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Senate Bill 162

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Title AN ACT relating to drug-addicted or dependent newborns.
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Bill Request Number 19
Sponsor W. Westerfield
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A that mandates priority access for pregnant women to substance abuse treatment or recovery service programs, while preventing discrimination against pregnant women by substance abuse treatment or recovery service providers, and providing practitioners civil immunity for failing to recognize controlled substance abuse by a pregnant patient or referring a pregnant patient to substance abuse treatment or recovery services consistent with community standards of care; amend KRS 625.050 to prevent the filing of a petition to terminate the parental rights of a pregnant woman who used a controlled substance during pregnancy if she, by the twentieth week of pregnancy, enrolls in and maintains compliance with both a substance abuse treatment or recovery program and prenatal care throughout the remaining term of that pregnancy.
Index Headings of Original Version Drugs and Medicines - Neonatal abstinence syndrome, treatment and prevention of
Parental Rights - Neonatal abstinence syndrome, treatment and prevention of
Public Health - Neonatal abstinence syndrome, treatment and prevention of
Public Records and Reports - Neonatal abstinence syndrome, treatment and prevention of
Substance Abuse - Neonatal abstinence syndrome, treatment and prevention of
Women - Neonatal abstinence syndrome, treatment and prevention of
Children and Minors - Neonatal abstinence syndrome, treatment and prevention of

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02/25/14
  • introduced in Senate
02/27/14
  • to Judiciary (S)


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