22RS HB 420

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Last Action	02/01/22: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	284
Sponsor	M. Marzian
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 administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers and compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers; require freestanding birthing centers in medically underserved areas to meet the standard of need for a certificate of need; require centers in non-medically underserved areas to demonstrate financial viability; and limit liability of center.
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