SB 71: AN ACT relating to health education. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require inclusion of abstinence education in any human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases curriculum.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 151)
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SB 5: AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to directly administer all outpatient pharmacy benefits; prohibit renewal or negotiation of new contracts to provide Medicaid managed care that allow administration of outpatient benefits by any entity but the Department for Medicaid Services; reduce costs of future Medicaid managed care contracts by costs of all outpatient pharmacy benefits as they existed on January 1, 2017; allow the department to utilize managed care principles and techniques to assist with member medication adherence and cost control; require the department to establish a reasonable dispensing fee pursuant to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 157)
HB 167: AN ACT relating to abandoned infants. Amend KRS 405.075 to establish a definition and allow the use of a "newborn safety device" related to the anonymous surrendering of a newborn infant in the Commonwealth.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 152)
SB 97: AN ACT relating to municipal annexation. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 81A to provide standing to certain individuals to contest annexation of otherwise unpopulated territory; grant the city standing to contest the failed annexation election under KRS 120.250; set a limit of 2 years to contest the annexation of territory; amend KRS 65.012 to change referendum petition signature requirements to include a business or other organization as a petitioner.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 155)
HB 185: AN ACT relating to death-in-line-of-duty benefits and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 16.505 to include in the definition of "dependent child," solely as it applies to a member who dies as a direct result of an act in line of duty or a duty-related injury, a disabled child of any age; define "monthly average pay" to mean the higher of a member's final rate of pay or average monthly creditable compensation earned during the deceased member's last 12 months of employment; amend KRS 16.601 and 61.621 to increase minimum act in line of duty or duty-related death benefits payable to the surviving spouse of a member of any of the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems from 25% to 75% of the deceased member's monthly average pay and, if there is no surviving spouse, to the dependent children at the rate of 50% for one dependent child, 65% for two dependent children, and 75% for three or more dependent children; amend KRS 61.510 to define "monthly average pay"; amend KRS 61.542 to provide that the surviving spouse shall supersede all previously designated beneficiaries in the case of line-of-duty death benefits payable from the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems unless the member files a valid beneficiary designation form after marriage to his or her spouse; amend KRS 61.702 to ensure full and timely hospital and medical insurance benefits for the spouse and dependents of a member who died as a direct result of an act in line of duty or duty-related injury; amend KRS 78.510 to define "monthly average pay"; provide that an eligible surviving spouse of a member who died as a result of an act line of duty or duty-related injury prior to the effective date of the Act shall receive the increased line of duty or duty-related death benefits; provide that a surviving spouse of a hazardous duty member who died as a result of an act in line of duty on or after January 1, 2017, who was ineligible for the minimum monthly death benefits because he or she was not named beneficiary shall be eligible for the benefits provided by this Act; EMERGENCY.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 151)
SB 123: AN ACT relating to nursing facility beds approved by the state health plan. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to prohibit the state health plan from permitting more than a total of two applications establishing nursing facility beds in a freestanding facility or as part of an existing facility under a pilot program for post-acute transitional care; require these applications to be for facilities located in urban core-based statistical areas.
Became law without Governor's Signature (Acts, ch. 113)
SB 6: AN ACT relating to the safe disposal of controlled substances. Amend KRS 218A.170 to require a practitioner or a pharmacist to sell or distribute a nontoxic composition, which permanently captures the controlled substance, for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of unused, unwanted, or expired controlled substances anytime a controlled substance is sold or distributed.
Became law without Governor's Signature (Acts, ch. 108)
SJR 52: Direct the Kentucky Department of Education to collaborate with the University of Kentucky to implement and bolster the Kentucky Peer Support Network Project in public schools across the Commonwealth.
Became law without Governor's Signature (Acts, ch. 110)
SB 19: AN ACT relating to sex offenses. Amend KRS 510.050, 510.060, 510.080, 510.090, 510.110, and 510.120 to increase penalties for sex crimes against a victim who is a person with an intellectual disability.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 109)
HB 606: AN ACT relating to testing for commercial driver's license applicants and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 281A.160 to prescribe fees for retesting for commercial driver's license applicants who have failed a portion of the skills test; require a 48-hour cancellation notice for skills test appointments; set forth consequences of failure to appear at a scheduled test without proper notification; clarify the exemption from testing fees for military personnel applying for a CDL under KRS 281A.165; make technical corrections; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 150)
HB 138: AN ACT relating to boards of adjustment. Amend KRS 100.217, relating to planning and zoning boards of adjustment, to allow for a joint board of adjustment to be appointed, and set out its membership parameters.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 130)
HB 327: AN ACT relating to statutorily mandated fees. Amend KRS 194A.050, 194A.707, 194A.729, 199.640, 199.896, 199.8982, 211.180, 211.357, 211.760, 211.976, 213.141, 217.125, 217.811, 217.924, 219.021, 219.340, 221.020, 258.043, and 333.070 to remove fee limits; require fees to be established by administrative regulation; require that fees not exceed costs to the cabinet; effective date July 1, 2019.
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 136)
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