Create a new section of KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish procedures for a child charged with a public offense or subject to a court order to determine if the child is a high acuity youth; establish procedures for securing a treatment plan, and dispute resolution through a review process and the court if the parties cannot agree to a plan; require a 24-hour protocol for health facilities, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the courts to direct care; establish reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care of a child by psychiatric hospitals and pediatric teaching hospitals; establish procedures for discharge of the child from inpatient admission under specific circumstances.

Children And Minors - Family medical leave, state employees Labor And Industry - Family medical leave, state employees Parental Rights - Family medical leave, state employees Personnel And Employment - Family medical leave, state employees State Agencies - Personnel Cabinet, family medical leave, state employees, establishment State Employees - Family medical leave, executive branch employees, establishment Wages And Hours - Family medical leave, state employees Workforce - Family medical leave, state employees Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Personnel Cabinet, family medical leave

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Kentucky Department of Agriculture, medicinal hemp, regulation Agriculture - Hemp cultivators, medical hemp products, regulation Drugs And Medicines - Medicinal hemp, regulation, quality assurance, safety protocols Effective Dates, Emergency - Medicinal hemp, regulation, quality assurance, safety protocols Short Titles And Popular Names - Kentucky Medicinal Hemp Farmers Act

Amend KRS 30A.145 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to prepare an all-time list each month of persons convicted of a felony, including persons whose cases are on appeal, and provide the list to the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 83A.040 to require a special election if more than the majority of the membership of a legislative body is vacated because of an election error due to no fault of any candidate or fraud; establish that members of the legislative body whose term expires shall remain in office until the contest and any appeals of the regular election are complete and final; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the State Board of Elections to compare the statewide voter registration system against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, or its successor program, each month to remove registered voters who are not citizens of the United States within 5 days; require the State Board of Elections to forward the name, date of birth, last known address, and voter registration record of any individual who is removed to the Attorney General; require the State Board of Elections to notify the county clerk of the county in which the voter lived of the removal; amend KRS 116.113 to specify that the Administrative Office of the Courts shall include persons convicted of a felony whose case is on appeal in the lists they send to the State Board of Elections for removal from the voter registration records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to define "cast vote record"; allow county clerks to use a ballot verifier software program to produce electronic images of cast ballots and cast vote records for public inspection, as long as the records do not contain voter-identifying information; allow counties to use the software program to perform additional audits; establish that the State Board of Elections shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish uniform standards for formatting, publication, and redaction of images of ballots and cast vote records; amend KRS 117.125 to establish that no voting equipment or voting systems shall be purchased after the effective date of the Act that utilize non-human readable codes, including barcodes, QR codes, or other encrypted markings to represent or tabulate a voter's choices on the ballot; amend KRS 117.383 to require that the ballot scanner and race selected for a hand-to-eye recount by the Secretary of State shall have at least 10 votes cast; amend KRS Chapter 118.176 to establish that a person who successfully challenges the bona fides of a candidate may recover certain costs; create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 118A to establish that judicial candidates may disclose their political party, state current and past voter registration status, and communicate political values or viewpoints consistent with that party affiliation; establish that judicial candidates shall not claim to be the official nominee of a political party, use language or materials that imply nomination, designation, or endorsement by a political party, or use party symbols, slogans, or imagery in a manner that would lead someone to believe they are running in a partisan election; amend KRS 120.165 to require the county clerk and local board of elections to call a special election if a majority of the offices of a legislative body are deemed vacant; establish that a person bringing a successful election contest may recover certain costs; amend KRS 121.015 to define "executive committee of a political party"; amend KRS 121.150 to allow federal candidates to contribute to a party executive committee if the amount of the contribution is within contribution limits and if the contribution is not earmarked for any particular candidate or slate of candidates; specify that a qualified political party committee, including a state or county executive committee, may endorse, support, oppose, and make contributions or expenditures to nonpartisan candidates; EMERGENCY.

