Rep. Rebecca Raymer

Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies.

Amend KRS 224.43-500 to define "residual waste facility"; increase the environmental remediation fee from $1.75 to $2; require that the fee collected from residual waste facilities be returned to the county where the facility is located; amend KRS 224.43-505 to conform.

Amend KRS 224.43-350 to prohibit the Energy and Environment Cabinet from allowing metallurgic, industrial solid waste from being treated as a residual solid waste regardless of whether the waste is reprocessed in the solid waste facility's manufacturing or industrial processes.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to define "illegal alien"; prohibit state tax dollars appropriated by the General Assembly from being used to compensate an illegal alien; direct the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to assist in the implementation and enforcement of the Act.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to define "rapid whole genome sequencing"; require any health plan offered to public employees provide coverage and reimbursement for rapid whole genome sequencing; establish conditions for coverage.

Amend KRS 154.12-223 to establish two positions in the Department for Business and Community Development within the Cabinet for Economic Development to be tasked with industry recruitment and job creation in the Eastern and Western Coal Field areas.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to create the vaping settlement trust fund to be administered by the Office of the Attorney General; direct the deposit of certain litigation proceeds into the fund; direct the allowable uses of fund moneys for certain vaping cessation and enforcement efforts.

Maddy summaryHJR 18 is a commemorative resolution designating Kentucky Route 176 in Muhlenberg County (from Greenville to Drakesboro) as the "Representative Brent Yonts Memorial Highway." It directs the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to install signs within 30 days of the resolution's effective date, superseding any prior highway designation. The bill honors Brent Yonts, a former Kentucky House Representative (District 15, 1997-2016), for his 20-year service to Muhlenberg and Hopkins Counties. This is a purely procedural measure with no policy changes or direct effects on constituents beyond the highway naming.

Amend KRS 205.522 and 205.6485 to require Medicaid and KCHIP to comply with pharmacy reimbursement requirements established in KRS 304.12-237; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the department to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; and require the cabinet to comply with KRS 205.525.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates a 3.754-mile segment of U.S. Route 62 in Muhlenberg County (from Scott Road to Greenville city limits) as the "Warren Oates Memorial Highway." The Transportation Cabinet must install signs within 30 days of the resolution taking effect, honoring the late Kentucky-born actor known for roles in films like *The Wild Bunch*. The bill has no funding impact or policy changes - it solely names a highway for commemorative purposes.