Kentucky
General Assembly

01/05/24	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
01/08/24	to Families & Children (S)
01/30/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
01/31/24	2nd reading, to Rules
02/02/24	recommitted to Families & Children (S)
02/20/24	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 22, 2024
02/22/24	3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
02/23/24	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/01/24	to Families & Children (H)
03/07/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/08/24	2nd reading, to Rules
03/21/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
03/22/24	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
04/12/24	floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendment (1) floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
04/15/24	3rd reading, passed 91-1 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (2), and committee amendment (1-title) passed 29-5-2 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor
04/18/24	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 207)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete the definitions of "local child and maternal fatality response team" and "state child and maternal fatality review team"; permit the Department for Public Health to establish a separate state child fatality review team; provide that the child fatality review team may include representatives of law enforcement agencies with investigation responsibilities for child fatalities and the Commonwealth's and county attorney offices; permit rather than require the development of local child fatality response teams; delete inclusion of "maternal" in local teams; require the state review teams to cooperate with the External Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel; require the department to establish a state maternal fatality review team; provide that the state maternal fatality review team may include representatives of public health, social services, law enforcement, coroners, health-care providers, and other agencies or professions deemed appropriate; establish the duties of the state maternal fatality review team; permit separate reports for the state child fatality review team and the state maternal fatality review team; add protections for the proceedings, records, opinions, and deliberations of the state child fatality review team and the maternal fatality review team; amend KRS 211.686 to delete the inclusion of "maternal" in local teams; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to use health data collected pursuant to KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929 for annual delivery reports and permit the use of other sources if necessary.
Index Headings	Health and Medical Services - Delivery procedures, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, report Public Health - Child fatality review team, permit Public Health - Local child fatality response teams, permit Public Health - Maternal fatality review team, establishment State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, delivery procedures, report State Agencies - Department for Public Health, fatality review team, establishment Women - Maternal fatality review team, establishment Children and Minors - Child fatality review team, permit Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, delivery procedures

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 211.575 to change the required statewide system for stroke response and treatment annual report date to September 1 of each year; amend KRS 211.689 to change the definition of "home visitation" and "home visitation program" and make technical changes; amend KRS 211.690 to allow for an electronic agreement to be submitted for the HANDS program; amend KRS 213.046 to change the reference from local registrar to state registrar and a timeline for submission from 10 days to five days related to birth certificates; amend KRS 387.540, related to individuals that compile an interdisciplinary report, to add an employee of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services with relevant expertise; make technical changes.
Index Headings	Health and Medical Services - Statewide system for stroke response and treatment, annual report, requirement State Agencies - Office of Vital Statistics, birth certificates, requirements Children and Minors - HANDS program electronic agreements, authorization Technical Corrections - HCS 1 to SB 74

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Heavrin
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 74/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	N. Tate
Summary	Amend KRS 158.1415 to require a school district to adopt health curricula that includes human growth and development instruction that meets specific criteria; set restrictions for the instruction that grants parents an opportunity to review materials and opt their child out of instruction; provide that Section 9 of the Act may be cited as the Baby Olivia Act.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Human growth and development instruction, requirements, parental notification Children and Minors - Human growth and development instruction, requirements, parental notification Short Titles and Popular Names - Baby Olivia Act

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	K. Moser
Summary	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms; establish duties and responsibilities of the program; direct that the program shall be operated by the Department for Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health; amend KRS 211.122 to establish that the collaborative panel related to maternal and infant health shall be renamed the Kentucky Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative; establish formal membership of the collaborative; require that the collaborative annually review the operations of the new Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program; amend KRS 211.690, related to the Health Access Nurturing Development Services Program to require the HANDS Program provide information related to lactation consultation, breastfeeding, and safe sleep for babies; establish that the program participants shall participate in the home visitation program through in-person face-to-face methods or through tele-service delivery methods; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for the coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amend KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with the special enrollment requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with the special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid coverage of maternity services; amend KRS 205.592 to allow Medicaid income limit for certain women and children to be increased under certain circumstances; amend KRS 205.6485 to require Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program to provide maternity coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for lactation consultation and breastfeeding equipment; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver if potential cost defrayment or loss of federal funds is identified; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study doula certification programs nationally; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to define "in-home program" and "telehealth"; establish health insurance coverage for an in-home program and telehealth services; amend new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define "in-home program" and "telehealth"; establish health insurance coverage for an in-home program and telehealth services; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
Index Headings	Education, Higher - State postsecondary institution self-insured employer plans, maternity care, coverage requirement Education, Higher - State postsecondary institution self-insured employer plans, special enrollment period, pregnancy Effective Dates, Delayed - Health care coverage, women and children, effective January 1, 2025 Insurance, Health - Maternity care, coverage requirement Insurance, Health - Special enrollment period, pregnancy Reproductive Issues - Pregnancy, health insurance, special enrollment period State Employees - Health plan, maternity care, coverage requirement State Employees - Health plan, special enrollment period, pregnancy Studies Directed - Doula certification programs, Cabinet for Health and Family Services Women - Maternity care, health insurance coverage Women - Pregnancy, health insurance, special enrollment period Medicaid - Income limit, women and children