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Adjudicative proceeding, foreign law, unenforceability Contracts - Choice of law, foreign law, unenforceability Courts - Adjudicative proceeding, foreign law, unenforceability International Trade And Relations - Foreign law, contracts, adjudications, unenforceability

Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Outdoor, Nature-Based Early Learning and Child Care Program Advisory Committee, establishment Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Outdoor nature-based early learning and child-care program, licensure requirements Children And Minors - Outdoor nature-based early learning and child-care program, licensure requirements Labor And Industry - Outdoor nature-based early learning and child-care program, licensure requirements Licensing - Outdoor nature-based early learning and child-care program, licensure requirements Occupations And Professions - Outdoor nature-based early learning and child-care program, licensure requirements

Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt from motor vehicle usage tax any motor vehicle purchased by current members of the Kentucky National Guard or reserve component, motor vehicles brought into the Commonwealth that were sold by a dealer in another state to a member of the Armed Forces on duty in the Commonwealth while that person was on temporary duty in another state, and motor vehicles registered outside the state by a veteran or member of the United States Armed Forces that were purchased while that person was a member of the Armed Forces.

Boards And Commissions - Public postsecondary education institution boards, faculty removal process Education, Higher - Board of trustees, faculty removal process, creation Education, Higher - Public postsecondary institutions, faculty removal process, creation Effective Dates, Emergency - Public postsecondary education institutions, faculty removal Universities And Colleges - Board of regents, faculty removal process, creation Universities And Colleges - Public postsecondary institutions, faculty removal process, creation

Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Fire Commission, joint agreement with Division of Emergency Management, requirement Firefighters And Fire Departments - Professional development and wellness program, rescue squad members, expansion Mental Health - Rescue squad members, professional development and wellness program Military Affairs And Civil Defense - Division of Emergency Management, joint agreement with Kentucky Fire Commission, requirement Public Safety - Rescue squad members, professional development and wellness program Short Titles And Popular Names - Gavin"s Rights

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Kentucky Advisory Council of Licensed Lactation Consultants, licensure Background Checks - Lactation consultants, licensure Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Nursing, lactation consultants, licensure, duties Health And Medical Services - Lactation consultants, licensure Licensing - Licensed lactation consultants, exemption, fees, renewal Occupations And Professions - Kentucky Advisory Council of Licensed Lactation Consultants, licensure Public Health - Kentucky Advisory Council of Licensed Lactation Consultants, licensure Women - Maternal health, lactation consultants, licensure

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, 1915(c) waiver, coverage for assisted living services Aged Persons And Aging - Medicaid, 1915(c) waiver, coverage for assisted living services Health And Medical Services - Medicaid 1915(c) waiver, coverage for assisted living services Hospitals And Health Facilities - Medicaid, 1915(c) waiver, coverage for assisted living services Medicaid - 1915(c) waiver, coverage for assisted living services State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, 1915(c) waiver, coverage for assisted living services

Education, Elementary And Secondary - Refugee assistance, cost of attendance, estimation Education, Elementary And Secondary - Department of Education, data sharing for refugee report Federal Laws And Regulations - Department for Community Based Services, refugee assistance, administration Immigration - Refugee assistance, Department for Community Based Services, administration Public Assistance - Refugee assistance, Department for Community Based Services, administration Public Health - Refugee assistance, Department for Community Based Services, administration Reports Mandated - Department for Community Based Services, refugee settlement and assistance, July 1, 2027 State Agencies - Department for Community Based Services, refugee assistance, administration State Agencies - Department of Education, data sharing for refugee report

Attorney General - Consumer data rights, enforcement Consumer Protection - Consumer data rights, social media, artificial intelligence, interoperability Data Protection - Personal data protection, consumer data rights, social media, artificial intelligence Short Titles And Popular Names - Kentucky Digital Choice Act Trade Practices And Retailing - Personal data protection, consumer data rights, artificial intelligence, interoperability interfaces Trade Practices And Retailing - Personal data protection, consumer data rights, social media, interoperability interfaces

Attorney General - Impartiality of tribunal, appointment request for special judge, procedure, authorization Attorney General - Impartiality of tribunal, appointment request for special judge, procedure, establishment Civil Actions - Impartiality of tribunal, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Civil Procedure - Impartiality of tribunal, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Court, Supreme - Impartiality of tribunal, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Courts, Circuit - Impartiality of judge, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Courts, District - Impartiality of judge, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Judges And Court Commissioners - Impartiality of tribunal, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment

Education, Elementary And Secondary - Local school district, preschool programs Reports Mandated - Kentucky Department of Education, preschool expansion State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, local school district, preschool programs