Rep. Deanna Gordon

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force to study the various components of the SEEK formula, evaluate whether changes are necessary to the base, tiers, or add-ons to maintain the original goal of SEEK; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024

Amend KRS 527.010 to include knives longer than three inches in weapons prohibited on school grounds.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to require treatment centers or programs licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to provide transportation services to residents who wish to leave the program if the resident's family, guardian, or emergency contact does not agree to transport them; outline transportation service responsibilities; provide restrictions on where a resident can be taken; require that the facilities conduct a search of any outstanding warrants; exempt all facilities not licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service pursuant to KRS 216B.042; require the facility to notify family members, the county attorney, local law enforcement, and the court that a resident left the treatment facility in violation of a court order; allow a peace officer or a probation officer to arrest a resident without a warrant for violating the terms of the resident's conditional discharge or court order; prohibit treatment centers or programs licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to recruit out of state residents into their facility if the out of state resident is dependent on Medicaid and require the treatment center or program licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to submit to the Department for Medicaid Services the recipient's proof of residency when submitting a request for Medicaid reimbursement; require any out-of-state resident found to be ineligible for Medicaid services in Kentucky as a result of failing to establish Kentucky as his or her domicile to reimburse any Medicaid fees and to be fined; and amend KRS 205.200, relating to residency requirements for Medicaid, to prohibit relocation to Kentucky solely for receiving medical services using Medicaid and require proof of residency.

Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to modify reporting requirements for various state agencies to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; repeal KRS 342.231 and 176.5066, relating to reports.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable tax credit for a dependent's qualified education expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year, not to exceed $150 per dependent; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the tax credit.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 324B to direct professional healthcare licensing boards to collect more comprehensive and uniform data on licensure renewal forms and to report data to the Department of Insurance and Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium; appropriate $153 million from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium to the Department of Education to provide the payments; APPROPRIATION.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to ensure that home and community-based waiver programs include attendant care and nonskilled in-home care services and that adult day health and home health care providers include skilled nursing visits.

Amend KRS 164.2847 to establish a monthly subsidy for students participating in the Kentucky foster or adopted child public postsecondary tuition waiver program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define "at -risk male student"; establish the participation and operational requirements of the Mentorship for At-Risk Male Students Grant Program; amend KRS 211.690 to establish the promotion of father engagement activities as a part of the Kentucky HANDS Program; create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish the participation and operational requirements of the Responsible Fatherhood Imitative; establish the participation and operational requirements of a community grant program to address the needs of fathers in the Commonwealth; create a new section of KRS Chapter 600 to require the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to identify children that are dually involved with both systems of care and provide a report to the General Assembly each year that includes actions taken by both agencies to better serve such children; amend KRS 625.025 to establish new requirements of the youth independent living program operated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; APPROPRIATION.

Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine.