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Senate Bill 160

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Last Action 2nd reading, to Rules
Title AN ACT relating to childhood hearing loss.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 1476
Sponsors D. Harper Angel, J. Denton
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 approval 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 occuring 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
Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1
Votes Vote History

Actions

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02/13/09
  • introduced in Senate
  • to Health & Welfare (S)
03/05/09
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
03/06/09
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/10/09
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10, 2009
  • 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute
  • received in House
03/11/09
  • to Health & Welfare (H)
  • posting waived
  • posted in committee
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/12/09
  • 2nd reading, to Rules

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions of the bill except delete the term "infant at high risk for late onset, progressive hearing loss, or both"; amend the term "auditory screening report" to include risk factors related to a child becoming deaf or hard of hearing or having progressively worsening hearing.
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

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