cabinet;
(b) Agree to use the funds for the purchase, operation, or establishment of mobile units; and
(c) Agree to provide services to individuals who lack sufficient access to transportation and who are:
1. Residing in rural areas;
2. Residing in homeless shelters; or
3. Disadvantaged mentally, physically, or economically.
(5) (a) The fund created in subsection (2) of this section shall be a trust and agency account.
(b) The fund shall be administered by the cabinet.
(c) The fund shall include moneys appropriated by the General Assembly, contributions, donations,
gifts, or federal funds.
(d) Moneys in the fund shall be used by the cabinet to administer this section.
(e) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any moneys remaining in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
not lapse but shall be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.
(f) Interest earned on any moneys in the fund shall accrue to the fund. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 8
(g) Moneys deposited in the fund are hereby appropriated for the sole purpose of providing loans to
CMHCs.
(6) The appropriation provided by the General Assembly for fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 for mobile
crisis services shall be considered startup funds to support the establishment of additional mobile crisis
units and shall only be appropriated once.
(7) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services may promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with
KRS Chapter 13A to implement this section.
Section 5. KRS 262.330 is amended to read as follows:
(1) The board may make available or lease, on such terms as it prescribes, to landowners and occupiers within the
district, agricultural and engineering machinery and equipment, **[including heavy or specialized equipment
acquired pursuant to Section 6 of this Act,]** fertilizer, seeds, seedlings and such other material or equipment
as will assist the landowners and occupiers to carry on operations upon their lands for the conservation of soil
resources and for the prevention and control of soil erosion.
(2) As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this chapter to, or the performance of work upon, any
lands not owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, the board may require contributions in
money, services, materials or otherwise to any operations conferring such benefits, and require landowners and
occupiers to enter into and perform such agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of their lands as will
tend to prevent or control erosion.
Section 6. KRS 262.610 is amended to read as follows:
(1) (a) The Soil and Water Conservation Commission as referred to in KRS Chapter 146, subject to the
supervision of the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources[for natural resources], to
the restrictions provided in Section 5 of this Act and KRS 262.610 to 262.660, and to the requirements
of KRS Chapters 42 and 45A, is hereby authorized to acquire and to make available, or to assist in
acquiring or making available to soil and water conservation districts, heavy or specialized equipment
or infrastructure which an individual district cannot itself economically obtain.
**[(b) A district may submit a request to the commission for the acquisition of heavy or specialized
equipment jointly with a person residing within the district to whom the district has agreed to lease
the equipment in the event that it is acquired or made available. The district and the person shall
submit all information with their joint request for heavy or specialized equipment as may be required
by the commission in the administrative regulations promulgated under Section 7 of this Act. Any
application made by a district, or two (2) or more districts acting jointly pursuant to KRS 262.650, to
the commission to acquire or make available infrastructure, or to assist in doing so, shall not be
made jointly with any person.]**
(2) When the commission acquires or makes available to any district the equipment or infrastructure above
referred to, it shall require said district to fully amortize, in the form of rentals or payments, to the Division of
Conservation, as referred to in KRS Chapter 146, any amount so expended by the commission for such
assistance. The amount and method of amortization for each piece of heavy equipment or infrastructure shall
be determined by the commission, subject to approval of the commissioner of the Department for Natural
Resources[natural resources]. The amount and method of amortization for each piece of heavy or specialized
equipment shall be determined on the basis of the lease or a rental fee to be charged by the district to the
lessee or other user of equipment sufficient to:
(a) Fully amortize to the division the capital outlay for the machinery itself over the period of its reasonably
anticipated full usefulness;
(b) Cover the cost of operation, maintenance and repairs;
(c) Pay the usual cost of providing an operator; and
(d) Compensate the district for the usual costs of transportation from one (1) job to another.
(3) In giving effect to all of the foregoing, the commission shall estimate the amount of time such equipment
would ordinarily be idle.
Section 7. KRS 262.660 is amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 239
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(1) The commission, with the approval of the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources[for natural
resources], is hereby authorized to promulgate such other rules and regulations or methods of accounting as
may be necessary or expedient to give effect to the purposes expressed in KRS 262.610 to 262.650.
