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HB 896 (BR 1118) - J. Richards
AN ACT relating to the establishment of a program to encourage retirees to make their homes in Kentucky.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to create a Kentucky Certified Retirement Community Program in the Tourism Development Cabinet to encourage retirees to live in Kentucky; establish the mission of the program; require coordination with the Cabinet for Economic Development and the Office of Aging Services; establish requirements for communities to be certified as a Kentucky Certified Retirement Community; define what assistance the Tourism Development Cabinet shall provide to certified communities; provide that the Act shall be implemented by the Tourism Development Cabinet to the extent that appropriations from the General Assembly are available.
HB 896 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, J. Richards) - Add preamble; add health care services and other services necessary to enable persons to age in the least restrictive environment to the criteria used for certification of retirement communities; require coordination with the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs and the Department of Veterans' Affairs; require that emergency medical services be accessible to certified communities; require communities to adopt a long term plan for maintaining its desirability as a destination for retirees, and require that the long range plan be submitted to the Tourism and Development Cabinet; require an annual evaluation and progress assessment for certified communities.
SCA (1, K. Stine) - Make technical corrections.
SFA (2, M. Long) - Add "Consumer protection relating to retirees" to the issues of interest to potential retirees and renumber paragraphs accordingly; add a new section of KRS Chapter 376 to establish a "zero call list" for persons over 70 years of age who do not want to receive telephone solicitations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to make the foregoing an unfair trade practice.
SFA (3, M. Long) - Add "Consumer protection relating to retirees" to the issues of interest to potential retirees; add a new section of KRS Chapter 376 to establish, as a consumer protection measure for retirees who may retire in a Kentucky Certified Retirement Community, a "zero call list" for persons over 70 years of age who do not want to receive telephone solicitations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to make the foregoing an unfair trade practice.
Feb 28-introduced in House
Feb 29-to Seniors, Military Affairs and Public Safety (H)
Mar 3-posted in committee
Mar 7-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Mar 8-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 9-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2000
Mar 13-3rd reading, passed 90-1 with committee amendment (1)
Mar 14-received in Senate
Mar 16-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Mar 20-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Mar 21-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (2) filed
Mar 22-floor amendment (3) filed
Mar 29-recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
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