Rep. Kim Moser

Amend KRS 158.162 to define "critical incident," require investigations in emergency plans for critical incidents, and state the goals of the investigations; amend KRS 158.4410 to task the state school security marshal with investigating serious physical injury or death incidents that occur on school property, at school-sanctioned events, or during interscholastic athletic events; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to outline the parameters of the investigation, require referral of potential criminal charges, and require necessary administrative regulations; amend KRS 72.025 to require the coroner conduct an autopsy in deaths occuring on public or nonpublic school property or during a school-sanctioned event.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 431 to define terms; require governmental entities to submit specified data to the Office of the Kentucky Center for Statistics regarding fines and fees assessed; require the Office of the Kentucky Center for Statistics to make disaggregated data available on its website; publish an annual report and submit the report to the Legislative Research Commission, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Governor by November 30 of each year beginning November 30, 2026; amend KRS 151B.133 to establish authority for the promulgation of administrative regulations by the Office of the Kentucky Center for Statistics related to the collection of data provided under the Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the Fines and Fees Reporting Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A, relating to juvenile detention facilities, to direct that all incarcerated youth are subject to search at any time and to require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females; create new sections of KRS Chapter 197, relating to penitentiaries, to direct that all prisoners are subject to search at any time, require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females, and to prohibit the Department of Corrections from providing cosmetic procedures or initiating cross-sex hormones for a prisoner; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441, relating to jails, to direct that all jail inmates are subject to search at any time and to require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females.

Amend KRS 217.2202 to eliminate the prohibition on kratom extracts and kratom products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine; amend KRS 217.2203 to establish that products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine shall comply with labeling requirements for kratom products but shall not be labeled or marketed as a kratom product; amend KRS 217.2205 to establish that that products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine shall be subject to administrative regulations promulgated by the Department for Public Health, except the department shall not require those products to be labeled as a kratom product or as containing kratom extracts.

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 304.17A-164 to establish cost-sharing requirements for prescription drugs; require rebates to be passed through; establish confidentiality requirements for the rebate information; create a new section of KRS 365.880 to 365.900 to provide that the actual amount of rebates received is a trade secret; provide that compliance with prescription drug cost-sharing and rebate requirements shall not be in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to apply the cost-sharing and rebate requirements for prescription drugs to limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution; apply provisions to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

Maddy summaryThis bill's official abstract states it would amend KRS 205.558 to add gender-neutral language, but the provided bill text describes a completely different policy about long-term care admissions (not gender language). The bill text details a prescreening system requiring resource assessments for long-term care placement, preauthorization requirements for facilities, and penalties for non-compliance. Since the provided text contradicts the abstract and describes a substantive policy change (not gender-neutral language), a reliable summary cannot be generated from the conflicting information.

Maddy summaryHB 283 amends Kentucky's health services law (KRS 216.313) to add gender-neutral language to definitions of key terms like "hospital" and "medical service area." This change directly affects how health facilities and services are legally defined across Kentucky, ensuring these terms apply equally to all people regardless of gender identity. The bill modifies existing legal language to replace gendered references with inclusive, gender-neutral terms. This is a definitional update, not a new service or funding measure, aimed at creating clearer, more inclusive legal standards for healthcare providers and patients.

Maddy summaryHB 286 updates Kentucky law (KRS 216.315) to replace gendered language like "his or her" with gender-neutral terms in the description of the secretary's duties regarding hospital districts. This change directly affects state administrative staff and processes under the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when establishing hospital districts. The bill makes no new policy changes but ensures the existing law uses inclusive, non-gendered language in official titles and responsibilities. It is a procedural update to administrative language, not a substantive policy shift.

Amend KRS 61.315 to make a technical correction and include additional cancers which, when they are the cause of death of a firefighter, would make the firefighter eligible for death benefits.