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SB 43/FN (BR 101) - W. Westerfield, R. Girdler

     AN ACT relating to adoption.
     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 199.011, 199.502, 199.555, and 625.065 to conform.



     Jan 03, 2018 - introduced in Senate
     Jan 04, 2018 - to Judiciary (S)