Last Action | signed by Governor (Acts ch. 102) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to childhood hearing loss. |
Bill Documents |
Bill
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Impact Statements | Fiscal Note |
Bill Request Number | 451 |
Sponsor | T. Burch |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 211.645 to define "permanent childhood hearing loss" and "infant at high risk for late onset, progressive hearing loss, or both"; amend KRS 211.647 to require the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs to establish standards for infant audiological assessment and diagnostic centers based on national standards; require the commission to maintain a list of approved centers; require approved centers to agree to provide data to the commission; amend KRS 216.2970 to include approved audiological assessment and diagnostic centers on the list of those receiving an auditory screening report indicating a finding of potential hearing loss; amend KRS 213.046 to include approved audiological assessment and diagnostic centers as a source of an auditory screening for births occurring outside an institution. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Blind or Deaf Persons - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Children and Minors - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Disabilities and the Disabled - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Drugs and Medicines - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Health and Medical Services - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Physicians and Practitioners - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of State Agencies - Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Fiscal Note - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of |
Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 House Floor Amendment 1 |
Votes | Vote History |
01/06/09 |
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01/08/09 |
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02/03/09 |
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02/05/09 |
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02/06/09 |
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02/09/09 |
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02/10/09 |
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02/12/09 |
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02/13/09 |
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02/23/09 |
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03/09/09 |
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03/10/09 |
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03/13/09 |
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03/26/09 |
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03/27/09 |
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Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Impact Statements | Fiscal Note |
Summary | Retain original provisions of bill; require centers to make necessary referrals; require approved audiology centers to report referrals to the First Steps program to the commission; add any factors identified as a cause of late onset or progressive hearing loss to the definition of "infant at risk"; make technical corrections. |
Index Headings |
Blind or Deaf Persons - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Children and Minors - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Disabilities and the Disabled - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Drugs and Medicines - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Health and Medical Services - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Physicians and Practitioners - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of State Agencies - Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Fiscal Note - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | T. Burch |
Summary | Amend KRS 216.2970 to add health care providers to the list of recipients of auditory screening reports. |
Index Headings |
Blind or Deaf Persons - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Children and Minors - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Disabilities and the Disabled - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Drugs and Medicines - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Health and Medical Services - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Physicians and Practitioners - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of State Agencies - Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of Fiscal Note - Childhood hearing loss, assessment and diagnosis of |
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