Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, Medicaid, 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 speech therapy coverage requirement and to make technical amendments; provide that various sections apply to health insurance policies, certificates, plans, or contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; establish the construction of Section 1 for purposes of federal law and require state officials to comply; require the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval, if necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
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Amend KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amend KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amend KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amend KRS 49.330 to increase access for victims to file claims; amend KRS 49.340 to limit the time for an investigation; amend KRS 49.350 to allow a claim in default to be revived; amend KRS 49.360 to increase the allowable amount of emergency awards; amend KRS 49.370 to raise award limits and expand the types of claims eligible for payment; amend KRS 49.390 to remove the requirement of financial hardship for the victim; amend KRS 49.400 to limit the penalty to the intentional filing of false information; amend KRS 216B.400 to increase the medical services eligible for reimbursement, amend KRS 216B.990 to require an online portal for reporting violations of KRS 216B.400 to aid in penalty enforcement; amend KRS 49.380 to conform; make technical corrections.
Amend KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician and one additional citizen at large member to the board; direct board to collect and retain statistical data on its applicants and licensees; amend KRS 317A.120 to require the board give written tests in an applicant's first or second fluent language and provide certified interpreter for oral exams; allow applicant to retake any failed portion of the exam one month from applicant's receipt of any failure notice and to retake any failed exam portion an unlimited number of times; cap the retesting fee at $35 per exam per applicant; amend KRS 317A.130 to require a warning notice be given for violation, except for a violation that presents immediate and present danger; directs notice to include description of violation and remediation required.
Recognize and commend the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025.
Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education shall submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer, but prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; amend KRS 156.160 to provide for the approval and appeal process for a district's purchase or disposal of real property; amend KRS 157.420 conform; establish the requirements for a district facilities plan; amend KRS 157.440, 157.615, 157.620, 157.621, 157.622, 158.814, and 160.105 to conform; amend KRS 160.160 to allow use of estimates of the cost of a project by licensed architects or engineers for establishing the financing; remove the requirement for a district to obtain prior approval from the department for a mortgage or lien on a school building or for leasing a building; amend KRS 158.102 to remove minimum requirements for a school librarian; amend KRS 199.882 to include an employer directly paying for the child-care facilities and facility maintenance on behalf of a child-care provider in the definition of "contribution"; allow for the renewal of an emergency teaching certificate for the 2024-2025 school year; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
Repeal and reenact KRS 355.2-102 to establish transactions subject to provisions of article; amend various sections of Articles 2, 2A, 4A, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to remove writing requirements; amend KRS 355.2A-102 to establish when article applies to hybrid leases; amend definition of "negotiable instrument" in KRS 355.3-104; amend KRS 355.3-105 and 355.3-604 to accommodate electronic transactions; amend KRS 355.3-417 and 355.4-208 to specify that expenses include reasonable attorney's fees; amend KRS 355.4A-201 to modify security procedure requirements relating to funds transfers; amend KRS 355.5-116 to establish governing law standards for letters of credit; amend KRS 355.7-106 and 355.8-106, repeal and reenact KRS 355.9-105, and create new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355, to establish control requirements for electronic documents of title, security entitlements, records evidencing chattel paper, electronic money, controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; amend governing law standards for certain securities transactions in KRS 355.8-110; amend KRS 355.9-104 to expand when a security party has control of a deposit account; amend KRS 355.9-204 to establish exception to after-acquired property clause limitation; amend governing law standards for banks and securities and commodity entities in KRS 355.9-304 and 355.9-305; create new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to establish certain perfection and priority jurisdictional rules for chattel paper, controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; amend KRS 355.9-203, 355.9-207, 355.9-208, 355.9-209, 355.9-310, 355.9-312, 355.9-314, 355.9-316, 355.9-317, 355.9-330, 355.9-331, 355.9-332, 355.9-406, 355.9-408, 355.9-605, and 355.9-628, and create new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355, to govern security interests in controllable electronic records, electronic money, controllable accounts, controllable payment intangibles, electronic documents, and chattel paper; amend KRS 355.9-323 to remove exception for buyers and lessees in the ordinary course of business relating to certain future advances clauses; amend notification of disposition of collateral requirements in KRS 355.9-613 and 355.9-614; establish a new Article 12 of KRS Chapter 355, titled "Controllable Electronic Records"; establish definitions, scope, purchaser rights, control requirements, debtor discharge obligations, and jurisdictional rules relating to controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; create new sections of Article 11 of KRS Chapter 355; title Article 11 "Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022)"; establish definitions and transitional provisions for transactions, liens, and interests entered, created, or acquired before the effective date of this Act; amend various sections of Articles 1, 2, 2A, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to make definitional revisions and conforming amendments; amend KRS 367.976 and 369.116 to conform; make technical corrections throughout; provide construction clause relating to a national digital currency; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 344.020 to provide that nothing in the chapter shall be construed to prohibit reasonable workplace policies; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, but shall not be interpreted to restrict the adoption of reasonable school safety policies; make technical corrections; provide that the Act may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act.
Recognize October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth Ray Haggard.
Amend KRS 403.211 to allow a child support action to be filed at any time following conception in the county where the mother resides.