All Public Health Legislation - Kentucky
HR267
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House Bill Text Encourage local governments to involve the young citizens of the Commonwealth in discussions relating to public policy. Comment on Bill HR260
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - To House Floor Bill Text Recognize April 2, 2008, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2008 as Autism Awareness Month. Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Commend the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for recommendations relating to influenza vaccination. SR203
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Commend the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for recommendations relating to influenza vaccination. 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. SR21
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. HR183
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - 3rd reading, adopted 97-0 Bill Text Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make initiatives toward reducing the cost and increasing the support and quality of care for people suffering from asthma. HB765
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 161) Bill Text Amend KRS 224.01-410 to define "clandestine methamphetamine lab," "contaminated property," and "decontamination standards"; permit the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to establish a tiered response system for methamphetamine-contaminated properties and to promulgate administrative regulations for decontamination standards; require local or state law enforcement to conduct the initial sampling of an inhabitable property site and direct the Department of the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations; permit the property owner of a inhabitable property site to consult decontamination and remediation service providers not listed on the cabinet's certified contractor list, if the initial sampling result is not assessed as a Tier 3 or higher contamination; require that inhabitable property not be deemed habitable unless the decontamination standard is met; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to create the tiered response system for methamphetamine-contaminated [...] show full description SB211
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text Create new section of KRS 217.280 to 217.390 to require food service establishments identified with chain restaurants and having 20 or more locations in the Commonwealth to provide dietary information for all food and drink items sold on menus and menu boards; require menus to include the total number of calories and grams of saturated and trans fat, grams of carbohydrates, and milligrams of sodium per serving; require menu boards to included the total number of calories and grams of saturated and trans fat; require grams of carbohydrates, and milligrams of sodium per serving to be provided upon request; permit food service establishments to provide additional nutrition information. HR175
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To House Floor; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize March 2008 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Kentucky. SJ169
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text Direct the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council and the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders to take action on the recommendations contained in the 2008 Alzheimer's disease state plan. SR159
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize March 2008 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Kentucky. HB627
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules Bill Text Amend KRS 194A.601 to require an annual report on the activities of the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders and delete requirement for a quarterly report; require the office to receive reports and oversee implementation of recommendations from the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council; amend KRS 194A.603 to require the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations to the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders and delete requirement that the council report to the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders; provide for a council membership of 15 members and delete requirement for a minimum of 15 members; establish the membership of the council to include five members appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, eight members appointed by the Governor, and two members appointed by the chief executive officers of the state chapters of the Alzheimer's Association;[...] show full description HB594
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 23) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS 211 to establish that a person with an "eligible medical condition" shall have access to an employee toilet facility in a public and semipublic building. SB175
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Received in House Bill Text Amend KRS 421.500 to make technical correction. HR129
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Encourage blood donations by African Americans. HB550
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. HR128
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To House Floor Bill Text Recognizing March 2008 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. HB540
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 150) Bill Text Amend KRS 214.181 to delete the requirement for a confirming medical test for HIV before before the first test results are determined to be positive; amend KRS 214.995 to conform. SR111
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - 3rd reading, adopted 33-0 Bill Text Encourage the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make initiatives toward reducing the cost and increasing the support and quality of care for people suffering from asthma. HB504
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the cabinet to develop a plan for children to be screened for autism spectrum disorders at 18 months, three years, upon enrollment in school, and in sixth grade; require schools to maintain a record of screening upon school enrollment; require children who screen positive to receive a full diagnosis within 90 days and permit religious and conscientious exemption for screening; require the cabinet to report on the plan by October 1, 2010; define "autism, spectrum disorders." Latest Action: 02/11/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; prohibit entities from placing into the stream of commerce children's products that do not meet safety standards or if they have been recalled; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to maintain a list of unsafe and recalled children's products and to post the list on their Internet Web site; require that the list be sent to certain groups; require cribs to meet Consumer Product Safety Commission or ASTM standards; create procedures for retrofitting recalled children's products; require commercial users of children's products to notify customers and post notices regarding recalled children's products; require retailers of children's products to take certain steps to prohibit the sale of recalled products and to post warning notices; create