HB 5 Kentucky House · 2018 Regular Session

AN ACT regarding guardianship and conservatorship of partially disabled or disabled adults. Amend KRS 210.290, relating to public guardianship, to specify when the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may be appointed as a resident's limited guardian, guardian, limited conservator, or conservator; amend KRS 387.510 to provide that a guardian or limited guardian is to manage the personal affairs of a disabled person; amend KRS 387.540 to allow a physician assistant to be part of an interdisciplinary evaluation team; amend KRS 387.570 and 387.580 to retain the right to a jury trial in a guardianship competency hearing if demanded by or on behalf of any party; amend KRS 387.590 to clarify that the same individual, agency, or corporation may be both a guardian and a conservator; amend KRS 387.610 to allow an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant working within his or her scope of practice to verify a renewal petition for guardianship or conservatorship; amend KRS 387.660 to remove custody from a guardian's powers and duties; amend KRS 387.680 to clarify that a limited conservator or conservator may establish or place financial resources in a trust; amend KRS 387.670, 387.700, and 387.710 to conform.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Signed into Law
Mar 2018
Introduced Jan 5, 2018 Signed Mar 13, 2018
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Committee
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Mar 13, 2018
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 13)
lower
Feb 7, 2018
Committee
To Health & Welfare (S)
upper
Jan 16, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted in committee
lower
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
To Judiciary (H)
lower
Jan 5, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
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