Health and Medical Services


Abortion, 15-week gestational age, prohibition

Abortion 15-week gestational age, prohibition

Abortion, exempt rape and incest

Abortion, life or health of pregnant person

Abortion, pregnant person, Jewish faith

Abortion services, government payments to entities referring or counseling, prohibition

Abortion, upon a minor

Abortion-inducing drug, medical procedure, pregnancy termination

Abortion-inducing drugs, provision

Abortions, reporting

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Day, recognizing

Advanced practice registered nurses, prescriptive authority

Alternative treatments, chronic pain

Ambulance services, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, responsibilities

Ambulance services, certificate of need, removal

Appropriation, inpatient psychiatric services, Hospital District IV

April, Veterans' Health Awareness Month, designating

Assisted outpatient treatment, severe mental illness, court orders

Assisted-living communities, certification

Birthing centers, freestanding, licensing and certificate of need

Board of health, gender-neutral language

Board of Nursing, membership, licensed practical nurse, addition

Board of Nursing, membership, nurse anesthetist

Board of Nursing, membership, Senate confirmation

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, addition of gender-neutral language

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, data

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, mental health crisis services, suicide prevention

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Health Data and Analytics, removing

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, reorganization

Certified alcohol and drug counselor supervisor, requirements

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, recognizing

Child abuse and neglect recognition training, requirement

Child abuse, neglect, and sexual exploitation investigations, requirements

Child Welfare and Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committees, repeal

Children's Oral Health Awareness Day, recognizing

Chronic pain treatments, coverage

Commonwealth West Healthcare Workforce Innovation Center, career pathways

Community health worker, certification

Community Mental Health Center, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, mobile crisis services fund

Community Mental Health Center, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, mobile crisis services fund

Community Mental Health Center, mobile crisis services, establishment

Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Awareness Day, May 16, 2022

Controlled substance prescribing, practitioners, licensing boards

Controlled Substance Prescribing Review Panel, creation

Controlled substances, prescriptive authority

County department of health, gender-neutral language

Coverage for medical services

COVID-19, emergency actions, occupational exposure

COVID-19, immunization status, serology test

COVID-19 precautions, educational settings, prohibition of requirements, exceptions

COVID-19 treatment, license protection, health care providers

COVID-19 vaccination, child requirement, consent

Dental services, health insurance, requirements

Dental services, provider, requirements

Dental services, requirements

Department of Veterans' Affairs, assistance to veterans in finding healthcare

Diabetic Ketoacidosis Awareness Day, April 26, 2022

Dietitians, licensing fees

Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day, designation of May 17 of each year as

Down syndrome and spina bifida, information

Eating disorders, awareness

Emergency medical services, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, responsibilities

Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact

Emergency use authorized drugs, requirements

Essential caregiver visitation, permit

Essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements

Facial coverings, limited prohibition of requirement, response to COVID-19 pandemic

Facial coverings, public postsecondary educational institution property, opt-out provision

Facial coverings, public postsecondary educational institution property, prohibition of requirement

Family planning program and services, prenatal and postnatal services, Medicaid, establishment

Feminine hygiene products, elementary and secondary students, provision

First Responder, Doctor, Nurse, and Health Care Professional Recognition Day, recognition of

First responder, emergency medical services, designation

Gender transition procedures, children, prohibition

Genetic information, collection, use, or disclosure of genetic information, regulation

Genetic tests requirements, post-mortem examinations

Harm reduction centers, establishment of pilot program

Harm reduction centers, establishment of program

Health care providers, addition of gender-neutral language

Health care providers, appropriation of funds, emergency provisions

Health care services agencies, required registration

Health departments, enforcement of antismoking laws and ordinances

Health disparity impact of legislation, review

Healthcare charges, itemized statement, requirements

Healthcare provider tax, gross revenue calculation caps, eliminated

Healthcare worker loan forgiveness program, creation

Healthcare workforce, shortage, task force

Heart attack response and treatment, protocols

Home and community-based services providers, workers' compensation and unemployment coverage

Homeless services, operator's licenses and personal IDs, issuance procedures

Hospital districts, gender-neutral language

Human DNA, collection or transfer of human DNA, prohibition

Hyde Amendment, prohibition of federal funds for abortions, support

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment pilot program, urging Congress to include KY VA Medical Centers

Immunization requirement, exemptions, action for damages

Implicit bias training, requiring

Individual-directed care, end of life

Infant Mortality Task Force, establishment

International nursing applicants, temporary work permits

Kentucky all-payer claims database, establishment

Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program, establishment

Laboratory test results, disclosure

Legalized abortions, Roe v. Wade, anniversary

Legislative task force, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, creation

Limited health service benefit plans, requirements

Limited health service benefit plans, requirements, provider charges for services

Limited health services, provider, charges, requirements

Limited X-ray machine operator, criteria

Living organ donation, promotion of

Local health departments, drug test sample collection, requirement

Long-term care facilities, assisted living community, personal care home, licensure

Long-term care facility, bed rails, request for use

Lung Cancer Screening Program, establishment

Maternal and infant mortality and disparities, awareness

Maternal mortality and morbidity, prevention of

Maternity health, mental health awareness, information

Medicaid managed care contract, limiting

Medicaid, opportunity account not disqualification of eligibility

Medicaid waiver, severe mental illness

Medical malpractice claims, reporting

Medical marijuana, safety and efficacy research, advocating

Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment form, advance directives, updates

Medicinal cannabis program, establishment

Mental Health Flag, support childhood mental health awareness, designation

Mental health wellness examination, coverage requirement

Mentally ill, addition of gender-neutral language

Naloxone, school employee administration, requirement

Narcotic treatment programs, buprenorphine products

Narcotic treatment programs, specific medication choices

Newborn and infant screening, cytomegalovirus, testing requirements

Newborn and infant screening program, cytomegalovirus (CMV), inclusion

Newborn safety device, permitting

Nurse licensing, practitioners from other states

Nurses, out-of-state applicants

Nutritionists, certification fees

Occupational licenses, recognition of military training

Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact

Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government

Opioid antagonist, overdose reversal

Opioid reversal agent, school employee administration

Oral Cancer Awareness Month, April 2022, recognizing

PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day, October 9, 2022

Parental depression screenings, coverage, requirement

Parental rights, termination, neonatal abstinence syndrome

Patient-directed care, end of life

Perinatal care, advisory committee, establishment

Physician assistant, licensure requirements, supervising physician agreement

Pilot program, substance abuse and mental health

Postpartum depression, assessment, health care providers

Postsecondary education institutions, immunization requirement, exemptions

Postsecondary education institutions, vaccination requirement, prohibition

Pregnant women inmates, requirements

Prescription digital therapeutics, Medicaid program, coverage and reimbursement

Primary care perceptor tax credit, primary care Health Professional Shortage Area

Prior authorization exemptions

Prosthetic and orthotic devices, insurance coverage

Providers, prohibition of discrimination for acts of conscience

Reproductive privacy, right to, establishment

School nurses, requirement

Sex offender, registered, provision of information

State employee health plan, Kentucky Kare standard, elimination

Stillbirths, individual income tax credit, creation

Stroke centers, designation as certified

Students, qualified mental health professionals

Substance abuse, involuntary treatment, required standard of proof

Telehealth services, out-of-state delivery

Treatment of adults in psychiatric residential facilities and hospitals, Medicaid coverage

UK HealthCare, recognizing

Veterans, serious injury or trauma, notification, Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs


Last updated: 2/8/2023 2:57 PM (EST)