Kentucky
General Assembly

01/06/23	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/07/23	to Families & Children (S)
02/14/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/15/23	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2023
02/16/23	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
02/17/23	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
02/21/23	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
02/22/23	3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
02/23/23	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/03/23	to Families & Children (H)
03/09/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/10/23	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023
03/13/23	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/14/23	3rd reading, passed 80-20 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/15/23	received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for concurrence in Committee Substitute (1), House Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title) Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title) passed 30-6
03/16/23	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor
03/27/23	filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
03/29/23	became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 124)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Keep original provisions; amend KRS 12.020 to remove the provisions placing Serve Kentucky within the Education and Labor Cabinet and dissolving the Department for Family Resource Centers and Volunteer Services within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; dissolve the Department for Income Support but at a later effective date; keep the Office of Inspector General within the Office of the Secretary and remove the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; create a new office, the Commonwealth Office of the Inspector General, and attach it to the Governor's Office; attach a newly formed office, the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman, to the Auditor of Public Accounts; amend KRS 194A.030 to remove the provision placing the Division of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers within the jurisdiction of the Department for Community Based Services and remove provisions dissolving the Department for Family Resource Centers and Volunteer Services, keep the Office of the Inspector General within the Office of the Secretary but change the responsibilities of the Office of the Inspector General, and remove the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 151B.015 to remove the provision placing Serve Kentucky within the Education and Labor Cabinet; remove KRS 194A.570, 194A.572, 194A.575, and 194A.578 from the bill; no longer require the county attorney to administer the program of child support recovery but permit the county attorney to administer it; amend KRS 403.212 to require the Office of the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations establishing a child support obligation worksheet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to establish the Commonwealth Office of the Inspector General and establish the office's responsibilities; amend KRS 205.8455, 205.8465, and 213.101 to replace the Office of Inspector General within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services with the newly created Commonwealth Office of the Inspector General; amend KRS 205.8483 to replace the Office of Inspector General within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services with the newly created Commonwealth Office of Inspector General and require the cabinet and the Commonwealth Office of Inspector General to work together to establish a single toll-free hotline; amend KRS 218A.202 to include the Commonwealth Office of Inspector General; amend KRS 216.510 and 216.535 to create a new definition; amend KRS 216.530, 216.555, 216.557, 216.560, 216.565, 216.573, 216.575, 216.577, 216.590, and 216.597 to replace the cabinet with the Commonwealth Office of Inspector General as the office in charge of survey, inspection, and investigations and the office in charge of issuing citations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 43 to establish the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman and to list its duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 209.005, 212.230, and 224.46-335 to conform; amend KRS 15.111 to require the Office of Attorney General to conduct and provide oversight of administrating hearings as it relates to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and report to the Commonwealth Office of Inspector General any investigations, charges, or cases against employees of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 12.020 and 194A.030 to include the changes made initially and to dissolve the Department for Income Support, effective July 1, 2025; amend KRS 43.030 to remove the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman from the direct supervision of the assistant auditor; require that all programmatic staff, resources, and administrative functions of the child support enforcement program be transferred from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Office of the Attorney General; require the Office of the Attorney General and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to issue a report; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Education and Labor Cabinet to issue a report; require all programmatic staff, resources, and administrative functions to be transferred with the department or program being reorganized and transferred; EFFECTIVE in parts, July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025.
Index Headings	Courts, Circuit - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration Courts, District - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration Crimes and Punishments - Attorney General, child support enforcement program Disabilities and the Disabled - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services, administration Disabilities and the Disabled - Disability Determination Services program, Education and Labor Cabinet, administration Disabilities and the Disabled - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Department for Public Health Effective Dates, Delayed - Reorganization, health and family services programs, various dates Guardians - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services, administration Reorganization - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services, administration Reorganization - Attorney General, administrative review, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, administration Reorganization - Disability Determination Services program, Education and Labor Cabinet, administration Reorganization - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Department for Public Health, administration Reorganization - Office of Ombudsman, Auditor of Public Accounts, attachment Reorganization - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration Reorganization - Office of the Inspector General, state agency, independent office, establishment State Agencies - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services, administration State Agencies - Disability Determination Services program, Education and Labor Cabinet, administration State Agencies - DMS, DAIL, DBHDID, Medicaid waiver, report State Agencies - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Department for Public Health, administration State Agencies - Office of Human Resource Management, Personnel Cabinet, report State Agencies - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration State Agencies - Office of the Inspector General, Office of the Secretary, separation of agencies Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, findings, recommendations, and action plan Reports Mandated - DMS, DAIL, DBHDID, findings, recommendations, and action plan Workforce - Disability Determination Services program, Education and Labor Cabinet, administration Workforce - Office of Human Resource Management, Personnel Cabinet, identify systemic barriers, require Courts, Family - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Attorney General, child support enforcement program, promulgation of administrative regulations Aged Persons and Aging - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services Attorney General - Administrative review, Cabinet for Health and Family Services Attorney General - Child support enforcement program Auditor of Public Accounts - Office of the Ombudsman, Auditor of Public Accounts, reorganization Children and Minors - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Department for Public Health Children and Minors - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	B. Storm
Summary	Require local county attorneys to be the designees of the Office of the Attorney General for purposes of administering the child support program and allow the county attorney to decline the designation.
Index Headings	Attorney, County - Child support recovery, designee, requirement Attorney General - Child support recovery, designee, requirement

