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Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to create an alcohol or substance abuse treatment fund for active duty members of the United States Armed Forces.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 194A.005 to add a definition for the Kentucky Health and Family Services Board and redefine secretary as chief executive officer; create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the board to provide oversight and accountability for the duties of the cabinet and to employ the cabinet secretary; specify board membership; specify the board shall be chaired by the Governor and may establish rules of procedure; require the board to set qualifications for secretary position, conduct a search, and recommend 3 individuals to the Governor for appointment, and submit 3 additional names if the Governor rejects submitted names; specify that the secretary serves at the pleasure of the board; require secretary to submit budget request to the board for approval before submitting pursuant to KRS Chapter 48; specify that other duties of the board include review of cabinet programs, develop of federal strategies, and report to the Governor and the Interim Committee on Health and Welfare.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Cities, Cities, Consolidated Local Governments, Constitution, Ky., Counties, Counties, Counties, Urban, County Clerks, Economic Development, Economic Development, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Finance, Education, Higher, Elections and Voting, Environment and Conservation, Fish and Wildlife, Gambling, Gambling, General Assembly, Health and Medical Services, Local Government, Local Mandate, Motor Vehicles, Property, Public Health, Public Health, Racing, Secretary of State, State Employees, Taxation, Taxation, Taxation, Property, Teachers, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008 Bill Text
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operation of up to seven casinos by horse racing tracks licensed as of January 1, 2008, and up to five other casinos; to establish the distribution of casino gaming moneys; to submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 620.140 to permit the commitment of a child to the cabinet up until age 21 years if the child has a mental disability or mental illness which makes him or her unable to voluntarily consent to commitment.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Charitable Organizations and Institutions, Fiscal Note, Gambling, Gambling, Licensing, Lottery, Lottery, Racing, Taxation, Taxation, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to create the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund; limit administrative costs to $50,000 per year and total expenditure to the amount received; establish The Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Fund Advisory Council; establish limits on funding amounts per fiscal year; assign responsibility to the director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse in collaboration with the advisory council to develop standards, evaluate requests for funding, recommend payment mechanisms, certify disbursement of funds, and report annually; amend KRS 138.510 to provide funding from the excise tax on horse racing based upon a percentage of the total amount wagered; amend KRS 154A.130 to provide funding from a percentage of the gross revenue of the lottery corporation; amend KRS 238.570 to provide funding from a percentage of the fee imposed on charitable gaming; amend KRS 164.7871 and 222.001 to conform.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Children and Minors, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Effective Dates, Emergency, Fiscal Note, Local Government, Research and Methods, State Agencies, Title Amendments Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky Center for Youth Development; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to contract with a public institution of higher education to operate the center; state the mission of the center; require the center to establish a clearinghouse for information and materials, provide programs, analyze data, research and evaluate youth development programs; administer a positive youth development grant program, promote interagency efforts to address positive youth development, prepare and disseminate best practice information, advise the Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council, and provide an annual report; require the 21 member council to be appointed; require the council to be attached to the cabinet and given administrative support from the center; require the council to meet quarterly; permit the establishment of subcommittees by the council; establish duties of the council; require the council to submit an annual [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Aged Persons and Aging, Communications, Disabilities and the Disabled, Emergency Medical Services, Local Government, Local Mandate, Mental Disability, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, State, Sheriffs Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109) Bill Text
Amend KRS 39F.010 to define the term "impaired adult"; amend KRS 39F.020 to require the rescue squads organized to search for a missing impaired adult to cooperate with local media outlets in notifying the public about the search; amend KRS 39F.180 to require the person managing the search or organization conducting the search for a person with a known or reported organic brain disorder including Alzheimer's disease to report the search to local media outlets in addition to the local emergency management director, local search and rescue coordinator, and duty officer of the Division of Emergency Management.
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed Bill Text
Amend KRS 319.010 to define "IPC" and "psychological testing"; limit testing to persons credentialed by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology; amend KRS 319.015 to permit a nonresident temporarily employed in this state to render psychological services for 30 days if he or she holds a valid and current IPC; amend KRS 319.020 to change board members' per diem from $100 to $150; amend KRS 319.050 to delete requirement that, effective July 1, 2009, an applicant seeking licensing as a psychologist have one year of postdoctoral experience; amend KRS 319.032 to increase the cap on the number of continuing education hours to be required in a three-year renewal period from 30 to 45 hours; amend KRS 319.053 to delete references to an oral examination and permit the board to determine the form of the examination in administrative regulations.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Charitable Organizations and Institutions, Effective Dates, Emergency, Gambling, Gambling, Health and Medical Services, Lottery, Lottery, Racing, Taxation, Taxation
Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill TextAmend KRS 222.001 to include problem gambling in the chapter; amend KRS 222.003 to add voluntary or self-help problem gambling programs to programs not affected by KRS Chapter 222; amend KRS 222.005 to specify that chapter definitions do not apply to Sections 4 through 6; create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the problem gamblers awareness and treatment fund administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and appropriate moneys to promote awareness of and treatment for problem gambling, specify uses for the fund, establish incremental funding mechanisms and limitations on expenditures; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for the program and the application process; amend KRS 138.510 to partially fund the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund from the total amount wagered in Kentucky subject to excise taxes; amend KRS 154A.130 to partially fund the compulsive gambling awareness and treatment fund from the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 12/18/2008 - Approve as prefiled Bill Text
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish a Kentucky Family Trust Program allowing a board to establish and operate a trust program to manage funds placed in the trust for the benefit of person's with special health care needs, where the funds provided by the trust to the beneficiary act as a supplement to state provided assistance for certain designated expenses.
