| Last Action | 03/29/24: signed by Governor (Acts Ch.18) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to healthcare. |
| Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 18
Current/Final Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1657 |
| Sponsors | J. Adams, G. Neal, B. Storm |
| Summary of Enacted Version | .Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to allow health facilities or health care providers enrolled in the Kentucky Medicaid program to submit a current or prospective employee to a check of the child abuse and neglect or adult abuse registries maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and to require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; and amends KRS 209.032 to direct the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a process of notification by which the cabinet shall notify a vulnerable adult services provider if a prospective or current employee has appealed a substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation. |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to allow health facilities or health care providers enrolled in the Kentucky Medicaid program to submit a current or prospective employee to a check of the child abuse and neglect or adult abuse registries maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Health facilities, child abuse and neglect, adult abuse registry, background check State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, child abuse and neglect, adult abuse, background check Medicaid - Health care provider, child abuse and neglect registry, adult abuse registry Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, child abuse and neglect and adult abuse registries Background Checks - Health care provider, Medicaid program, child abuse and neglect registry, adult abuse registry Background Checks - Health facilities, child abuse and neglect, adult abuse registry, background check Physicians and Practitioners - Health care provider, Medicaid program, child abuse and neglect registry, adult abuse registry Health and Medical Services - Health care provider, Medicaid program, child abuse and neglect registry, adult abuse registry Health and Medical Services - Health facilities, child abuse and neglect, adult abuse registry, background check Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Health care provider, Medicaid program, child abuse and neglect registry, adult abuse registry |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; amend KRS 209.032 to direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a process of notification by which the cabinet shall notify a vulnerable adult services provider if a prospective or current employee has appealed a substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation. |
| Index Headings |
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, adult abuse registry, appeal notification Background Checks - Adult abuse registry, appeal, notification required Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Adult abuse registry, appeal, notification required State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, adult abuse registry, appeal notification |
Last updated: 9/26/2024 1:37 PM (EDT)