Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Bernard Yates Sr.
Sen. Max Wise
Sponsored bills
Terminate the declaration of emergency regarding the SARS-COV-2 virus in 2020 Executive Order 2020-215 and all subsequent actions directives based upon the declaration of emergency in 2020 Executive Order 2020-215; EMERGENCY.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lawrence E. "Larry" Forgy Jr.
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Bill Cronin.
Amend KRS 304.17A-163 to define terms; establish requirements for clinical review criteria and clinical practice guidelines used to establish step therapy protocols; require certain notices and disclosures relating to step therapy protocols; establish requirements for exception requests, internal appeals, and external reviews of step therapy protocols; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate administrative regulations; require insurers, health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, or private review agents to submit an annual report relating to step therapy exception requests; amend KRS 304.17A-168, 304.17A-535, 304.17A-600, 304.17A-607, 304.17A-617, and 304.17A-623 to conform; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the step therapy protocol requirements; apply to health plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after the effective date of Sections 1 to 12 of the Act; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek a federal waiver of authorization if necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023.
Create a new section of KRS 311.781 to 311.786 to include declarations of the General Assembly; amend KRS 311.781 to define "gestational age" and "probable gestational age" and redefine "pain-capable unborn child" to change the age from 20 weeks or more 15 weeks or more; create a new section of KRS 311.781 to 311.786 to authorize the Attorney General and the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure on its own behalf to file an action to enforce or for violation of KRS 311.781 to 311.786; amend KRS 311.782 to prohibit abortion when the probable gestational age is 15 week or more, with specified exceptions; amend KRS 311.783 and 311.787 to conform; establish severability and that nothing in this Act creates or recognizes a right to abortion.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kathee A. Lemker.
Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Norma F. Deneen.
Encourage civility at local school board meetings.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; provide protections for student athletes seeking compensation through name, image, and likeness agreements or seeking an athlete agent; provide similar protections for institutions; establish prohibitions, conditions, and limitations on athletes earning compensation through name, image, and likeness agreements; prohibit name, image, and likeness compensation as an inducement; prohibit institutions, associations, or affiliated organizations from providing compensation for name, image, and likeness of a student athlete and other similar activities; establish a process for institutions to review name, image, and likeness agreements of student athletes; authorize institutions to establish reasonable restrictions on name, image, and likeness activities of student athletes; provide protections for institutions and their employees in actions taken in the course of administering intercollegiate athletics; require institutions to provide financial literacy and life skills education to student athletes; authorize institutions to provide ongoing support to student athletes and information on name, image, and likeness to the general public; establish that name, image, and likeness agreement documents and related information in possession of public postsecondary institutions are protected student records; limit applicability; limit duration of name, image, and likeness and agency contract agreements for minors and student athletes; amend KRS 164.6903 to conform; amend KRS 156.070 to forbid KHSAA member schools from authorizing student athlete use of school logo and similar property in the athlete's name, image, and likeness activities; authorize Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate regulations to enforce rules on name, image, and likeness; authorize agreements made pursuant to Executive Order 2021-418 for one year and nullify the executive order; EMERGENCY.