Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee's body.
Amend KRS 344.010 to define "source of income"; amend KRS 344.360, 344.367, and 344.370 to prohibit housing discrimination based on an individual's source of income.
Provide that the General Assembly shall adopt the last four years of the Governor's recommended six-year road plan as a joint resolution.
Set out the Governor's recommended 2024-2026 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for the testing of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women and the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in postpartum women; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer plans provided by state postsecondary institutions, and the state employee health plan to comply with the hepatitis C virus infection coverage requirement for pregnant and postpartum women; make technical amendments; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue an extreme risk protection order when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for resulting protection orders; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 16.220 to direct proceeds of an auctioned firearm confiscated pursuant to a protective order to go to the firearm owner; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons subject to an extreme risk protection order from eligibility for a license to carry a concealed weapon; amend KRS 431.015 to allow warrantless arrest for violation of an extreme risk protection order; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of records of dismissed petitions.
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "children's diapers," "clothing," "diaper," "feminine hygiene product," "incontinence product", "incontinence underpad" and "pad, liner, and booster pad"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, diapers, feminine hygiene products, and incontinence products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after August 1, 2024, but before August 1, 2028; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the total exemptions claimed for the previous fiscal year on September 1; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-665 to define terms; require certain health plans to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorder; establish requirements relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits and utilization review; amend KRS 304.17A-661 to require the commissioner of insurance to enforce the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 304.17A-665 to require the commissioner of insurance to provide and publish a report on mental health parity; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-665 to establish requirements for certain health plans with respect to prescriptions drugs for the treatment of substance use disorder; require mental health and substance use disorder benefits to be classified as emergency benefits when provided by mental health and substance use disorder emergency practitioners; require certain health plans to provide coverage for an annual comprehensive mental health wellness examination provided by a mental health professional in accordance with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines; establish requirements for the mental health wellness examination coverage; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish penalties; amend KRS 304.17A-265 to conform; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with certain sections; make technical amendments; repeal KRS 304.17A-669; direct that provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; require the Department of Insurance to seek a waiver of cost defrayal requirements, if applicable; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define "sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts," "mental health professional," and "public funds"; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age, a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020, or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health and the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; permit the cabinet to contract for the educational materials; cite as the Youth Mental Health Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "health service" and "seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating a health service"; provide exemption from civil liability, criminal liability, or administrative investigation for seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating a health service that is provided outside of Kentucky to a patient who resides in Kentucky and the health service is lawful in the state in which it is to be provided; include any health service that occurs in Kentucky as a result of a patient's use of a drug provided the patient received the drug outside of Kentucky for the patient's personal and sole use, and the patient personally transported the drug into Kentucky for the patient's sole use; prohibit any record created regarding any protected action from being disclosed or sold; prohibit disciplinary action for a physician, health care provider, or other professional licensed in Kentucky for taking protected actions; prohibit a public agency or employee, representative, or agent of a public agency from taking action against the ability of a person to travel across a state line to obtain a health service that is lawful in the state in which the service is to be provided or to assist another person traveling for this purpose; prohibit any protected action by itself from being a violation of KRS 529.100 or KRS 529.110 relating to human trafficking; prohibit construing that any right to the performance of a health service in Kentucky that is prohibited by law.
