Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed; exempt a center from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; limit liability of center; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 216.2920, and 216.2970 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.
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Urge members of the General Assembly and the Kentucky Congressional Delegation to reaffirm their commitment to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Kentucky.
Honor the 150th anniversary of Central High School.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Hanan "Henry" Spilman Berg-Brousseau.
Honor Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day at the State Capitol on March 2, 2023.
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; establish the short title of C.R.O.W.N. Act.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory Ervin Sellars Jr.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Bryant "Bill" Gatewood.
Recognizing Kentucky State University on the opening of a new cooperative extension office in West Louisville.
Amend KRS 2.147 and 18A.190 to make June 19, also known as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day," a state holiday for state employees.