Rep. Jason Nemes

Amend KRS 216B.020, relating to certificates of need, to reformat the list of facilities and services exempt from certificate of need provisions; amend KRS 216B.095 to require rather than permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to grant a nonsubstantive review to listed health facilities and services; add a presumption of need and state health plan consistency to health facilities and services granted a nonsubstantive review; amend KRS 216B.062 to prohibit the cabinet from batching applications for certificate of need applications that propose the same or similar types of services, facilities, or equipment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require the cabinet to establish a four-year pilot program for urban health care markets with modified certificate of need exemptions and nonsubstantive review requirements beginning January 1, 2026; define "health care system," "pilot program," and "urban health care market"; list health facilities and services exempt from certificate of need for purposes of the pilot program; list nonsubstantive review requirements and conditions for the pilot program; require that a certificate of need and all related investments be retained after the completion of the pilot program; require a report to the Legislative Research Commission on the pilot program by November 1 each year; permit the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the pilot program.

Amend KRS 158.200 to detail process by which local boards of education may permit pupils to attend moral instruction; permit individuals or groups offering moral instruction to submit a request to a board and set requirements to be included in request; require superintendents to submit individuals providing transportation or moral instruction for criminal history and CA/N background checks; provide that students attending moral instruction are counted in average daily attendance for SEEK funding; repeal KRS 158.210, 158.220, 158.230, 158.240, 158.250, and 158.260.

Amend KRS 154.14-020, relating to the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program of 2024, to include a nonprofit corporation created by a governmental agency as created under KRS 58.180 in the definition of "eligible grant recipient"; amend KRS 154.14-030 to specify that match applicants may apply for match funds for a period of two years after receiving a notice of award of a federal grant, and that the Cabinet for Economic Development shall administer any grants awarded prior to the program sunset date until all awarded funds have been fully disbursed to grant recipients; amend KRS 154.14-060 to conform.

Maddy summaryHB 512 amends Kentucky's criminal statute KRS 501.080 to update language from "his or her" to gender-neutral terms. This is a technical correction to modernize the statute's wording without changing the legal meaning or requirements for intoxication as a defense. The bill affects how the law is written but does not alter who can use intoxication as a defense or the conditions under which it applies. It directly affects the statute's text in criminal cases involving intoxication defenses. The bill is currently in committee review after its February 13, 2025, introduction.

Establish a new KRS Chapter 145 to create the Kentucky Tax Tribunal within the executive branch to be the single form for all tax litigation; establish judges, forums, processes, and methods of appeal; amend various statutes to conform; repeal sections of KRS Chapter 49 which constituted the Board of Tax Appeals; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

Amend KRS 177.420 to prohibit the Transportation Cabinet or any county or city that maintains a limited access facility from requiring a property owner to pay compensation for any increase in property value attributable to the new access as a condition of allowing a property owner access.

Amend KRS 65.111 to prohibit collection of an emergency response fee from a landlord if the response was not the result of the landlord's failure to maintain the building; specify authority to collect from the responsible party.

Amend KRS 65.2005 to establish that a local government is not required to provide a legal defense for an employee and may refuse to pay a settlement or judgment against an employee if the employee refuses to cooperate or has been convicted or pled guilty to a crime arising from an action that led to the claim being filed; establish that a local government may file a claim against the employee to recover the amount paid by the local government, including costs and attorneys' fees, under specified circumstances including lack of cooperation and entry of a guilty plea or conviction for an action that led to the claim against the employee; establish a statute of limitations for the initiation of a claim by the local government.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.

Amend KRS 158.1415 to require a school district to adopt health curricula that includes human growth and development instruction that meets specific criteria; set restrictions for the instruction that grants parents an opportunity to review materials and opt their child out of instruction; provide that the Act may be cited as the Baby Olivia Act.