HB764

HB764 Sponsored by Tanya Pullin
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 61.315 to establish the amount of death gratuity benefits available to the survivors of any police officer, firefighter, or member of the military killed in the line of duty, by linking it to the federal death gratuity amount; provide that the state will pay this amount if the survivors are not eligible for payments from the federal government; provide that the amount apportioned to any surviving children less that 18 years of age shall be partially placed in trust; direct the Department of Military Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the death gratuity; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009.

HB738

HB738 Sponsored by John Tilley
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Education (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 157.200 to 157.290 to require that by the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year, students entering the first year of the primary program shall be tested for dyslexia and other related disorders according to administrative regulations adopted by the Kentucky Board of Education; require local school districts to provide appropriate instruction and professional development for students with dyslexia or related disorders; amend KRS 157.200 to expand the definition of "specific learning disability" to include perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia define "dyslexia" and "related disorders."
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 117)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 252 to establish the Kentucky beekeeping fund in the Department of Agriculture; amend KRS 252.190 to set out departmental regulatory duties.

SB240

SB240 Sponsored by Julie Denton
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day; recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to provide for the certification of personal service agencies; define the terms "agency," "cabinet," "client," "department," "designated representative," "family," "personal services," "personal services agency"; and, "parent personal services agency"; require a personal services agency to be certified; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations; require personal services agencies to have written policies and procedures maintained by the agency and disclosed to the client, written personal service agreements, and written personal services plans; qualify that only personal services agencies meeting standards for certification will be granted a certificate; require each application for certification to be made to the department, accompanied by a fee, and to expire one year from the date of its receipt; require renewals to be accompanied by an additional fee; require the personal services [...]

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SB225

SB225 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

Bill Text
Amend 11.501 relating to the Commonwealth Office of Technology to change "must" to "shall."
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Received in House; to Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 40.325 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to operate veterans' nursing homes.

HB2

HB2 Sponsored by Rocky Adkins
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 139)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 56.770 to define "cabinet," "high-performance building," "high-performance building standards," and "public building"; amend KRS 56.772, 56.774, 56.775, 56.778, 56.783, and 56.784 to conform; amend KRS 56.775 to require that all construction or renovation of public buildings for which 50% or more of the total capital cost is paid by the Commonwealth be designed and constructed or renovated to meet the high-performance building standards; require that all buildings leased by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies meet the high-performance building standards; require incorporation of ENERGY STAR-qualified products to the extent feasible; create a new section of KRS 56.770 to 56.784 to create a High-performance Buildings Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations and develop standards and criteria; amend KRS 56.782 to require the Finance and Administration [...]

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SB203

SB203 Sponsored by Tom Jensen
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 116)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 247.232 to amend the definitions of "amusement attraction" and "owner"; amend KRS 247.234 to require owners of amusement rides and attractions to complete an application for a business identification number, conduct pre-opening inspections and tests of amusement rides and attractions each day the ride or attraction is to be operated, and maintain records of the inspections and tests; allow the Commissioner to revoke the business identification number of any owner who fails to conduct the inspections and tests; amend KRS 247.236 to prohibit amusement rides and attractions from being operated if an owner knows the operation would be unsafe; prohibit anyone who is under the influence of alcohol or other substance or who is younger than 18 from operating an amusement ride or attraction; allow an owner or operator to deny a person from getting on an amusement ride or attraction if the owner or operator has reason to believe that person may jeopardize his safety or others' safety; create [...]

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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 179)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 156.4975 to define health services; amend KRS 156.4977 to permit a supplemental grant program managed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to fund employment of a physician or nurse in a family resource or youth services center; specify the grant program may receive appropriations, gifts, or other contributions and shall not reduce the amount of the family resource youth services center grants.

