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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 473

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Department for Community Based Services, foster care child placement Boards And Commissions - State Citizen Foster Care Review Board, reporting requirement Children And Minors - Foster care child placement, requirements Public Buildings And Grounds - State office buildings, foster care child placement, prohibition State Agencies - Department for Community Based Services, foster care child placements, requirements Reports Mandated - State Citizen Foster Care Review Board, child placement changes
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 553

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; prohibit use of state or local government funds for the provision or subsidy of gender transition services; require licensing or certifying agencies to revoke a health care provider's license for a violation; direct that intentional violation by a public servant shall be a violation of KRS 522.030; amend KRS 15.241 to authorize the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief and penalties for a violation of gender transition services prohibitions; amend KRS 156.496 to prohibit family resource or youth services centers from providing or making referrals for gender transition services; amend KRS 39A.180 to prohibit suspension of gender transition services laws during an emergency; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304, and KRS 205.6481 to 205.6495, and amend KRS 205.5365, 18A.225, 164.2871, and 304.17C-125, to prohibit publicly funded health plans, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP), publicly funded limited health service benefit plans, the state employee health plan, and state postsecondary education institution self-insured health plans from providing payment or coverage for gender transition services; amend KRS 605.110 to direct that gender transition services are not authorized for a child committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice; 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.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 554

Amend KRS 61.702, relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the State Police Retirement System, to increase the hazardous duty under age 65 retiree health subsidy to $50 per month for each year of service, respectively, for those members who meet the "career threshold" who began participating in the system on or after July 1, 2003, and who are eligible for a fixed-dollar retiree health subsidy not tied to the premium; extend the employee contribution used to fund retiree health benefits to include hazardous duty members who began participating in the system on or after July 1, 2003, and increase the current hazardous employee contribution rate to 2% of pay for those eligible for the fixed-dollar retiree health subsidy; make technical amendments regarding the retiree health premium reimbursement program to conform to current policy; provide that the amendments to the employee contributions shall be effective July 1, 2027; for calculation of the retiree health subsidy increase, provide that the change shall apply to service earned prior to the effective date of this Act by eligible members, including retirees, and shall prospectively be adjusted annually by the 1.5% increase currently provided in statute; provide that subsidies payable to impacted retirees shall begin on or after January 1, 2027, to coincide with the next health plan year; direct the Public Pension Oversight Board to continue to review the retiree health fund actuarial data and evaluate potential legislative options to address any future continued improvements in the funds.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 555

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Kentucky Board of Education, competitive food sales fines, student-based enterprise exemption Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, competitive food sales fines, student-based enterprise exemption Boards And Commissions - Local board of education, competitive food sales authorization, student-based enterprises Education, Elementary And Secondary - Competitive food sales, student-based enterprises, authorization Education, Finance - Competitive food sales, student-based enterprises, authorization Fees - Competitive food sales at schools, student-based enterprises, exemption Foods And Beverages - School-based competitive food sales, student-based enterprises, authorization
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 537

Children And Minors - Adoptive child placement, restrictions Children And Minors - Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions Children And Minors - Foster child placement, restrictions Children And Minors - Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions Courts - Adoptive child placement, restrictions Courts - Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions Courts - Foster child placement, restrictions Courts - Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions Crimes And Punishments - Adoptive child placement, restrictions Crimes And Punishments - Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions Crimes And Punishments - Foster child placement, restrictions Crimes And Punishments - Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions Public Safety - Adoptive child placement, restrictions Public Safety - Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions Public Safety - Foster child placement, restrictions Public Safety - Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions Domestic Relations - Child placement, restricting
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 536

Area Development Districts - Housing development districts, assistance, requirement Housing, Building, And Construction - Housing development districts, establishment Land Use - Housing development districts, establishment Local Government - Housing development districts, establishment Local Government - Housing Incentive Payment Program, establishment Property - Housing development districts, establishment Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Economic Development, housing development districts, report Reports Mandated - Department for Local Government, housing development districts, report State Agencies - Cabinet for Economic Development, housing development districts, promotion of program State Agencies - Department for Local Government, housing development districts, report Taxation, Property - Housing development districts, establishment Education, Elementary And Secondary - Housing development districts, participation Interlocal Cooperation - Housing development districts, establishment Special Districts - Housing development districts, participation Special Purpose Governmental Entities - Housing development districts, participation
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 538

Health And Medical Services - Medicaid, managed care organization provider audits, requirements Health Care Professionals - Medicaid, managed care organization provider audits, requirements Medicaid - Managed care organization provider audits, requirements Reports Mandated - Department for Medicaid Services, annual report, Medicaid claims, requirement State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, annual report, requirement State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, promulgation of administrative regulations, authorization Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Department for Medicaid Services, provider audits, authorizaton
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 540

Amend KRS 525.010 to define "religious organization" and "religious service"; make technical corrections to existing definitions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish the crime of interference with a religious service as a Class A misdemeanor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for interference with a religious service; amend KRS 525.200 to conform.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 541

Amend KRS 15.310 to define "agency" and "court order"; amend KRS 15.382 to provide that minimum standards for peace officer certification shall be met prior to being hired; exclude any candidate that is prohibited by a court order from possessing a firearm; provide that certain screening tests conducted by local law enforcement agencies be approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; amend KRS 15.3975 to provide that any extension for a court security officer to complete required training may be granted by the executive director of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; amend KRS 15.404 to provide that any extension for a peace officer to complete required training may be granted by the executive director of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; amend KRS 15.405 to require an agency to request previous employment records for a candidate before making a conditional offer of employment; amend KRS 15.990 to provide that any agency who does not comply with KRS 15.405 shall be subject to a fine of between $25 and $1,000.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 549

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, pregnancy resource centers, licensure Health And Medical Services - Pregnancy resource centers, licensure Licensing - Pregnancy resource centers, requirement Nurses - Pregnancy resource centers, licensure State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, pregnancy resource centers, licensure Women - Pregnancy resource centers, licensure Health Care Professionals - Pregnancy resource centers, licensure Hospitals And Health Facilities - Pregnancy resource centers, licensure Reproductive Issues - Pregnancy resource centers, licensure Crimes And Punishments - Pregnancy resource centers, unlicensed operation or advertisement, Class A misdemeanor Public Health - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, pregnancy resource centers, licensure Physicians - Pregnancy resource centers, licensure
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 533

Budget And Financial Administration - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028 Effective Dates, Emergency - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028 Highways, Streets, And Bridges - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028 State Agencies - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028 Transportation - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 535

Effective Dates, Emergency - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs Energy - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs Environment And Conservation - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs Pollution - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs Public Utilities - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, financing order rate freeze for 2 years
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 55

Children And Minors - Parental rights relating to cellular phones, establishment Communications - Parental rights relating to cellular phones, establishment Parental Rights - Cellular phones, right to control, establishment Technology - Parental rights relating to cellular phones, establishment Civil Actions - Parental rights relating to cellular phones, establishment
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 550

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; provide rights related to access to contraception; create private right of action; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exclude contraception from cost defrayal requirements; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary institution to its employees, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate section; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes as required under KRS 205.5372(1); include provisions for cost defrayal requirements; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 551

Propose to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a right of the people to have a healthy environment, including a right to clean air, pure water, and ecologically healthy habitats; declare the Commonwealth's natural resources, among them its air, water, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, the common property of all people, including generations yet to come; establish that as trustee of the environment and its natural resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection; provide that is Act may be cited as the Legacy Amendment.