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Senate Bill 173

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Title AN ACT relating to the protection of adults.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 1268
Sponsors P. Clark, J. Denton, D. Harper Angel
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to define the terms "adult" and "cabinet"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a registry of persons found to have abused, neglected, or exploited an adult; require an appeal process for persons against whom allegations have been substantiated by the cabinet, and prohibit a licensed or certified facility or program from employing a person on the registry; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to prohibit health care facilities and services licensed under KRS Chapter 216B from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 205.5606 to prohibit persons who provide services or supports from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 210.795 to prohibit an individual whose name appears on the registry from being a provider and to prohibit a provider from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry.
Index Headings of Original Version Aged Persons and Aging - Adult abuse registry, establishment of
Disabilities and the Disabled - Adult abuse registry, establishment of
Health and Medical Services - Adult abuse registry, establishment of
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Adult abuse registry, establishment of
Mental Disability - Adult abuse registry, establishment of
State Agencies - Adult abuse registry, establishment of

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02/23/10
  • introduced in Senate
02/25/10
  • to Judiciary (S)
03/10/10
  • taken from committee
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Judiciary (S)


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