HB637

HB637 Sponsored by Mike Denham
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to restrict drug use on noncaptive wildlife; amend KRS 150.025 to provide greater flexibility with regard to publishing and notification of proposed changes to administrative regulations; amend KRS 150.175 to allow selling short-term hunting licenses to Kentucky residents; amend KRS 150.179 to provide the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources with greater flexibility in providing complimentary licenses for programs conducted by entities that are not sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

HB632

HB632 Sponsored by Ken Upchurch
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Education (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to implement a physical activity requirement; set forth the Kentucky Board of Education's and the Department of Education's responsibilities for the implementation of the physical activity requirements; require the department to develop a reporting mechanism for schools to report to the department on physical activities; require the department to report no later than November 1 of each year to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare; amend KRS 160.345 to require all public preschool through eighth grade programs to implement, no later than the 2009-2010 school year, 30 minutes per day or 150 minutes per week of structured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity incorporated into the school day; permit the physical activity to include a combination of classroom-based physical activity, structured recess, or other [...]

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Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 246.650 to 246.660 to allow conservation officers and other peace officers to help enforce the ginseng laws; establish a Kentucky ginseng fund; amend KRS 246.650 to define "ginseng," "wild American ginseng," "wild simulated ginseng," "cultivated ginseng," "device," and "ginseng dealer"; amend KRS 246.660 to describe how the department shall administer a ginseng program, including requiring the department to establish licensing requirements for wild American ginseng and wild simulated ginseng; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a set of administrative violations and civil penalties; require the department to establish a procedure for suspending or revoking licenses or certificates; amend KRS 246.990 to establish penalties for violating the ginseng laws.
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - To Education (H)

Bill Text
Amend 161.048 to allow a candidate to obtain teacher certification through an alternative certification program offered by a private contractor; identify qualifications and requirements for a candidate to participate in an alternative teacher certification program offered by a private contractor; and identify qualifications and requirements for a private contractor to offer an alternative teacher certification program.

HB606

HB606 Sponsored by John Tilley
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 176)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a temporary commercial motor vehicle registration temporary placard to be issued by the department of vehicle regulation; establish a fee of $100 the issuance of each placard; provide for appropriate uses of the commercial motor vehicle registration temporary placard; require the temporary placard to expire 30 days after being activated by the user; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a commercial trailer temporary registration placard to be issued by the department of vehicle regulation; establish a fee of $5 the issuance of each placard; provide for appropriate uses of the commercial trailer temporary registration placard; require the temporary placard to expire 30 days after being activated by the user; amend KRS 189.990 to provide penalty.

HB578

HB578 Sponsored by Stan Lee
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Education (H)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; define terms; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of charter schools including what agencies may sponsor a charter school; describe local board of education's and sponsors roles and responsibilities; describe exemptions from law and required compliance areas for charter schools; describe the application, approval, and renewal processes; describe process and application process for existing schools to convert to charter schools; create new sections of KRS Chapter 156 to list the Kentucky Department of Education's and the Kentucky Board of Education's roles and responsibilities relating to charter school; require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish a Kentucky Charter School Advisory Committee for reviewing charter school applications; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to direct how state, local, and federal funds [...]

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HB536

HB536 Sponsored by Adam Koenig
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed

Bill Text
Amend KRS 164.7883 to permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her scholarship award at any out-of-state institution that is located within fifteen miles of the Kentucky state border.
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 51)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 310.041 to require the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for Dietitians and Nutritionists to promulgate administrative regulations to establish conditions for granting retired or inactive status to a license or certificate holder; direct the board to create procedures for a license or certificate holder to voluntarily relinquish his or her license or certificate and establish conditions for any subsequent reinstatement; amend KRS 310.050 relating to the fees of the board; make technical corrections.

SB160

SB160 Sponsored by Dick Roeding
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - To Education (S)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 156 to require the Commissioner of Education to designate an entity within the department of education to manage interscholastic athletics; require the state board to promulgate administrative regulations and procedures related to interscholastic athletics; allow the department to contract with other entities to carry out identified requirements related to procedures or policies for interscholastic athletics; amend KRS 156.070 to add four nonpublic school representatives to the interscholastic athletics board of control; stagger the terms of nonpublic school members so that one member is elected in each even numbered year; prohibit the Kentucky Board of Education from promulgating rules, administrative regulations, or bylaws related to athletics that impact fewer than all classifications of schools unless a two-thirds majority of schools impacted vote to approve the change; amend KRS 156.070 to delete provisions that allow the Kentucky Board of Education to designate [...]

