Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Darryl Owens.
Recognize January 27, 2022, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Create a new section of KRS 216B.230 to 216B.239 to require hospitals, prior to discharge of a veteran with a serious physical injury or trauma, to notify the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to ensure the veteran is provided services, resources, or other qualifying entitlements for their recovery; amend KRS 40.317 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs, upon notification from the hospital or veteran, to make contact with the veteran within one business day to ensure assistance is provided; establish a short title of Keeney's Rights Act.
Amend KRS 61.552 to provide that recontributions of a refund to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System, made on or before January 1, 2023, shall be used to determine a member's participation date in the systems; make retroactive back to January 1, 2014, and provide that recontributions of a refund made on or after January 1, 2014, and prior to the effective date of this Act, shall be used to determine a member's participation date in the system unless the member instructs the systems by January 1, 2023, to not use the service to determine their participation date in the systems; RETROACTIVE.
Amend KRS 132.485 to establish requirements for assessing personal motor vehicles for property tax purposes for the January 1, 2022, and January 1, 2023, assessment dates; allow refunds; require posting of refund information on Web sites; establish requirements for assessing motor vehicles for property tax purposes when the standard manual valuation exceeds six percent of the immediately preceding year's standard manual valuation for assessment dates beginning on or after January 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow confidential tax return information to be shared with the Legislative Research Commission.
Amend KRS 304.17A-148 to require that cost sharing for noninsulin drugs and certain equipment and supplies necessary for the treatment of diabetes not exceed certain cost-sharing thresholds; prohibit insurers from conducting or imposing utilization review for diabetes treatment prescribed by a health care provider; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination of at least 45 minutes provided by a mental health professional; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits; require the coverage to comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; provide that coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 164.2871 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the mental health wellness examination coverage requirement; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Medicaid benefits to comply with the mental health wellness examination coverage requirement; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the mental health examination coverage requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the mental health coverage requirement; 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, 2023.
Amend KRS 139.010 to add definitions of "firearm" and "ammunition"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt firearms and ammunition from sales and use tax and require reporting related to the exemption; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2022.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a deduction of the first year's income for veterans who remain or move into this state immediately upon exit from the Armed Forces and maintain residency in this state for a minimum of three consecutive years thereafter; amend KRS 141.019 to allow for the deduction; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting of the deduction by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission.
