Kentucky
General Assembly

02/06/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/11/25	to Judiciary (S)
02/13/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/14/25	2nd reading, to Rules
02/18/25	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 18, 2025 3rd reading, passed 31-6 floor amendment (1) filed
02/19/25	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/07/25	floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed to Judiciary (H)
03/11/25	floor amendment (3) filed
03/12/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar floor amendments (4) and (5) filed

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	K. Berg
Summary	Amend to allow a person to continue existing treatment using cross-sex hormones while incarcerated if the person was undergoing that treatment upon admission to the correctional facility.
Index Headings	Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Hormone treatment, continuation, allowing Criminal Procedure - Hormone treatment, continuation, allowing Drugs and Medicines - Hormone treatment, continuation, allowing

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Calloway
Summary	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms;prohibit health care providers from accepting payment or reimbursement for gender transition services from a state or local government or Medicare, except when specific conditions exist; require licensing or certifying agencies to revoke a health care provider's license for a violation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 and Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304, and amend KRS 18A.225, 164.2871, and 304.17C-125 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP), state or local government health plans and limited health service benefit plans, health plans and limited health service benefit plans that provide Medicare benefits that are publicly funded or subsidized, the state employee health plan, and state postsecondary education institution self-insured health plans to comply with the prohibition on payment or coverage for gender transition services; state findings of the General Assembly relating to the purpose of the Act; apply certain provisions to health plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of Act.
Index Headings	Drugs and Medicines - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Health and Medical Services - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Insurance, Health - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Licensing - Gender transition services, prohibited payment, health care license revocation Local Mandate - Gender transition services, KCHIP payment or coverage, prohibition Mental Health - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Physicians and Practitioners - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Public Medical Assistance - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Medicaid - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Children and Minors - Gender transition services, KCHIP payment or coverage, prohibition Piggybacked Bills - HB 154

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	J. Calloway
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 2/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	C. Massaroni
Summary	Delete original provisions;
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Subject to search, incarcerated youth Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Subject to search, prisoners Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Elective procedures, prisoners, prohibition Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Separate facilities, by sex Health and Medical Services - Elective procedures, prisoners, prohibition Jails and Jailers - Separate facilities, by sex Jails and Jailers - Subject to search, jail inmates Piggybacked Bills - HB 5

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	J. Calloway
Summary	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; prohibit payment or coverage for gender transition services.
Index Headings	Drugs and Medicines - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Health and Medical Services - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Insurance, Health - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Mental Health - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Physicians and Practitioners - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Public Medical Assistance - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Medicaid - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Children and Minors - Gender transition services, KCHIP payment or coverage, prohibition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	A. Donworth
Summary	Remove prohibition on hormone treatments.
Index Headings	Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Hormone treatment, prohibition, remove Drugs and Medicines - Hormone treatment, prohibition, remove Health and Medical Services - Hormone treatment, prohibition, remove