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HB541

HB541 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed

Bill Text
Amend KRS 217.215 to allow a pharmacist to dispense up to a 30-day supply of a maintenance drug in emergency situations; amend KRS 315.010 to redefine "collaborative care agreement" to include multiple practitioners and multiple patients; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to define "enhanced pharmacy-related primary care" as additional acts by trained pharmacists certified by the Board of Pharmacy to provide enhanced pharmacy-related primary care, including authority to issue nonscheduled legend drugs; require the board to establish an Enhanced Pharmacy-related Primary Care Advisory Committee; specify membership; require administrative regulations to specify scope of practice, diseases and conditions that may be treated, approval of course of study and clinical experience required for certification, terms of a collaborative agreement; amend KRS 217.015 to include a pharmacist certified to provide enhanced pharmacy-related primary care, in the definition of "practitioner."
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 164.7883 to permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her scholarship award for one year only in an out-of-state institution that charges Kentucky in-state tuition rates; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to implement procedures.
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.

HB485

HB485 Sponsored by Tanya Pullin
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (2) ; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with committee amendments (1-title) and (2)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 164.769 to prohibit the amount of a teacher scholarship award from exceeding the total cost of education; identify conditions under which teacher scholarship amounts are awarded.

HB462

HB462 Sponsored by Ted Edmonds
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Health & Welfare (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 311A.140 to delete the requirement that a new emergency medical technician (EMT) shall be certified using the requirements and testing established by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) for initial certification; establish that for initial certification EMT's shall be certified using the requirements and testing established according to administrative regulations promulgated by the board; establish that the board shall not require additional testing or examinations for certification or recertification, except as provided in KRS 311A.060, and except for proficiency of new skills or knowledge or in areas of skill deterioration.

HB465

HB465 Sponsored by Tom McKee
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - Floor amendment (3) filed

Bill Text
Amend KRS 257.010 to define "abandon," "reportable," "communicable disease," and "livestock"; amend KRS 257.020 to add poultry, fish, and animal industries to Board of Agriculture's enforcement duties; amend KRS 257.030 to denote scope of agency cooperation; clarify state veterinarian's powers in animal confinement and transport; amend KRS 257.040 to prohibit possession or transportation of an animal with a reportable disease; amend KRS 257.050 to include poultry and fish in quarantine violation prohibition; amend KRS 257.060 and 257.070 to clarify permit requirement for diseased animals brought into state and establish the board's jurisdiction in removing quarantined animals from state; amend KRS 257.080 to add a laboratory to those subject to diseased animal reporting requirements and require department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding reportable diseases; amend KRS 257.100 to give a board agent the power to destroy an animal; amend KRS 257.105 to add identification [...]

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Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS 196 to require the Department of Corrections to establish an organ and tissue donor program; require display of educational pamphlets and brochures in inmate housing units; supply forms for donation and document inmate's medical record; require the department and medical authorities to develop policies and procedures for organ or tissue donations; permit the department or correctional institution to prohibit an inmate from participating if a security risk exists; specify that the department shall not be responsible for any costs associated with organ or tissue donation; amend KRS 197.045 to permit up to 60 days good time credit for living organ donation and prohibit forfeiture of credit earned for organ donation.
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to allow a group desiring to be formally recognized as an American Indian tribe to submit a petition to the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission; provide criteria that shall be met to be recognized as an American Indian tribe; authorize the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to approve petitions submitted for recognition; provide approved petitions to the Governor and, if the Governor accepts the recommendation, provide for issuance of an executive order recognizing the approved group; require the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to promulgate administrative regulations identifying the procedures to be followed in submitting a petition and appealing and decision of the commission.

HB425

HB425 Sponsored by Bill Farmer
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 310.041 to require the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for Dietitians and Nutritionists to promulgate administrative regulations to establish conditions for granting retired or inactive status to a license or certificate holder; direct the board to create procedures for a license or certificate holder to voluntarily relinquish his or her license or certificate and establish conditions for any subsequent reinstatement; amend KRS 310.050 relating to the fees of the board; make technical corrections.