**[(2) On or before January 1, 2023, the commission, with the approval of the commissioner of the Department
for Natural Resources, shall promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A that shall
at a minimum set forth:
(a) The form and manner in which a person and a district may jointly request the acquisition of heavy or
specialized equipment pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of Section 6 of this Act, including but not limited
to any financial or other disclosures the commission may require;
(b) The terms, conditions, and repayment of loans for heavy or specialized equipment that the
commission makes available to districts for lease to persons within those districts; and
(c) The terms and conditions for lease agreements between districts and persons for the use of acquired
heavy or specialized equipment, including but not limited to permissible uses of the equipment, care
and maintenance of the equipment, liability assumptions for property damage or bodily injury caused
by the equipment, insurance requirements, availability of the equipment for use by others in the
district, and the keeping of public records regarding the use of the equipment. Notwithstanding any
provision of this chapter or KRS Chapter 42 or 45A to the contrary, lease agreements shall allow a
lessee to use acquired heavy or specialized equipment outside of his or her district with prior
approval of the board for the leasing district.]**
Section 8. The Commonwealth West Healthcare Workforce Innovation Center shall be established to
provide accessible, healthcare-specific educational pathways in the western region of the state for postsecondary,
high school, and nontraditional students to address decreased student enrollment in healthcare-related fields, resulting
in expanding the pipeline of qualified healthcare workers and reducing the shortage of qualified medical staff across
the Commonwealth.
Section 9. The center shall be a health education, innovation, and simulation facility located in Owensboro
that offers a combination of instruction and hands-on experiential learning opportunities to students pursuing nursing
and allied health credentials. The center shall be operated and maintained through a collaborative partnership between
public and private organizations, including but not limited to Brescia University, Elizabethtown Community and
Technical College, Henderson Community and Technical College, Hopkinsville Community and Technical College,
Kentucky Wesleyan College, Madisonville Community and Technical College, Owensboro Community and
Technical College, Western Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University-Owensboro, University of
Louisville School of Nursing-Owensboro, and Owensboro Health, Inc.
Section 10. The center shall provide in-person and virtual didactic instruction and hands-on, experiential
learning opportunities while offering career paths to address immediate workforce needs, including but not limited to
nursing, nursing assistant, medical office assistant, radiology science, long-term care, social work, clinical
psychology, behavioral health, laboratory services, paramedic, and community healthcare workers.
Section 11. The General Assembly shall provide funds for the initial start-up and operating costs of the
center, including but not limited to faculty, personnel, facility, equipment, and furnishings in the form of a grant to be
administered by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and distributed to the collaborating partners
and organizations in accordance with the agreements established for the center.
Section 12. By January 1, 2023, and by November 1, 2024, the Kentucky Community and Technical
College System shall provide a report to the Legislative Research Commission on the status of the center, including
but not limited to operations, enrollment, expenditures, funding, and partnerships.
Section 13. There is hereby appropriated Federal Funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund from the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in the amount of $1,500,000 in fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 to the
Learning and Results Services budget unit to enrich science curriculums**[using Plasma Games’ STEM and
Chemistry education tool]**.
Section 14. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys in the amount of $150,000 in fiscal year
2022-2023 to the Department for Local Government to allocate to the Rough River Business & Tourism Association
to provide accessibility to the marina and demolition of the abandoned intake structure. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 10
Section 15. There is hereby appropriated Federal Funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund from the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in the amount of $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Kentucky Center for
the Arts for emergency repairs, maintenance, and operations.
Section 16. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys in the amount of $4,000,000 in fiscal year
2022-2023 to the School Facilities Construction Commission as special offers of assistance for Rockcastle County
Schools to use in the construction of a Rockcastle County middle school.
Section 17. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys in the amount of $1,000,000 in fiscal year
2021-2022, $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the Justice
Administration budget unit to support Operation UNITE.
Section 18. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys in the amount of $105,000,000 in each
fiscal year of the 2022-2024 biennium to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to be applied to the unfunded
pension liability of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System Nonhazardous pension fund.