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Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Declare the week of September 7, 2008, as Suicide Prevention Week; encourage measures that prevent suicide, promote safe treatment, and support those who have lost someone to suicide.
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to implement a refund check-off to make contributions to community mental health centers.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - 3rd reading, passed 97-1; received in Senate Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 309.130 to 309.1399 to require that disciplinary proceedings against licensed art therapist or applicants for licensing be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; permit aggrieved parties to file suit in Franklin Circuit Court; amend KRS 309.130 to define "the practice of professional art therapy"; prohibit anyone from engaging in the practice of art therapy unless he or she is duly licensed; exempt persons engaged in the practice of employment, job placement, and school counseling from the licensing requirements; amend KRS 309.137 to permit a person whose license has been revoked to petition the board for reinstatement if five years has elapsed; permit the board to issue a written admonishment if the board determines that the violation is not serious; specify that a voluntary suspension shall not bar the board from taking disciplinary action; amend KRS 309.1305, 309.131, 309.1315, 309.133, 309.1335, 309.135, and 309.138 to conform.
Also tagged in: Aged Persons and Aging, Communications, Disabilities and the Disabled, Emergency Medical Services, Local Government, Local Mandate, Mental Disability, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, State, Sheriffs Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 39F.010 to define the term "impaired adult"; amend KRS 39F.020 to require the rescue squads organized to search for a missing impaired adult to cooperate with local media outlets in notifying the public about the search; amend KRS 39F.180 to require the person managing the search or organization conducting the search for a person with a known or reported organic brain disorder including Alzheimer's disease to report the search as a Golden Alert to local media outlets in addition to the local emergency management director, local search and rescue coordinator, and duty officer of the Division of Emergency Management; establish title as the "Diantha Louise George Golden Alert Bill."
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to define when a defendant has a severe mental disorder which prevents the defendant from assisting in his or her post-conviction defense, or to make a rational decision to forgo or terminate post-conviction defense; provide procedure for determination of prisoner's disability; prohibit execution if disability is determined; require resentencing to non death penalty option.
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 504.110 to establish a procedure to register persons who are incompetent to stand trial on the sex offender registry if the person is found to have committed a registerable sex offense; amend KRS 17.500 and 504.090 to conform.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Cities, Cities, Consolidated Local Governments, Constitution, Ky., Counties, Counties, Counties, Urban, County Clerks, Economic Development, Economic Development, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Finance, Education, Higher, Elections and Voting, Environment and Conservation, Fish and Wildlife, Gambling, Gambling, General Assembly, Health and Medical Services, Local Government, Local Mandate, Motor Vehicles, Property, Public Health, Public Health, Racing, Secretary of State, State Employees, Taxation, Taxation, Taxation, Property, Teachers, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008 Bill Text
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operation of up to seven casinos by horse racing tracks licensed as of January 1, 2008, and up to five other casinos; to establish the distribution of casino gaming moneys; to submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed Bill Text
Amend KRS 319.010 to define "IPC" and "psychological testing"; limit testing to persons credentialed by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology; amend KRS 319.015 to permit a nonresident temporarily employed in this state to render psychological services for 30 days if he or she holds a valid and current IPC; amend KRS 319.020 to change board members' per diem from $100 to $150; amend KRS 319.050 to delete requirement that, effective July 1, 2009, an applicant seeking licensing as a psychologist have one year of postdoctoral experience; amend KRS 319.032 to increase the cap on the number of continuing education hours to be required in a three-year renewal period from 30 to 45 hours; amend KRS 319.053 to delete references to an oral examination and permit the board to determine the form of the examination in administrative regulations.
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Declare suicide prevention week to be the week of September 7, 2008; encourage measures that prevent suicide, promote safe treatment, and support those who have lost someone to suicide.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 194A.005 to add a definition for the Kentucky Health and Family Services Board and redefine secretary as chief executive officer; create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the board to provide oversight and accountability for the duties of the cabinet and to employ the cabinet secretary; specify board membership; specify the board shall be chaired by the Governor and may establish rules of procedure; require the board to set qualifications for secretary position, conduct a search, and recommend 3 individuals to the Governor for appointment, and submit 3 additional names if the Governor rejects submitted names; specify that the secretary serves at the pleasure of the board; require secretary to submit budget request to the board for approval before submitting pursuant to KRS Chapter 48; specify that other duties of the board include review of cabinet programs, develop of federal strategies, and report to the Governor and the Interim Committee on Health and Welfare.
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