AN ACT relating to essential caregivers and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Amend KRS 216.505 to include psychiatric residential treatment facilities as defined in KRS 216B.450 in the definition of "facility"; include communicable disease outbreaks and resident communicable disease status to exemptions for essential personal care visitors; EMERGENCY.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2023
Last action Mar 10, 2023
Floor votes · House Mar 7, 2023
How they voted
87–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 89
Mar 7, 2023
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican69
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Mar 10, 2023
Committee
to Health Services (S)
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 98-0
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 17, 2023
Committee
to Health Services (H)
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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