Section 19. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys from the General Fund Surplus Account
(KRS 48.700) or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund account (KRS 48.705) in the amount of $2,000,000 in fiscal year
2022-2023 to the University of Kentucky for the creation and operation of the Kentucky Center for Cannabis
**[Research]**, including expenses related to conducting clinical research and participant recruitment. **[The
appropriation shall be considered startup funds for the Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research and shall only be
appropriated once.]** The appropriation shall be reduced by any gifts, donations, endowments, or other
contributions, not including grants or other funds designated for the purpose of conducting research, received by the
University of Kentucky for the purpose of creating or operating the center. Appropriations to the Kentucky Center for
Cannabis **[Research]** in this Act shall be considered a mandated program and shall be excluded from the public
postsecondary comprehensive funding model.
Section 20. The University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Center for Cannabis **[Research]** shall **[,
within 120 days after the effective date of this Act,]** prepare and submit an application to the federal Drug
Enforcement Agency, pursuant to 21 C.F.R. pt. 1318, for registration as a marijuana grower.
Section 21. 2022 Regular Session HB 1/VO is amended as follows:
On page 13, delete lines 23 and 24 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"(z) $4,250,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Manchester/Clay County Tourism Commission, Elk Hill
Regional Industrial Authority, and Volunteers of America for land acquisition, renovations, upgrades, and Elk Hill
Spec Building and Housing;";
On page 54, delete lines 14 through 17 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"(3) Health Insurance: Included in the above General Fund appropriation is $776,548,700 in fiscal year
2022-2023 and $849,223,600 in fiscal year 2023-2024 for employer contributions for health insurance and the
contribution to the health reimbursement account for employees waiving coverage. Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, the
unexpended General Fund balance for health insurance and the contribution to the health retirement account for
employees waiving coverage for fiscal year 2021-2022 and fiscal year 2022-2023 shall be transferred to the Kentucky
Employees Health Plan trust fund.";
**[On page 78, delete lines 20 through 25 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"(8) Basic Health Program Information Technology System: Included in the above appropriation is
$3,500,000 in General Fund and $3,500,000 in Federal Funds in fiscal year 2022-2023 and $1,000,000 in General
Fund and $1,000,000 in Federal Funds in fiscal year 2023-2024 to support enhancements to the Medicaid
Management Information System (MMIS) for implementation of a Basic Health Program to provide a bridge health
insurance plan for eligible recipients. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Cabinet for Health
and Family Services shall not exercise the state's option to develop a basic health program as permitted under 42
U.S.C. sec. 18051 without first obtaining specific authorization from the General Assembly to do so.";]**
On page 102, delete lines 13 through 17 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"(9) Volunteers of America - Freedom House: Included in the above General Fund appropriation is
$4,000,000 in each fiscal year to support the Freedom House administered by Volunteers of America. Included in the
above General Fund appropriation is $250,000 in each fiscal year to support the Lincoln County Family Recovery
Court to assist families involved with the child welfare system. Included in the above General Fund appropriation is
an additional one-time allocation of $100,000 in each fiscal year for education, outreach, and services related to
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On page 139, delete lines 8 through 11 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"(c) A nonprofit that has not already received direct financial assistance, excluding loans, through the
federal CARES Act (Pub. L. No. 116-136), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), or any subsequent
federal relief package enacted prior to the nonprofit’s grant application being considered shall be given preference.";
On page 147, delete lines 24 through 26 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"(1) Debt Service: Included in the above General Fund appropriation is $721,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023
and $7,926,500 in fiscal year 2023-2024 for new debt service to support new bonds as set forth in Part II, Capital
Projects Budget, of this Act.";
On page 148, delete lines 21 through 23 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"(3) Independent Land-Use Survey: Included in the above General Fund appropriation is $5,000,000 in
fiscal year 2021-2022 to support an independent land-use survey on all State Fair Board properties.";
On page 214, delete lines 21 through 23 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"4. STATE FAIR BOARD
001. State Fair Board Property Improvements
Bond Funds -0- 180,000,000
002. Maintenance Pool 2022-2024
Bond Funds 20,000,000 -0-"; and
Adjust subtotals and totals accordingly.
Section 22. Whereas the operations of governmental agencies are imperative for the betterment of the
Commonwealth, an emergency is declared to exist, and this Act takes effect upon its passage and approval by the
Governor or upon its otherwise becoming a law.
Vetoed in Part and Signed by Secretary of State April 26, 2022.