22RS HB 268

House Bill 268

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Last Action	01/10/22: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	124
Sponsors	J. Nemes, K. Bratcher, D. Fister, R. Heath, C. Massey, J. Miller, P. Pratt, R. Webber
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed; exempt a center from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; limit liability of center; amend KRS 216B.020 to conform; add the short title Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Health and Medical Services - Birthing centers, freestanding, licensing and certificate of need Licensing - Birthing centers, freestanding, licensing and certificate of need Nurses - Birthing centers, freestanding, licensing and certificate of need Physicians and Practitioners - Birthing centers, freestanding, licensing and certificate of need Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Health and Family Services, freestanding birthing centers, licensure Short Titles and Popular Names - Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act