SB149
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SB 149 (BR 1712) - J. Adams, R. Alvarado, D. Givens, G. Neal
AN ACT relating to patient quality of life.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish membership and duties; establish the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program within the cabinet; set forth purposes, duties, and requirements.
AMENDMENTS
HCS1 - Amend to add a member to the council recommended by the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities; end the council and the program on July 1, 2028, unless otherwise reauthorized by the General Assembly; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require that any provider of hospice, palliative care, or end-of-life service have written policies and procedures for the deactivation or sequestration and disposal of Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances prescribed to a patient upon the patient's death by the entity or person pronouncing death; require discussion and agreement to the policy; require notification of patient or patient's refusal to agree to disposal; require signed witness to the disposal; require safe disposal method be used; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations to provide for the deactivation or sequestration and disposal of controlled substances; recognize the suffering and anguish experienced by women and families who learn during pregnancy that their unborn child has a life-limiting condition which could result in the death before or shortly after birth, and the importance of perinatal palliative care and neonatal palliative and hospice care in providing support, information, and education for these women and families.
HCA1( A. Wuchner ) - Make title amendment.
HCA1( A. Wuchner ) - Make title amendment.
Feb 14, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Feb 15, 2018 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Feb 28, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 01, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 05, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Mar 06, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 07, 2018 - received in House
Mar 09, 2018 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Mar 13, 2018 - posted in committee
Mar 21, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with committee amendments (1-title) Committee Substitute (1)
Mar 22, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 27, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day