Sen. Danny Carroll

Direct the use of a total of $81,000,000 of American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery funds in fiscal year 2022-2023 to address the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting essential need for retaining and recruiting nurses, nurse's aides, respiratory therapists, emergency medical personnel, and other critical medical staff in acute care hospitals and nursing homes; require distribution of funds of a minimum of $3,000 per licensed hospital bed and a minimum of $1,500 per licensed nursing home bed; require acute care hospitals and nursing homes to report expenditures to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require the cabinet to report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Recognize the assistance provided by school personnel to western Kentucky tornado victims.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William "Bill" Amey Jr.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organization contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to define "approved entity," "cabinet," "electronic title application and registration system," "fleet," and "title lien statement"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to require the Transportation Cabinet to establish an electronic title application and registration system that allows submission of required forms and fees electronically; allow approved entities to access the system to facilitate title transfers, fleet registrations, and permanent fleet registrations; set application fees for approved entities at $150; require annual fees for approved entities; require the cabinet to contract with third party providers to provide software and network systems to facilitate transaction; allow agreements with third party providers to include a transaction fee that may be charged to vehicle buyers; require explicit buyer notification of fee; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to set forth qualifications of approved entities and procedures for the system; repeal and reenact KRS 186A.195 to set forth procedures for the filing of title lien statements and the distribution of fees; amend KRS 186.045 to establish procedures for filing lien terminations on security interest perfected after the effective date of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to allow U-Drive-It certificate holders who become approved entities to use the electronic titling and registration system to apply for annual renewal of registration on their fleet or to pay the required fees and taxes to maintain permanent registration on their fleet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to require the cabinet to establish procedures by which the owner of fleet vehicles may be issued permanent registration fleet plates; set forth requirement for vehicles, specifications of fleet plates; provide exemptions for fleet vehicles used as rental cars; set forth fees and penalties for failure to pay taxes and registration fees and failure to provide annual reconciliations to the cabinet; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 186 and 186A to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

Provide up to 10 days of remote instruction per school for school districts to use at the school, classroom, grade, or group level for the 2021-2022 school year; temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions until June 30, 2022; EMERGENCY.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of the child before the child attains the age of 18 years and by the child within 30 years of the child attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; require conditions for actions and damages; prohibit public funds to be used for the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to a child under the age of 18 years; prohibit health care services provided under state, local, or county government to include gender transition procedures to a child under the age of 18 years; prohibit tax exemption for gender transition procedures; permit the Attorney General to bring action to enforce provisions; permit members of the General Assembly to intervene as a matter of right if these provisions are challenged; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to prohibit Medicaid coverage of gender transition procedures for a child under the age of 18 years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 304.17A to prohibit health benefit plan coverage for gender transition procedures for a child under the age of 18 years and any requirement for coverage of gender transition procedures; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

Appropriate moneys to the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (SAFE) fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to create the West Kentucky SAFE fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Appropriate moneys to the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (SAFE) fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to create the West Kentucky SAFE fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.