HB415

HB415 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor; signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 126)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms "department" and "program"; establish a colon cancer screening program within the Department for Public Health to provide screening services to uninsured individuals age 50 to 64 and others at high risk; provide that services may be undertaken by private contract or operated by the department; permit the department to accept grants or awards of funds from federal or private sources; require the department to establish a data collection system; require the promulgation of administrative regulations; establish the Colon Cancer Screening Advisory Committee within the Kentucky Cancer Consortium; establish the membership of the advisory committee; require the advisory committee to provide recommendations for implementation and conduct of the colon cancer screening program; require the advisory committee to establish and provide oversight for a colon cancer screening public awareness campaign; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services [...]

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Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to establish a student loan forgiveness program for licensed medical practitioners who obtain a doctoral degree after August 30, 2008, from a Kentucky university medical, dental medicine, or osteopathic medical program; require the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation to administer the program and promulgate regulations; and establish eligibility requirements for loan forgiveness, including practice in a Kentucky community designated as a medically underserved community by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

SB118

SB118 Sponsored by Julie Denton
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Signed by Governor

Bill Text
Amend KRS 214.034 to remove the clause sunsetting the requirement that all public and private primary schools obtain a current immunization certificate for hepatitis B for any child enrolled as a regular attendee in the sixth grade.
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Education (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 161.133 to permit use of funding for targeted assistance activities and support services to help teachers prepare for national board certification, including contracting with support services providers; amend KRS 161.134 to provide stipends up to $400 for teachers to prepare for national board certification
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the secretary of the Education Cabinet to convene representatives of the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, the postsecondary education institutions, the Kentucky Department of Education, and the secondary area technology centers to design a program to establish 12 transition academies in high schools to implement a curriculum that will allow students to earn at least 30 hours of college credit toward a postsecondary education credential; require that the curriculum include an academic and career track with career choices decided by the community partners; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing a competitive grant program to fund transition academies; require state funded grant awards of $100,000 each year and a required match of $100,000 match from local education partners and $100,000 from local public and private partners; permit [...]

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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 63)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.645 to expand Medicaid coverage to offer benefits to uninsured women who are under age 65, have been diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer or precancerous conditions through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program or the state program implementing that program, and who are not otherwise covered by insurance; require the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal approval of this expansion within three months after funding becomes available; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program.

HB336

HB336 Sponsored by Adam Koenig
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Education (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish a teacher advancement fund to provide tuition assistance to the public postsecondary education institutions for teachers completing a master's degree or the continuing education option for Rank II; the teacher advancement fund shall be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority under administrative regulations which shall be promulgated by December 1, 2008; beginning July 1, 2009, a practicing teacher in a public school who agrees to teach for five years after completion of the Rank II shall receive tuition assistance at a public postsecondary education institution for courses leading to a master's degree or the continuing education option for Rank II; provide a schedule of reimbursement for a teacher who does not complete the five-year teaching commitment; prohibit a teacher from receiving the tuition assistance if the teacher is receiving other federal or state funds for tuition costs.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

Bill Text
Reenact the provisions of 2007 HB 334/GA and SCA #1 as passed and enacted into law which contained the following provisions: creates and amends various statutes relating to business entities to accomplish the following: make consistent the provisions of the corporate and other business organization acts regarding business entity names such that equivalent rules will govern the names of business corporations, nonprofit corporations, cooperatives, associations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and business trusts; modify procedural rules across the various business entity acts such that they will contain equivalent if not identical provisions; update provisions of KRS Chapter 271B to reflect the more current provisions of the Model Business Corporation Act; allow limited liability companies to enter into a share exchange with a corporation, be created by conversion from a corporation, have statutory rules governing nonprofit status, and to provide for their [...]

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Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Education (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to recruit and provide incentives to legal residents who have a least 90 credit hours in postsecondary education to encourage them to complete their baccalaureate degree; establish the Project Graduate Program for students who need less than 15 credit hours and for students who need more than 15 credit hours to complete a baccalaureate degree; provide that eligible students shall be reimbursed for tuition expenses for the second half of the courses taken to complete the degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education, with assistance from the public and private postsecondary education institutions and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, to promulgate an administrative regulation to establish the Project Graduate Program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to reimburse eligible students for tuition expenses; and create [...]

