House Bill 517

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Title AN ACT relating to adoption.
Bill Documents Introduced
Bill Request Number 382
Sponsors D. Meade , M. Prunty
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prescribe the data the registry will contain and who may access the data; amend KRS 199.480 and 199.990 to conform; amend KRS 199.473 to create a unified application for permission to place or receive a child; amend KRS 199.500 to redefine the time at which a voluntary and informed consent to adoption becomes final and irrevocable; amend KRS 199.470 to remove waiting period to file a petition for adoption; amend KRS 406.081 to require courts to resolve cases against alleged fathers who do not comply with ordered genetic testing; amend KRS 406.091 to require the party requesting that the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 199.490, 625.040, 625.042, 625.043, and 625.065 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version Courts, Circuit - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Men - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Men - Putative father registry, creation of
Parental Rights - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Parental Rights - Putative father registry, creation of
Courts, Family - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Children and Minors - Putative father registry, creation of
Civil Actions - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Civil Procedure - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of

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02/17/17
  • introduced in House
02/21/17
  • to Health and Family Services (H)


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