Rep. George Brown

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for lactation counseling, lactation consultation, and breastfeeding equipment; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with which the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for doula services; establish training and education requirements for doulas; permit the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow parental depression screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the Early and Periodic, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Insurance Program to cover parental depression screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover parental depression screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a state postsecondary education institution to cover parental depression screenings; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to cover parental depression screenings; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal authorization for a waiver if necessary; certain sections EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

Declare March 2023 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month.

Recognize February as FAFSA February.

Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse; require every civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse to be accompanied by a motion to seal the record.

Recognize the University of Louisville Hospital's Burn Center and designate February 5 to 11, 2023, as Burn Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Amend KRS 7.200 to establish an attendance threshold for citizen members of the Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity; establish reporting requirements for appointments and reappointments.

Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights and implement an evidence-based maternal health disparities program for all health providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; require the Department for Public Health to track data on maternal death and severe morbidity.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to create a hearing for the removal and banning of dog ownership or possession in cases where a person incompetent to stand trial is charged with harboring a vicious dog; amend KRS 258.990 to create a penalty for subsequent offenses of harboring a vicious dog after an ownership ban; amend KRS 258.119 and 258.235 to conform; APPROPRIATION.