a penalty; permit the Attorney General or the Commonwealth's attorney to bring an action and to seek injunctions; provide that remedies are in addition to any existing remedies; prohibit [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; prohibit entities from placing into the stream of commerce children's products that do not meet safety standards or if they have been recalled; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to maintain a list of unsafe and recalled children's products and to post the list on their Internet Web site; require that the list be sent to certain groups; require cribs to meet Consumer Product Safety Commission or ASTM standards; create procedures for retrofitting recalled children's products; require commercial users of children's products to notify customers and post notices regarding recalled children's products; require retailers of children's products to take certain steps to prohibit the sale of recalled products and to post warning notices; create a penalty; permit the Attorney General or the Commonwealth's attorney to bring an action and to seek injunctions; provide that remedies are in addition to any existing remedies; prohibit [...] show full description HR100
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. SB138
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to state legislative findings that trauma care is a severe health problem and cause of death and disability, trauma care is limited in parts of the state, and an efficient and coordinated statewide trauma system is necessary; define "trauma," "trauma center," and "trauma center verification"; establish a statewide trauma care program in the Department for Public Health and specify goals and duties; require an advisory committee and specify membership; require the department to develop and implement a statewide trauma care system that includes prevention, continuing education for care providers, statewide guidelines and protocols, voluntary hospital verification as a trauma center, local and regional triage and transport protocols, and quality assurance and peer review; require the department to coordinate all activities related to trauma care and to receive assistance from other state agencies and boards; specify that data obtained by the registry [...] show full description SB133
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. HB434
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken from committee Agriculture & Natural Resources (S); 2nd reading; returned to Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of Subchapter 20 of KRS 224 to establish legislative finding stating that reasonable standards for the remediation of mold in private and public settings should be maintained; establish definitions for "department," "mold," "mold remediation," and "mold remediation company"; establish the basis for minimum mold remediation standards; and establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall adopt administrative regulations relating to mold remediation standards. SB126
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 205.6485 to define the terms "presumptive eligibility period" and "qualified entity"; provide a presumptive eligibility period for children applying for KCHIP; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations to establish standards and procedures for designation as a qualified entity to grant presumptive eligibility; require qualified entities to ensure submission of a completed application to the cabinet for full eligibility determination simultaneous with a determination of presumptive eligibility; provide continuous enrollment in KCHIP for twelve months post enrollment and each renewal of eligibility; provide for the electronic submission of KCHIP applications and renewals; and prohibit the cabinet from requiring a face-to-face interview for KCHIP applications or renewals. SB118
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. HB396
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 214.034 to require immunization against human papillomavirus for school-age children and require parental statements to withhold consent to be filed with the immunization certificate; amend KRS 214.036 to require the department to provide educational resources to the public and all schools with specific information; permit parent to withhold consent for immunization for any reason with a signed statement and require statement to include that the parent understands the link between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer and require statement to be on file; amend KRS 158.035 to conform. HB371
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 25) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to state legislative findings that trauma care is a severe health problem and cause of death and disability, trauma care is limited in parts of the state, and an efficient and coordinated statewide trauma system is necessary; define "trauma," "trauma center," and "trauma center verification"; establish a statewide trauma care program in the Department of Public Health and specify goals and duties; require an advisory committee and specify membership; require the department to develop and implement a statewide trauma care system that includes prevention, continuing education for care providers, statewide guidelines and protocols, voluntary hospital verification as a trauma center, local and regional triage and transport protocols, and quality assurance and peer review; require the department to coordinate all activities related to trauma care and to receive assistance from other state agencies and boards; specify that data obtained by the registry be [...] show full description HB345
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 205.6485 to provide continuous enrollment in KCHIP for twelve months post enrollment and each renewal of eligibility; provide for the electronic submission of KCHIP applications and renewals; and prohibit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from requiring face-to-face interview for KCHIP applications or renewals. SB98
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. HB311
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 212.794 to specify that, notwithstanding KRS 212.792, the board may contract for public health services, and contracts are required to receive approval from the commissioner of the Department of Public Health prior to implementation. HB271
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. HB231
