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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 679: AN ACT relating to instructional programs for school-age children.

Amend KRS 199.896 to change the requirements for when instructional programs for school-age children are exempt from all child-care licensure administrative regulations.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill reduces regulatory barriers for school-age instructional programs by exempting them from child-care licensure, facilitating educational access without direct funding but enabling program operation.70% confidence
Wade Williams (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 668: AN ACT relating to ivermectin for human use.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to permit the sale or purchase of ivermectin that's been approved for human use without a prescription from a practitioner.
Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves prescription requirement for ivermectin, bypassing medical oversight and increasing potential for unsafe self-medication, thus restricting proper healthcare protocols.95% confidence
Marianne Proctor (R) T.J. Roberts (R) Felicia Rabourn (R) Candy Massaroni (R) Thomas Huff (R)
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 26, 2025

SR 18: A RESOLUTION urging the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to explore and implement strategies to maximize the utilization of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training program.

Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to explore and implement strategies to maximize the utilization of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training program.
Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill urges maximizing SNAP Employment and Training program utilization, directly advancing workforce development and employment support through public assistance programs.90% confidence
Gerald Neal (D)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 614: AN ACT relating to professional dispensing fees for prescription drugs and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 304.17A-595 to remove requirement for certain health insurance contracts to provide a temporary minimum dispensing fee to retail independent pharmacies.
Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves requirement for insurers to pay minimum dispensing fees to independent pharmacies, potentially reducing pharmacy revenue and access to medications.85% confidence
Myron Dossett (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 680: AN ACT relating to commercial financing.

Establish Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286, and create new sections thereof, to define terms; establish exemptions; require certain commercial financing providers to register with the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to engage in business; establish commercial financing trade practice standards and disclosure requirements for commercial financing transactions; establish penalties and exclusive enforcement by the financial institutions commissioner; provide that Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286 may be cited as the Kentucky Commercial Financing Disclosure Law; direct that the provisions apply to contracts entered on or after January 1, 2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
Sarge Pollock (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 632: AN ACT relating to leave from employment.

Amend KRS 337.415 to define terms "crime," "immediate family," and "victim"; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with the prosecution of a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination, retaliation, and failing to maintain confidentiality; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations by an employer.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProtects crime victims' employment rights during legal proceedings, ensuring access to justice without fear of retaliation or discharge.90% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentProhibits employer retaliation against employees taking leave for crime victim proceedings, directly protecting workers' rights under Labor & Employment.95% confidence
Lindsey Burke (D)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 627: AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic, diagnostic and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; to suspend the coverage requirement for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings under qualified health plans if cost defrayment required by the state; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; provide that various sections apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; require the Department for Medicaid Services or the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal approval, if necessary, and comply with notice requirements; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates insurance coverage for perinatal mental health screenings under Medicaid and health plans, expanding access to mental health services within healthcare coverage.95% confidence
Anne Donworth (D) Chad Aull (D)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 638: AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System.

Amend KRS 161.220 to add certain employees of WeLeadCS to the definition of "member"; allow the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) to promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate payment and collection for purchased service credit, and make technical changes; amend KRS 161.230 to allow TRS to establish a title holding company for certain investments; amend KRS 161.250 to specify the deadline for a written appeal of a TRS decision is not subject to the jurisdiction of any court or appeal process; amend KRS 161.430 to allow agreements for commingled investments or real property to be made in or governed by laws outside of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 161.470 to cease interest accrual on the retirement account of members convicted of a felony related to employment after the date of conviction; amend KRS 161.585 to allow a member appealing denial of disability and the member's legal counsel to have access to all written material submitted by the medical review committee to TRS and make technical changes; amend KRS 161.600 to specify the deadline for changes to a member's retirement application is not subject to the jurisdiction of any court or appeal process; amend KRS 161.624 to add filing and other deadlines for information the member or beneficiary is responsible for obtaining; amend KRS 161.630 to specify the deadline for electing a new optional plan of payment or for a change of beneficiary shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of any court or appeal process; amend KRS 161.635 to make a technical change; amend KRS 161.636 to make a technical change; amend KRS 161.661 to clarify the deadline for filing an application for disability benefits is not subject to the jurisdiction of any court or appeal process, that failure to provide income and employment verification documentation or submission of false or fraudulent documentation will result in suspension or disqualification from disability benefits, to allow a member and the member's counsel to be entitled to all written recommendations and reports submitted by the medical review committee, and make technical changes; amend KRS 161.680 to allow determination of errors resulting in over or underpayment to be determined by the TRS board or staff; repeal KRS 161.553, relating to the funding of past statutory benefits; amend KRS 56.8605, 58.868, and 161.550 to conform.
Walker Thomas (R) D.J. Johnson (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 657: AN ACT relating to the Honor and Remember flag.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to define and designate the Honor and Remember flag as the state's emblem of the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces who gave their lives in the line of duty; specify locations, dates, and circumstances under which the flag may be displayed; provide that if Congress designates a flag to honor those service members who gave their lives in the line of duty, then that flag shall be used instead of the flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc.
Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransDesignates Honor and Remember flag to honor veterans who died in service, directly recognizing sacrifice per state veterans policy focus.95% confidence
Steve Bratcher (R)
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 26, 2025

SJR 28: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Energy and Environment Cabinet to adopt revisions to the state air quality implementation plan to remove the reformulated gas requirement for Jefferson County and applicable parts of Oldham and Bullitt Counties.

Request the Governor petition the EPA to remove the reformulated gas requirement in Jefferson County and parts of Oldham and Bullitt Counties; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to adopt revisions to the state air quality implementation plan to remove the reformulated gas requirement for Jefferson County and applicable parts of Oldham and Bullitt Counties; specify required elements of the revisions; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to report on the status of the revisions to the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy no later than October 31, 2025.
Topics ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentRemoves reformulated gas requirement, a pollution control measure, weakening air quality standards per EPA regulations.95% confidence
Julie Adams (R) Lindsey Tichenor (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 643: AN ACT relating to fire prevention and protection.

Create a new section of KRS 227.200 to 227.400 to allow for the creation of a local appeals board to hear appeals from final orders of fire chiefs and state fire marshals; establish membership, procedures, and jurisdiction when no local appeals board is established; provide for appeal to Circuit Court of jurisdiction; amend KRS 227.200 to define terms; amend KRS 227.210, 227.335, 227.380, and 227.390 to conform.
Bobby McCool (R) Chris Freeland (R) David Hale (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 26, 2025

HB 685: AN ACT relating to the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; require nonprofit hospitals to submit a 340B Drug Pricing Program report to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services by July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter; direct the Personnel Cabinet to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on the impact of the 340B Drug Pricing Program on the Kentucky Employee Health Plan no later than December 1, 2025; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on the impact of the 340B Drug Pricing Program on Medicaid no later than December 1, 2025.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates reporting on 340B Program to ensure affordable drug access for patients, aligning with healthcare cost containment goals and program integrity.90% confidence
Kim Moser (R)
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