All Attorney General Legislation - Kentucky

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to specify duties of Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to grant Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.120 to update section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the subject to theft; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to make theft of timber a Class D felony regardless [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish that proof of a person's intent to commit an unlawful act shall not be required in a civil or administrative proceeding to show that the person acted knowingly in respect to Medicaid fraud; establish unlawful acts related to Medicaid; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide the Attorney General with access to all documentary materials for the investigation of Medicaid fraud; identify individuals to whom the Attorney General may disclose documentary material; provide immunity for individuals providing access to documentary material to employees of the Attorney General and other state and federal authorities involved in the investigation of Medicaid fraud; require the cabinet to establish by administrative regulation sanctions for a provider found liable for Medicaid fraud; subject licensed professions found liable for Medicaid fraud to disciplinary action by their respective licensure boards; provide [...]

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Amend KRS 216B.165 to require an agent or employee of a health care facility or service to report noncompliance with professional standards of care that jeopardizes patient care or safety; provide that the report may be provided to the office of the inspector general if response from health care facility or service is untimely or inadequate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to permit employee or agent who has been retaliated against to file a complaint with the commissioner of the Department of Labor, authorize the commissioner to order reinstatement, restitution of lost wages, or other action; authorize an employee to file a civil action for retaliation within one year from occurrence of retaliation; permit court to order reinstatement, back wages, punitive damages, or a combination; permit court to order payment of attorney fees and court costs to health care facility or service if civil action was brought in bad faith, with malicious purpose, or without basis; create a new section [...]

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Amend KRS 6.350 to establish new procedures for the completion of the required actuarial analysis for bills pertaining to state-administered retirement systems; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to establish new calculation of final compensation for KERS, CERS, and SPRS employees hired on or after July 1, 2008; amend KRS 16.560, 61.575, and 78.640 to establish fixed 2.5% interest rate on member contribution accounts for KERS, CERS, and SPRS employees hired on or after July 1, 2008; amend KRS 16.576, 16.577, 61.559, and 61.595 to establish new retirement requirements and benefit multipliers for KERS, CERS, and SPRS employees hired on or after July 1, 2008; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to establish the Kentucky Public Pension Financing Advisory Commission in the Finance and Administration Cabinet to review investments and financing of the state-administered retirement systems and to provide a report to the General Assembly; amend KRS 61.546 to limit sick leave service credit [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to create definitions; to restrict certain uses by agencies of a person’s Social Security number and prohibit the inclusion of a person’s Social Security number in documents filed or recorded with an agency, subject to certain exceptions, and to establish a procedure to request redaction of a Social Security number shown in official records on an agency’s Internet Web site subject to certain exceptions, and to delay the effective date to July 1, 2009; to require an agency to give notice to a person whose personal information was acquired in a security breach subject to certain exceptions, to make a waiver void and unenforceable, and to require an agency to take certain measures to safeguard against security breaches subject to certain exceptions; to declare that the provisions regarding use of Social Security numbers, security breach notices, and safeguarding against security breaches do not limit the power to enforce criminal or civil statutes or [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to create definitions related to identity theft; restrict certain uses by businesses of a consumer's Social Security number subject to certain exceptions, to delay the effective date to July 1, 2009, and to make a violation subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; require a business to give specified notice to a person whose personal information was acquired in a security breach subject to certain exceptions, to make a waiver void and unenforceable, and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; require a business to take certain measures to safeguard against security breaches subject to certain exceptions and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; declare that the provisions regarding business use [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; require marking of cut timber prior to removal from property; specify duties of the Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; require a timber buyer to provide an accurate manifest of cut timber transported from the property; grant the Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.110 relating to defacing timber brand to add a provision relating to timber branded pursuant to this act; amend KRS 364.120 to update a section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of this act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to define terms; require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one election; establish campaign contribution limits for candidates, slates of candidates, and candidate campaign committees; establish campaign contribution limits for caucus campaign committees, political issues committees, permanent committees, and executive committees; permit the establishment of a building account; establish campaign contribution limits for inaugural committees; establish campaign contribution limits for individuals; permit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, referendum committees, and individuals to utilize on-line credit and debit card transactions; provide for reporting exemptions for any candidate, slate, or political issues committee if a form is filed stating that contributions will not be accepted or expended in excess of $5,000 in any one election; require that referendum committees [...]

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to declare that it is unlawful for any credit card issuer to mail or otherwise deliver a credit card application if the person has previously notified the issuer by certified or registered mail that he or she does not wish to receive credit card applications from that issuer; provide that this section does not apply to a credit card application or solicitation when mailed or otherwise delivered in response to a request for a credit card; provide that if such application is mailed to such a person and a third party, by theft or other means, obtains the mailed document and with intent to deceive, defraud, or injure another falsely completes the application or solicitation document and is issued a credit card in the name of another person, the issuer shall be liable to the person whose name appears on the card for any damages and expenses which the person incurs due to use of such card; prohibit an issuer who received notification not to send applications [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 433 to require junkyards and other purchasers of ferrous and nonferrous metals and objects containing ferrous and nonferrous metals to keep records of transactions, report the transactions to law enforcement, and take other actions with regard to the purchases; establish the crime of failure to maintain a register of purchases of metals and objects containing metal; establish the crime of unlawful acts relating to the purchase or disposition of metals; establish the crime of providing fraudulent identification for the sale of metals; provide that failure to keep a register of metals purchased is prima facie evidence that the purchaser knew that the purchase was in violation of KRS 514.110, relating to receiving stolen property; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to provide concurrent jurisdiction for investigation and prosecution of violations of purchase-of-metals laws in the Attorney General and Commonwealth's and county attorneys; amend KRS 365.[...]

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Create a new section of KRS 304.14-600 to 304.14-625 to require long-term care insurers to file rates with the executive director of the Office of Insurance for all long-term care insurance policies; require the insurer to submit a copy of the filing to the Attorney General; require the insurer to submit a new filing to reflect any material change to any previously filed and approved rate filing; require the insurer to submit an amendment to a previously approved rate filing for all other changes; provide that the executive director shall approve or disapprove the filing within 60 days after filing; permit the executive director to order a retroactive reduction of rates; establish criteria to be considered when reviewing a rate filing; permit the executive director to withdraw approval after 30 days notice has been given; authorize the executive director to establish by administrative regulation additional criteria to be considered; direct the executive director to hold a hearing upon request [...]

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