| Last Action | 02/07/25: 3rd reading, passed 34-0-3 |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers. |
| Bill Documents |
Current
Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1070 |
| Sponsors | S. Funke Frommeyer, J. Adams, C. Armstrong, K. Herron, A. Mays Bledsoe, G. Neal, S. Rawlings, L. Tichenor |
| 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; establish criteria for a medical director; establish requirements for obtaining written informed consent; require a written patient transfer agreement with a hospital that provides obstetric services; require a written patient transfer agreement with an emergency medical transportation service; exempt a center with no more than four beds from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; state intent not to limit or expand liability of a center or health care provider or facility; require medical malpractice insurance for freestanding birthing centers; prohibit abortions in freestanding birthing centers; amend KRS 216B.015 to include freestanding birthing centers in the definition of "health facility"; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, 216.2921, 216.2923, 216.2925, 216.2927, and 216.2970 to conform; require the cabinet to promulgate updated administrative regulations by December 1, 2025; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Health and Medical Services - Birthing centers, freestanding, licensing and certificate of need Hospitals and Nursing Homes - 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 Reproductive Issues - Birthing centers, freestanding, licensing and certificate of need Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, freestanding birthing centers, licensure Short Titles and Popular Names - Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act |
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Last updated: 2/7/2025 3:52 PM (EST)