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 194A.030 by redesignating responsibility of regulatory functions related to survey and enforcement of licensure requirements, determining penalties for any violation of licensure requirements, and reviewing of health facilities participating in transplant programs back to the Office of Inspector General within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and removing that responsibility from the newly created Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits; allow the Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits to issue subpoenas, promulgate administrative regulations, and authorize its agents or representatives to enter facilities for inspection, investigation of complaints, and under the conditions set forth in administrative regulations and allow the office to conduct independent investigations in all cabinets of the executive branch; amend KRS 12.020, KRS 12.023, and KRS 15.111 to replace the Commonwealth Office of Inspector General with the Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits; delete changes made to KRS 216.597, 216.590, 216.577, 216.575, 216.573, 216.565, 216.560, 216.557, 216.555, 216.535, 216.530, 216.510; establish various special effective dates; include a severability clause.
Index Headings	Courts, Circuit - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration Courts, District - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration Crimes and Punishments - Attorney General, child support enforcement program Disabilities and the Disabled - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services, administration Disabilities and the Disabled - Disability Determination Services program, Education and Labor Cabinet, administration Disabilities and the Disabled - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Department for Public Health Effective Dates, Delayed - Reorganization, health and family services programs, various dates Guardians - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services, administration Reorganization - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services, administration Reorganization - Attorney General, administrative review, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, administration Reorganization - Disability Determination Services program, Education and Labor Cabinet, administration Reorganization - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Department for Public Health, administration Reorganization - Office of Investigations and Audits, state agency, independent office, establishment Reorganization - Office of Ombudsman, Auditor of Public Accounts, attachment Reorganization - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration State Agencies - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services, administration State Agencies - Disability Determination Services program, Education and Labor Cabinet, administration State Agencies - DMS, DAIL, DBHDID, Medicaid waiver, report State Agencies - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Department for Public Health, administration State Agencies - Office of Human Resource Management, Personnel Cabinet, report State Agencies - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, findings, recommendations, and action plan Reports Mandated - DMS, DAIL, DBHDID, findings, recommendations, and action plan Workforce - Disability Determination Services program, Education and Labor Cabinet, administration Workforce - Office of Human Resource Management, Personnel Cabinet, identify systemic barriers, require Courts, Family - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program, administration Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Attorney General, child support enforcement program Aged Persons and Aging - Adult protective services, Department for Community Based Services Attorney General - Administrative review, Cabinet for Health and Family Services Attorney General - Child support enforcement program Auditor of Public Accounts - Office of the Ombudsman, Auditor of Public Accounts, reorganization Children and Minors - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Department for Public Health Children and Minors - Office of the Attorney General, child support enforcement program

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Heavrin
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 48/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Meade
Summary	Retain original provisions; delete all changes made to KRS 12.023, 205.8455, 205.8465, 205.8483, 218A.202, and 213.101; delete a new provision establishing the Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits; amend KRS 12.020 to remove the newly formed Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits; amend KRS 15.111 to remove any reference to the Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits and replace it with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend 194A.030 to restore all duties and responsibilities back to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Inspector General; amend a new provision establishing to Commonwealth Office of Ombudsman to no longer require the office to report to the Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits but require it to report to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; remove the provision requiring all programmatic staff, personnel, records, files, equipment, resources, funding, and administrative functions of the Office of the Inspector General within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to be transferred to the Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits.
Index Headings	Reorganization - Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits, remove State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Inspector General, restore State Agencies - Commonwealth Office of Investigations and Audits, remove Reorganization - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Inspector General, restore