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signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 373: AN ACT relating to disclosure of body-worn camera recordings. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions; specify that body-worn camera recordings are governed by the Kentucky Open Records Act and the retention of body-worn camera recordings is governed by KRS 171.410 to 170.740; provide exceptions as to when a public agency may elect not to disclose body-worn camera recordings; specify procedures for requesting body- worn camera recordings; require that any person or agency that wishes to disclose, publicly display, or duplicate body-worn camera recordings must first give notice to any non-law enforcement agency or person depicted in the recording; create a new cause of action for enumerated persons who are not provided notice of disclosure of the recording; clarify that nothing in this section should be interpreted to override KRS 17.150 or the laws governing discovery in either criminal or civil litigation or in an administrative proceeding.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 139)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 10, 2018

SB 96: AN ACT relating to operations within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Amend KRS 79.080, 216.577, and 216.935 to replace reference to the Kentucky Health Facilities and Health Services Certificate of Need and Licensure Board with Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 200.480 to require that the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs report to the Governor and the General Assembly upon request instead of biennially; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to amend material previously incorporated by reference in administrative regulations governing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through technical amendment if the amendment is prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture; amend KRS 205.560 to remove smoking cessation treatment intervention programs from the list of medical services to be covered by Medicaid; amend KRS 205.561 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission on the dispensing of prescription medication to eligible persons upon request instead of every three years; amend KRS 205.590 to eliminate the Technical Advisory Committee on Consumer Rights and Client Needs; amend KRS 205.690 to require that the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services report to the General Assembly upon request instead of during each regular session; amend KRS 205.712 to permit the Department for Income Support, Child Support Enforcement to amend forms mandated by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement and previously incorporated by reference in administrative regulations by technical amendment; amend KRS 205.713, 205.802, 211.670, and 405.11 to conform; repeal KRS 194A.090, 209.400, 209.410, 209.420, 211.665, 211.674, 213.143, 218A.150, 218A.160, and 218A.170.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 112)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 369: AN ACT relating to contracts. Amend KRS 360.010 to specify when parties are bound to interest rate in contract and the interest rate parties are entitled to receive after default; create a new section of KRS Chapter 371 to specify that an obligation to pay or satisfy a debt is not extinguished by any action taken by a creditor for the purposes of the creditor's own financial, tax, or accounting records or affairs.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 140)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 10, 2018

SB 181: AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor" and "registrant information"; amend KRS 17.510 to require registrants to provide palm prints, motor vehicle operator's license numbers, government issued identification card numbers, and home and cellular telephone numbers; require registrants to inform the appropriate local probation and parole office of travel outside the country; amend 17.520 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 17.580 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 121)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 444: AN ACT relating to health facilities and services. Amend KRS 216.2927 to update data collection; amend KRS 216.380 to remove "primary care centers" and "rural health clinics" from the list of facilities that may be designated as a "critical access hospital"; amend KRS 216.510 and 216.535 to revise the definition of "long-term care facilities"; amend KRS 216.545 to remove outdated language; amend KRS 216.563 to remove outdated language and to remove the requirement that criteria for "Type A" and "Type B" long-term care facility violations be reviewed at least quarterly; amend KRS 216.577 to replace reference to the "Kentucky Health Facility and Health Service Certificate of Need and Licensure Board" with the "Cabinet for Health and Family Services"; amend KRS 216B.015 to revise various definitions; amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt certain outpatient health facilities and health services from the certificate of need requirement; amend KRS 216B.035 to permit records to be kept in electronic form; amend KRS 216B.040 to remove the Cabinet's ability to appoint "technical advisory committees" to assist in the administration of this chapter; amend KRS 216B.055 and 216B.105 to allow for electronic delivery of notices and licensure decisions; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 216.600, 216.860, 216.865, 216.900, 216.905, 216.910, 216.915, 216.930, 216B.071, 216B.120, 216B.176, and 216B.177.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 143)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 10, 2018

SB 133: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. Amend KRS 441.055 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations for the jails that require adequate nutrition for pregnant inmates, adequate feminine hygiene products, and an appropriate number of undergarments for female inmates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require that pregnant inmates be restrained solely with handcuffs in front of the body unless further restraint is required to protect herself or others; ban the shackling of female inmates; amend KRS 197.020 to require the Department of Corrections to create a classification process for jails that may house female state inmates; amend KRS 532.100 to require a jail be certified before housing any female state inmates and provide a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019; amend KRS 403.725 to allow orders of protection to be filed at a domestic violence shelter or a rape crisis shelter; amend KRS 456.030 to allow interpersonal protective orders to be filed at a domestic violence shelter or a rape crisis shelter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the reporting of allegations of sexual assaults by a jailer or any employee, contractor, vendor, or volunteer of a supervising entity to the Attorney General's Office for investigation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 439 to allow an eligible pregnant woman to be released from custody; amend KRS 431.517 to prohibit an offender charged with an offense under KRS Chapter 507 from pretrial home incarceration unless the judge makes a finding that the offender does not pose a threat to society; amend KRS 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, and 517.060 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for various fraud and theft crimes from $500 to $1,000 if the person has not been convicted twice of the same offense in the last two years; amend KRS 439.3401 to make criminal attempt to commit murder of a peace officer or a firefighter an offense for which at least 85 percent of the sentence must be served before probation or parole; amend KRS 431.066 to eliminate monetary bond except for high-risk defendants who have not been charged with a violent or sexual offense; provide that when a court is making a bail determination for a defendant, it is based on whether a defendant poses a low, moderate, or high risk; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to provide that when a defendant poses a low or moderate risk and has been charged with a violent or sexual offense or poses a high risk, the court shall determine whether any nonfinancial conditions shall reasonably ensure the appearance of the defendant or the safety of the public; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021 and amend KRS 431.510 to conform; provide a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019, for the monetary bond provisions; provide short title.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 115)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 93: AN ACT relating to prevention of exploitation in brokerage-financial accounts. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to require qualified individuals to report exploitation to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and to the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions, to allow account disbursements to be delayed under certain circumstances if there is a reasonable belief that the disbursement may result in exploitation, to provide immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for compliance with the Act, to require broker-dealers and investment advisors to provide access to or copies of certain records, and to provide an exemption from the Kentucky Open Records Act for certain records; amend KRS 209.020 to add the Department of Financial Institutions as an authorized agency; and amend KRS 209.030 to avoid duplicative reporting requirement.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 127)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 463: AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits. Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define cost sharing; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from requiring payment for prescription drugs in excess of certain amounts; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from imposing a penalty on a pharmacist or pharmacy for complying as required; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from prohibiting a pharmacist or pharmacy from discussing information relating to cost sharing or selling a more affordable alternative to the insured; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 144)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 10, 2018

SB 151: AN ACT relating to the local provision of wastewater services. Amend KRS 65.240, relating to interlocal agreements, KRS 74.407, relating to water districts, KRS 76.080, relating to metropolitan sewer districts, KRS 76.231, relating to joint sewer agencies, KRS 76.325, relating to sewer construction districts, and create a new section of KRS 220.010 to 220.540, relating to sanitation districts, to allow each agency or entity to contract with other entities to acquire wastewater facilities in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance when the entity's facilities are outside of that particular agency's jurisdictional boundaries.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 107)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 114: AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 96.895 to require that a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax revenue deposited in the general fund be distributed to agencies designated by counties that have TVA property located in that county or purchase power from TVA, increasing from zero percent currently to 50 percent or a maximum of $6,000,000; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 129)
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