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signed · Kentucky · House Apr 2, 2018

HB 81: AN ACT relating to disabled parking placards. Amend KRS 189.456 to require a county clerk to issue one accessible parking placard to an applicant at no cost; change placard renewal cycle from 2 years to 6 years; specify that placard expires in the applicant's birth month and may be renewed up to 12 months prior to expiration; establish a system for the creation of a decal to be affixed to the placard after renewal; require statement for initial permanent placard and placards issued prior to the effective date of the Act; require that a statement to obtain a placard be made on a form prescribed by the Transportation Cabinet; allow a parent or guardian of a disabled person to apply for a placard on his or her behalf; allow an organization to obtain a placard; require an initial permanent placard to be issued at no cost; establish a fee of $10 for a duplicate or replacement placard; specify that $8 of the fee be forwarded to the road fund and $2 to the county clerk; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 189.458 to require that an initial temporary placard be issued at no charge; establish a fee of $10 for a replacement placard; specify that $8 of the fee be forwarded to the road fund and $2 to the county clerk; amend KRS 186.042 and 186.990 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 63)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 2, 2018

SB 104: AN ACT relating to natural gas pipeline safety. Amend KRS 278.992 to ensure state penalties for violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act conform with federal penalties; amend KRS 367.4903 to define "commission" as the Public Service Commission for the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994; amend KRS 367.4909 to require underground facility operators to report to the commission excavation damage to an underground facility used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid; amend KRS 367.4911 to conform; amend KRS 367. 4917 to authorize the commission to enforce and assess civil penalties for damages to an underground facility used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 70)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 2, 2018

SB 249: AN ACT relating to oil and gas hearings. Amend KRS 13B.020 to exempt oil and gas hearings held under KRS Chapter 353 from the hearing requirements of KRS Chapter 13B, except for hearings conducted by the Kentucky Oil and Gas Conservation Commission under KRS Chapter 353.500 to 353.720; amend KRS 353.060 to provide for petition and notice requirements for oil and gas hearings held by the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings relating to drilling near coal-bearing strata; amend KRS 353.200 to specify that the Department for Natural Resources may receive complaints of drilling or mining operations not conforming to orders of the cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings; amend KRS 353.510 to define "notice"; amend KRS 353.590 to change the bond forfeiture process for noncomplying operators; provide that orders or final determinations under the section are subject to review under Section 11 of the Act; amend KRS 353.5901 to require the director to make a final agency determination with regard to a mediation plan between well operators and surface owners; provide that orders or final determinations under the section are subject to review under Section 11 of the Act; make conforming changes; amend KRS 353.620 to allow the director to determine whether a distance variance may be permitted for a well; provide that orders or final determinations under the section are subject to review under Section 11 of the Act; amend KRS 353.630 to change notice requirements relating to the pooling of oil and gas interests; provide that orders or final determinations under the section are subject to review under Section 11 of the Act; amend KRS 353.640 to change notice requirements for pooling orders relating to unknown or unlocatable owners; provide that orders or final determinations under the section are subject to review under Section 11 of the Act; amend KRS 353.645 to specify who interested persons are with regard to pooled oil and gas interests; provide that orders or final determinations under the section are subject to review under Section 11 of the Act; make conforming changes; amend KRS 353.700 to change the appeal process for final determinations made or orders issued under KRS Chapter 353; establish petition and hearing procedures; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish formal and informal hearing procedures; allow for appeal to Franklin Circuit Court of final orders issued by the secretary under the section; make conforming changes; amend 353.806 to provide that orders or final determinations under the section are subject to review under Section 11 of the Act; make conforming changes; amend 353.808 to change notice requirements for pool orders relating to sequestration of carbon dioxide; provide that orders or final determinations under the section are subject to review under Section 11 of the Act.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 94)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 2, 2018

HB 289: AN ACT relating to disproportionate share hospital payments and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 205.639 to establish definitions; amend KRS 205.640 to specify the process for submitting Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) surveys; specify the process by which initial and final DSH payments are calculated; provide for the distribution of DSH funds; require the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations to provide hospitals with a paid claims list within 90 days of the end of each hospital's fiscal year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a penalty for managed care organizations that do not provide hospitals with a paid claims list by the required deadline; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to permit the Department for Medicaid Services to promulgate administrative regulations to comply with changes in federal law regarding DSH payments and to make DSH payments contingent upon receipt of federal funds, the availability of state funds, and approval of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid; repeal KRS 205.641; APPROPRIATION.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 76)
D.J. Johnson (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 2, 2018

HB 198: AN ACT relating to government contracts. Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 87)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 2, 2018

HB 388: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission. Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "deductible program adjustment" and specify items to be considered on policies with provision for deductibles; amend KRS 342.122 to require all assessments to be remitted electronically beginning on January 1, 2020; amend KRS 342.1221 to clarify that interest is paid for late payment of expenses; amend KRS 342.1231 to change the term "taxpayer" to "assessment payer"; set a 7-year limitation from the date of the quarterly premium report or amended quarterly premium report for assessments; require records to be preserved for audits, explain when payment is final, and when a refund should be returned; amend KRS 342.1242 to require KEMI to reimburse for expenses to collect the coal assessment; amend KRS 342.1243 to clarify when assessments for the coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund cease and when the fund is abolished.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 54)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 2, 2018

HB 187: AN ACT relating to dyslexia. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "dyslexia" and "qualified dyslexia screening tool"; require the Department of Education to make available a dyslexia toolkit that includes guidance on the instruction of students displaying characteristics of dyslexia; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky Collaborative Center for Literacy Development to update professional development for teachers related to dyslexia; require each local board of education to develop policies for identifying and assisting students in kindergarten through grade three with dyslexia and other learning disabilities; require school districts to report data to the Department of Education regarding dyslexia screening and results; require teacher preparation programs to include instruction on dyslexia; require the commissioner of education to select three school districts to serve as dynamic laboratories of learning. Amend KRS 158.305 to revise the definition of "dyslexia"; require local boards of education to develop policies related to the implementation of response-to-intervention; require the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics, to report to the Interim Joint Committees on Education and Health and Welfare by November 30 of each year regarding school districts' implementation of response-to-intervention.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 88)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 2, 2018

SB 204: AN ACT relating to income tax checkoff programs and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide taxpayers the option to donate to the Kentucky CASA network fund from their individual income tax refund; require the Department of Revenue to place the designation on the face of the Kentucky individual income tax return; provide information about the Kentucky CASA network fund in the return's instructions; transfer the funds designated by taxpayers to the Kentucky CASA network fund by July 1; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to establish the Kentucky CASA network fund and describe the requirements of the fund.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 62)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 2, 2018

SB 37: AN ACT relating to operator's licenses for certain inmates and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 186.417 and 186.412 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to allow the issuance of operator's licenses to current federal and state inmates who are engaged in work release programs or reentry initiatives; set forth minimum components of the regulation; make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.412 to include federal prisoners under current provisions allowing state prisoners to receive operator's licenses and personal ID cards upon release; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 74)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 2, 2018

HB 348: AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57)
D.J. Johnson (R)
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