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House Bill 485

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Last Action	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 146)
Title	AN ACT relating to individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1811
Sponsors	C. Rollins II, K. Flood, S. Gregory, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, T. Mills, R. Palumbo, T. Pullin, R. Quarles, T. Riner, B. Yonts
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to provide that the Kentucky Revised Statutes shall no longer utilize the terms "mental retardation" or "mentally retarded" or abbreviations that use the letters "MR" to signify mental retardation or mentally retarded; set forth terms that shall be used instead, including "intellectual disability," "intellectual disabilities," "individual with an intellectual disability," "individuals with an intellectual disability," "individual with a serious intellectual disability," or "individuals with a serious intellectual disability"; clarify that the new terms shall be understood to have the exact meaning as the terms that they replace; change the names of ICF/MRs to ICF/IDs to the extent permitted by federal law; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to replace all occurrences of the old terms in statutes with the new terms, including the names of agencies, boards, care facilities, services, programs, professionals, diagnoses, the title of a chapter, and the names of nongovernmental entities that have incorporated the new terminology.
Index Headings of Original Version	Local Mandate - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Health and Medical Services - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Mental Disability - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Mental Health - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Statutes - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Disabilities and the Disabled - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes
Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1
Votes	Vote History

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02/28/12	introduced in House
02/29/12	to Health & Welfare (H)
03/05/12	posted in committee
03/15/12	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
03/16/12	2nd reading, to Rules
03/20/12	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2012
03/21/12	3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute
03/22/12	received in Senate
03/26/12	to Health & Welfare (S)
03/27/12	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
03/28/12	2nd reading, to Rules
03/30/12	recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)
04/12/12	reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill posted for passage in the Consent Orders (2) of the Day for Thursday, April 12, 2012 3rd reading, passed 37-0 received in House enrolled, signed by each presiding officer delivered to Governor
04/18/12	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 146)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements	Local Mandate
Summary	Make technical corrections.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Health and Medical Services - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Mental Disability - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Mental Health - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Statutes - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes Disabilities and the Disabled - Intellectual disability, use of term to replace mental retardation in all statutes

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