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 217.801 to prohibit the sale or use of any lead-bearing substance on items that may used by children; prohibit the sale of items that may be used by children that contain any lead-bearing substance; require labeling of products containing a lead-bearing substance. Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS 217 to require the Governor, in coordination with the secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services, to request that the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services certify to Congress that drug importation from foreign countries by Kentucky licensed pharmacists, distributors, and wholesalers poses no additional risk to the public's health and safety and would result in a reduction in prescription drug costs; require the Governor and the secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services to request that the secretary of the Department for Health and Human Services promulgate administrative regulations permitting pharmacists, distributors, and wholesalers to import drugs from foreign countries; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to design a prescription drug program to facilitate the importation of prescription drugs from foreign countries by pharmacists, distributors, and wholesalers licensed in Kentucky once federal regulations [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 214.034 to require immunization against pneumococcal disease for all elementary school children; require immunization against meningococcal meningitis disease for all middle school students born after January 1, 1996, and enrolled in the seventh grade; amend KRS 158.035 to require certification of immunization against pneumococcal disease and meningococcal meningitis disease for school enrollment. SB51
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. Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 92) Bill Text Amend KRS 158.035 to require a dental health certificate for elementary or secondary school enrollment. HB193
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 219.320 to define "executive director" and "office" and delete "secretary" and "cabinet"; amend KRS 219.330 to make the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction responsible for permitting mobile home parks; amend KRS 219.340, concerning permit fees for inspection program, to conform; amend KRS 219.350 concerning permits, to eliminate the requirement for the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction to make reports to itself; amend KRS 219.360 and 219.370 to conform; amend KRS 219.380 to allow the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction to inspect mobile home parks; allow OHBC to use local health departments as agents for inspections; amend KRS 219.390 and 219.400 to conform. Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 144) Bill Text Amend KRS 199.8982 to require applicants for certification as a family child-care provider to provide a copy of the results of a tuberculosis risk assessment and the appropriate skin testing or chest x-ray for applicants at risk in accordance with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; amend KRS 161.145 to require that any employment physical examination required for classified personnel include a tuberculosis risk assessment and the appropriate follow-up skin testing or chest x-ray for personnel determined to be at risk for developing tuberculosis as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rather than requiring a tuberculin skin test for all classified personnel. Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 313 to require licensing of persons engaging in the practice of denturitry; define the practice; prohibit one from engaging in the practice if he or she is not licensed and has not registered with the Board of Dentistry or does not meet minimum competencies; require that documentation of training or of previous experience be submitted to the board; amend 313.200 to add two denturists to the board; amend KRS 313.220 to require the board to establish a licensing process for denturists within six months of the effective date of this Act. Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 197.055 to require that the Department of Corrections administer an HIV/AIDS test to all penitentiary inmates no less than 30 days prior to release; require that a copy of the results be sent to the inmate, the warden of the penitentiary, the secretary of the cabinet, and the legal spouse of the inmate by registered mail within five days of the department receiving the results; require that the results not be public record but be a part of the inmate's medical file. HB36
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare Bill Text Amend KRS 213.041 to allow certificates required under KRS Chapter 213 to be signed in black or blue ink; amend KRS 213.076 to require the state registrar to send an incomplete or unsatisfactory certificate of death to the appropriate funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner responsible for the entry to complete or correct the certificate; require the state registrar to notify the entity who submitted the certificate of death that it was returned to the funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner for completion. HB220
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Education (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require science-based content and age appropriate and medically accurate standards for human sexuality education, provide that a parent or guardian may excuse a child from the educational program and permit the parent or guardian to review instructional material upon request, and specify that nothing requires a school district, public school, or family resource and youth services center to offer human sexuality education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to permit the cabinet to refuse federal funding for abstinence-only education, require science-based content if state funds are received by the cabinet or subcontractor for human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention, permit cabinet to promulgate an administrative regulation to specify instructional content, and require an entity that receives state funding and offers human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention to adopt science-based content. SB57
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 102) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to regulate personal emergency response systems under the authority of the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services; define terms; establish the promulgation of administrative regulations to supervise the duties and functions relating to personal emergency response system providers. HB139
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: 01/16/2007 - S offered Bill Text SR86 - Use of Senate Chamber by the Missouri Catholic Conference, September 29, 2007 Use of Senate Chamber by the Missouri Catholic Conference, September 29, 2007 HB29
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare Bill Text Amend KRS 334A.020 to define "interim license," "provisional license," and "temporary license"; amend KRS 334A.035 to establish new requirements for an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist and a speech-language pathology assistant; require a person with an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist who fails the national examination to submit documentation of preparation for the examination as required by the board; permit the applicant to continue to practice under the interim license with supervision as required in accordance with KRS 334A.035 for a period not to exceed 24 months, unless an extension is granted by the board; require a speech-language pathologist applicant with an interim license to apply for permanent licensure within 30 days of the completion of postgraduate professional experience; exempt speech-language pathologists and audiologist, employed by the public schools in certified positions and who hold teacher certification in [...] show full description |
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