Senate Bill 22

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Last Action signed by Governor (Act ch. 83)
Title AN ACT relating to personal services and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 210
Sponsors J. Denton, D. Harper Angel
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to provide for the certification of personal services agencies; define the terms "cabinet", "client", "department", "personal services", "personal services agency", "parent personal services agency", and "secretary"; require a personal services agency to be certified; require existing personal services agencies to file an application for certification by December 31, 2009, and other agencies to obtain certification prior to providing personal services; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations; provide that only personal services agencies meeting standards for certification will be granted a certificate; require all fees to be paid to the State Treasury and used for funding a department as specified by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; impose a fine of $500 per day for a personal services agency that provides services without proper certification; impose a fine of $500 per day on a business that markets its services as a personal services agency without proper certification; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45 to create the Kentucky personal services agency fund and establish the parameters of the fund; require moneys in the fund to be used by a department as specified by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for administrative purposes; provide that moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year will carry forward into the succeeding fiscal year; provide that interest earned on moneys in the fund will accrue to the account; and provide that moneys are appropriated for purposes set forth in the Act.
Index Headings of Original Version Aged Persons and Aging - Personal services, providers, certification of
Disabilities and the Disabled - Personal services, providers, certification of
Health and Medical Services - Personal services, providers, certification of
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Personal services, providers, certification of
Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1
House Committee Substitute 1
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12/18/08
  • Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/06/09
  • introduced in Senate
01/08/09
  • to Health & Welfare (S)
02/25/09
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/26/09
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
02/27/09
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2009
  • 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with Committee Substitute
03/02/09
  • received in House
03/03/09
  • to Health & Welfare (H)
03/05/09
  • posting waived retroactively
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
03/06/09
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 9, 2009
03/09/09
  • 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute
  • received in Senate
03/12/09
  • posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute
  • Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute
  • passed 38-0
03/13/09
  • enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
  • delivered to Governor
03/24/09
  • signed by Governor (Act ch. 83)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions except define the term "crime" and amend the definition of the term "personal services"; require personal services agencies to perform a criminal background check on applicants for employment; require personal services agencies to inform applicants for employment of the requirement for criminal background check; prohibit personal services agencies from employing a person who has been convicted of a crime; and, require that administrative expenditures do not exceed the amount collected in fees and fines.
Index Headings Aged Persons and Aging - Personal services, providers, certification of
Disabilities and the Disabled - Personal services, providers, certification of
Health and Medical Services - Personal services, providers, certification of
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Personal services, providers, certification of

Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions except amend the definition of the term "personal services."
Index Headings Aged Persons and Aging - Personal services, providers, certification of
Disabilities and the Disabled - Personal services, providers, certification of
Health and Medical Services - Personal services, providers, certification of
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Personal services, providers, certification of

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