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Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 199.585 to limit attorney fees to $750 for international adoptions involving children who are not granted citizenship upon entry to the United States.
Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text
Amend KRS 214.468 to permit a person who is 16 years of age to donate blood with the written consent of the person's parent or legally authorized guardian.
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 214.468 to permit a person age 16 years to donate blood with the written consent of the person's parent or legally-authorized guardian.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Disabilities and the Disabled, Fiscal Note, Guardians, Health and Medical Services, Licensing, Occupations and Professions, Parental Rights, Physicians and Practitioners, Popular Names and Short Titles, State Agencies, State Employees, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Comm Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require employees of and volunteers for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services who have direct face-to-face contact with children, parents, or guardians to have basic and in-service training relating to their duties.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 620.050 to remove the penalty for making a false child abuse or neglect report; amend KRS 620.990 to specify that a person who knowingly violates a provision of KRS Chapter 620 shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor, any person who intentionally or knowingly violates KRS 620.030(1) shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor unless the child suffered a serious injury or death, in which case, the penalty would be a Class A misdemeanor, a person who knowingly or intentionally violates the provisions of KRS 620.020(2) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless the child suffered a serious injury or death in which case the penalty would be a Class D felony, and any person who makes a false report shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed Bill Text
Amend KRS 403.213, relating to child support and the effects of emancipation of the child, to require continued payment of child support while the child is a high school student, regardless of the child's age.
Also tagged in: Administrative Regulations and Proceedings, Attorney, County, Attorneys, Attorneys, Children and Minors, Circuit Clerks, Civil Procedure, Courts, Courts, Parental Rights, State Agencies
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill TextCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to require the Chief of Justice to establish rules of administrative procedure relating to juvenile and child protection and permanency cases; amend KRS 620.020 to define "court proceeding"; amend KRS 620.060 to require notice of right to counsel with summons and appointment of counsel no later than 48 hours before temporary removal hearing; amend KRS 620.070 to require summons to contain notice of right to counsel; amend KRS 620.080 to require time for counsel to consult with the parent and child if appropriate; require appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem prior to temporary removal hearing; specify that appointment includes actions through the first annual permanency review unless court replaces appointment, require a hearing if more than one guardian ad litem is appointed for a case; require service to all parties, including the Finance and Administration Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require the court to inform parents [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403, relating to dissolution of marriage and child custody and support, to require a person who is obligated to pay child support to pay his or her proportional share of the child's reasonable funeral expenses; amend KRS 403.211 and 403.213 to conform.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Bill Text
Request the Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide basic and in-service training for attorneys serving as guardians ad litem.
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - To Education (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 158.297 to require a local board of education to provide information to parents of girls in grades 5 and 6 regarding the human papillomavirus and its vaccine; set forth the information to be provided; require the Kentucky Department of Education in cooperation with the Department for Public Health to develop and make available to school districts the required information.
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Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Otto Wilson Goff.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Received in Senate Bill Text
Amend KRS 406.011, relating to presumption of paternity, to update language regarding evidence in paternity cases; amend KRS 406.021, relating to determination of paternity, to clarify how paternity may be determined and add references to Family Court; amend KRS 406.035, relating to written orders of paternity, to include Family Court Judges; amend KRS 406.051 to include references to Family Court and clarify how an appeal is to be made; amend KRS 406.151, relating to venue in paternity cases, to include the county where the child resides.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Received in Senate Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Office on Racial Disportionality within the cabinet secretary's office; specify duties of the office to include training, targeted recruitment and employment efforts, data collection, and strategic planning; require the department and its contractors to collect an analyze data by race, evaluate and implement a plan to address disportionality; require annual report to the Governor, Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, and the public each year.
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to permit an adoption tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize the credit.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 199.585 to limit attorney fees to $750 for international adoptions involving children who are not granted citizenship upon entry to the United States.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Disabilities and the Disabled, Fiscal Note, Guardians, Health and Medical Services, Licensing, Occupations and Professions, Parental Rights, Physicians and Practitioners, Popular Names and Short Titles, State Agencies, State Employees, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Comm Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require employees of and volunteers for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services who have direct face-to-face contact with children, parents, or guardians to have basic and in-service training relating to their duties.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Bill Text
Request the Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide basic and in-service training for attorneys serving as guardians ad litem.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text
Amend KRS 161.520 to delete provision prohibiting survivor benefits from the Kentucky Teacher's Retirement System for legally adopted children unless adoption proceedings were initiated at least 1 year prior to the death of the member; make eligibility retroactive to legally adopted children born after January 1, 1990.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text
Repeal and reenact KRS 615.030 to replace the existing interstate compact relating to the placement of children with the new interstate compact for the placement of children; effective when the 35th state ratifies the compact or upon July 1, 2008, whichever is later; provide that until such time, KRS 615.030 shall remain in effect.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Civil Actions, Court, Supreme, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Domestic Relations, Judges and Court Commissioners, Parental Rights
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 relating to juvenile proceedings to request the Chief Justice to adopt administrative procedures relating to protecting parents; create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A relating to the Supreme Court to request the Supreme Court to create a pilot project for a limited opening courts of in three to seven jurisdictions when handling dependency, needy, neglect, and abuse cases involving children and termination of parental rights, to set parameters, and require reporting to the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 615 relating to juvenile procedure to permit pilot project courts to open proceedings which otherwise would be closed.
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