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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; declare public policy of the Commonwealth regarding historic or prehistoric human remains; define terms relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; establish property confirmation process by which property owners or developers verify whether property contains known human remains; authorize the Kentucky Heritage Council to promulgate administrative regulations related to the disposition of historic and prehistoric human remains; prohibit the issuance of building permits under KRS Chapter 198B until the property owner or developer has completed the preconditions relating to human remains; formulate the procedures and requirements for a human remains outcome review; prescribe the procedures and requirements for an adverse effects determination; list prohibited actions subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 381.990 regarding the disposition of human remains;[...]

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SB79

SB79 Sponsored by Julie Denton
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, including "authorized distributor of record," "counterfeit prescription drug," "drop shipment," "exclusive distributor," "normal distribution channel," "pedigree," "third party logistics provider," and "wholesale distributor"; require a wholesale distributor to be licensed by the board; specify conditions for a wholesale distributor to receive prescription drugs and require a manufacturer or a wholesale distributor to supply drugs only to a person licensed to possess or distribute drugs to an end user; require any wholesale distributor to provide a pedigree if the drugs were outside of the normal distribution channel and permit the Board of Pharmacy to specify the required contents of a pedigree; prohibit the board from requiring the use of an electronic track and trace system for pedigrees until the federal government establishes standard technology; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to implement requirements [...]

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Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - To Education (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Four and Forward Program to encourage students to complete baccalaureate degrees within four years; freeze tuition for students who agree to graduate within four years; provide financial incentives to public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions for graduating students in a timely and efficient manner; and direct the Council of Postsecondary Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish guidelines for the program.
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - To Education (S)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a statewide high school curriculum content that aligns with the community and technical college curriculum and the four-year postsecondary institutions' freshman and sophomore curriculum; direct the commissioner of education and the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education to convene working groups representing the high schools, the community and technical colleges, and the four-year institutions to develop the curriculum content; provide free College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests to students; amend KRS 160.348 to require each secondary school-based decision making council to offer the statewide curriculum for students in the eleventh and twelfth grade beginning with the 2010-2011 school year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require the four-year institutions to accept associate degrees from the community and technical [...]

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SB66

SB66 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Education (S)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts, under certain conditions, to provide a salary supplement to teachers of chemistry, physics, or mathematics and to teachers of chemistry, physics, or mathematics employed in schools with a high concentration of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch; require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that beginning no later than the 2009-2010 academic year, monetary rewards be distributed to teachers as specified for AP calculus, chemistry, and physics based on student test scores and eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch; limit the maximum annual aggregate award amount to $10,000 per teacher; specify that awards to teachers are a necessary government expense if the Department of Education's appropriations are insufficient establish that the monetary awards for teachers shall not be used in the calculation [...]

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Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 224 to adopt the greenhouse gas motor vehicle emissions standards established in title 13, sec. 1961 of the California Code of Regulations.

HB254

HB254 Sponsored by Rick Rand
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 324.045 to make applicants for licensure as a real estate broker subject to a national criminal history check involving the National Crime Information Center; require applicants to complete the check within 90 calendar days prior to the application, pay the cost of the check, and release the results to the commission; amend KRS 324.111, 324.151, and 324.170 to allow the commission to conduct emergency procedures when a licensee is alleged to have committed an escrow account violation; direct maintenance of broker escrow accounts in banks that have agreed to notify the commission in writing in the normal course of business if an overdraft occurs in the account for any reason other than service charged instituted by the bank; amend KRS 324.117 to clarify that a sales associate may have his or her name in the firm name after two years of experience with the firm; amend KRS 324.150 to allow the commission to conduct an emergency hearing in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B when a licensee [...]

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SB2

SB2 Sponsored by Ken Winters
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms and state the General Assembly's findings relating to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; establish the science and mathematics advancement fund which may be used for payment of student fees for AP and IB examinations, the establishment and expansion of selected advanced science and mathematics courses, two-year grants to high schools for start-up programs, two-year renewable grants to middle schools for accelerated learning in science and mathematics, grant to school districts to develop and implement an energy technology engineering career track, professional development grants to teachers; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish the grant programs and procedures; require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish long-term and annual statewide goals and require the department to develop an evaluation framework; require the department, beginning in 2008, to submit an annual report to LRC by December [...]

