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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017

HB 449: AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for legislators. Create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to prohibit future members of the General Assembly from participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System unless they participated in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the Legislators' Retirement Plan as members of the General Assembly prior to August 1, 2017; allow current members of the General Assembly participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System to make a one-time election to discontinue participation and to take a refund of accumulated contributions; amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective August 1, 2017; allow current members of the General Assembly participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan to make a one-time election to discontinue participation and take a refund of accumulated contributions; amend KRS 61.510 to conform.

To State Government (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017

HJR 115: Establish the "Citizen and Taxpayer Stewardship Act of 2017"; recommend that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services utilize enhanced eligibility verification and periodic continuing monitoring of enrollees and applicants' finances and wealth; establish a process when discrepancies between reported finances and actual finances are discovered; recommend use of photographic ID within benefits programs such as food stamps or TANF; recommend information sharing practices to better determine eligibility and establish a monitoring infrastructure; recommend how to refer cases of fraud and identity fraud; recommend a resource limit for the food stamps program; recommend utilization of the work requirements established for able-bodied Medicaid recipients in the KY HEALTH 1115 Waiver within the food stamps and TANF programs and any other benefits reform; recommend utilization of the 1996 work requirements as a resource and policy goal as benefits reform continues; direct that progress reports and final presentations about the updates and direction of the benefits programs be given to the IJC on Health and Welfare and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee; request that all updates be completed, legislation recommended, and any necessary waivers requested by December 31, 2019.

To Health and Family Services (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017

HB 504: AN ACT relating to leaves of absence. Amend KRS 161.770 to specify that a board of education must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and any other applicable federal law in placing a teacher or superintendent on leave due to a physical or mental disability; prohibit a board from requesting unnecessary medical information or disclosing any medical information.

To Education (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017

HB 363: AN ACT relating to the natural resources severance and processing tax. Amend KRS 143A.010 to amend the definition of "processing" to include the act of loading or unloading limestone that has not otherwise been severed or treated in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 143A.035 to allow a credit for substantially identical severance or processing taxes paid to another state or political subdivision thereof; provide that no taxpayer may claim a total amount of credit that exceeds his or her tax liability; allow the Department of Revenue to report tax credit information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend other sections to conform; EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2017.

Reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
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