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Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Education (H)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Math and Science Teacher Forgivable Loan Program to increase the number of middle and high school math and science teachers; require KHEAA to administer the fund; identify the conditions under which a loan would be made; identify priorities for loan distribution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Middle School Math and Science Scholars Program; require the program to offer two-year renewable grants to middle schools to support intensive, accelerated student learning in math and science; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to define the grant process; set forth activities that may be supported by the program; require the program to focus attention on attracting members of subpopulations with academic achievement gaps; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate incentive fund for the establishment and [...]

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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Education (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Department of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation requiring local school boards to hold a public hearing to determine if real property is no longer needed, and to use sealed bids or public auction to dispose of surplus real property upon 30 days notice to the public of the time and place of the sale.

SB64

SB64 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 185)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish a certification incentive fund to support the development of institutes for persons pursuing Option 7 of the alternative certification routes established in KRS 161.048; establish priority for the institutes for purpose of certifying high school mathematics, chemistry, physics, and computer sciences teachers and middle school mathematics and earth science teachers, 2008-2009 to 2011-2012 academic years; require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.

SB29

SB29 Sponsored by Dick Roeding
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - 3rd reading, passed with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) ; received in Senate

Bill Text
Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 319B, regarding the licensing and regulation of practitioners of orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics; define terms for the chapter; establish the Kentucky Board of Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics and its appointment and meeting procedures; delineate the duties of the board; require the board to administer and enforce the provisions of the chapter and to promulgate administrative regulations to establish factors for licensure and certification of licensed orthotists, prosthetists, and pedorthists, and certified orthotic fitters; state additional powers of the board, including the authority to employ needed personnel and contract with the Division of Occupations and Professions for the provision of administrative services; declare rules for actual physical licenses and certificates, practice authorization, and scope of practice; set a July 1, 2010, deadline for practice outside the provisions of the chapter; indicate that care or [...]

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HB14

HB14 Sponsored by Tanya Pullin
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Education Covenant Trust Fund; establish the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Covenant Award to provide an eligible student with 100% of the total cost of education at any state public college or university, minus the amount of any federal and state grants or scholarships the student receives; specify student eligibility requirements; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the covenant trust fund and to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the components required to implement the covenant awards program; amend KRS 164.020 to freeze university tuition for the Fall 2009 academic term through the Spring 2011 academic term at Spring 2009 academic term tuition levels.
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Posted in committee

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Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 319B, regarding the licensing and regulation of practitioners of orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics; define terms for the chapter; establish the Kentucky Board of Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics and its appointment and meeting procedures; delineate the duties of the board; require the board to administer and enforce the provisions of the chapter and to promulgate administrative regulations to establish factors for licensure and certification of licensed orthotists, prosthetists, and pedorthists, and certified orthotic fitters; state additional powers of the board, including the authority to employ needed personnel and contract with the Division of Occupations and Professions for the provision of administrative services; declare rules for actual physical licenses and certificates, practice authorization, and scope of practice; set a July 1, 2010, deadline for practice outside the provisions of the chapter; indicate that care or [...]

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Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - Reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit an application for a Medicaid waiver to develop and implement flexible reimbursement and payment strategies for services and supports for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) within three months of the effective date of this Act; require a report on the use of the waiver if approved; create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to require screening for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at 18 months, 2 years, 4 years, upon school enrollment, and at the time of the sixth grade physical; require the cabinet to establish requirements for ASD screening; require schools to have a record of ASD screening; require a formal diagnosis after screening positive within 90 days; define "autism spectrum disorders"; permit a religious exemption for testing a child with ASD; amend the interagency agreement with the Department of Education to coordinate services; require the Department of Education [...]

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HB146

HB146 Sponsored by Jimmy Higdon
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 311.380 to 311.510 to license and regulate practitioners of orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics; define terms; require licensure from the State Board of Podiatry; establish minimum qualifications for licensure; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the proper training for licensure; grant the board the discretion to include examinations or other requirements in the regulations; forbid treatment of patients without a physician or podiatrist's written referral and medical diagnostic examination review; create licensure exceptions for certain students and faculty within the fields of orthotics, prosthetics, orthotic fitting, and pedorthics; make licensees subject to all of the disciplinary provisions applicable to podiatrists as set forth in KRS Chapter 311; limit the chapter to exempt licensed practice by occupational therapists, physical therapists, physicians, podiatrists, and the