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signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 17, 2025

SJR 26: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department for Medicaid Services to provide the Legislative Research Commission with a report regarding pharmacist payment parity.

SJR 26 is a joint resolution directing Kentucky's Department for Medicaid Services to prepare a report for the Legislative Research Commission by August 2025. The report will analyze the costs, administrative changes, and potential impacts of extending pharmacist payment parity (currently required for private insurers under House Bill 48) to Medicaid and KCHIP programs. It will cover how implementing this would affect billing for pharmacist services, rural access to care, Medicaid claims, and overall costs, using data on current reimbursement rates and service utilization. This resolution does not change current Medicaid policy but aims to provide data to inform future legislative decisions affecting over 1.4 million Kentuckians covered by Medicaid or KCHIP.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates report on extending pharmacist payment parity to Medicaid, aiming to improve rural access and billing, aligning with healthcare access support.85% confidence
Craig Richardson (R) Rick Girdler (R) David Givens (R) Mike Wilson (R) Jared Carpenter (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2025

HB 164: AN ACT relating to adoption.

HB 164, known as Braylon's Law, allows Kentucky courts to finalize adoptions after a child's death during placement in the adoptive home. It applies to pending adoption cases where the child dies while living with the petitioner, requiring the court to review a guardian's report, hold a hearing, and confirm the adoption meets standard legal requirements. The law enables adoptive parents to legally complete the adoption process even after the child's passing, with the same legal effect as a standard adoption. This change directly affects prospective adoptive parents and courts handling ongoing adoption proceedings. The bill was enacted into law on March 15, 2025.
Bill Wesley (R) Daniel Grossberg (D)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2025

HB 201: AN ACT relating to theft by failure to make required disposition of property.

Amend KRS 514.060, relating to theft of services, to include the conduct of a person holding the property of another under a rental agreement longer than the period agreed upon and depriving the owner of its use for future rentals.
Topics ✗ HousingOpposes HousingCriminalizes tenants holding property beyond lease term, imposing theft penalties that weaken tenant protections by treating lease violations as criminal acts.85% confidence
Jennifer Decker (R) Matt Lockett (R) Steven Rudy (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2025

HB 233: AN ACT relating to the prevention of harmful practices associated with property and casualty insurance.

Amend KRS 367.620 to define terms; amend KRS 367.622 to establish right to cancel a real estate goods or services contract within five business days after an insurer's notice of noncoverage; amend KRS 367.624 to establish notice requirements for real estate goods or services contracts; amend KRS 367.626 to establish cancellation and other requirements for real estate goods or services contracts; amend KRS 367.627 and 367.628 to establish penalties and requirements relating to real estate goods or services trade practices associated with property and casualty insurance; provide that the Act applies to contracts entered on or after the effective date of the Act.
Shawn McPherson (R) Wade Williams (R) Daniel Grossberg (D)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2025

HB 391: AN ACT relating to honey.

Amend KRS 217.187 to increase the yearly yield of pure and unadultered Kentucky honey sold from 150 gallons to 500 gallons before requiring a person to process the honey in a certified honey house or seek a permit from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Jason Nemes (R) Daniel Grossberg (D) J.T. Payne (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2025

HB 473: AN ACT relating to consumer data privacy.

Amend KRS 367.3613 to exempt information collected by a health care provider that maintains protected health information in accordance with HIPAA and information included in a limited data set as described in 45 C.F.R. sec.164.514(e); amend KRS 367.3621 to make a technical change to include a data protection impact assessment of processing of personal data for the purposes of profiling where the profiling presents a foreseeable risk of an unlawful disparate impact on consumers.
Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRequires data protection impact assessments for profiling with risk of disparate impact, strengthening consumer privacy protections in tech data processing per bill's amendments to data privacy laws.95% confidence
Pamela Stevenson (D) Josh Branscum (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2025

HB 19: AN ACT relating to privacy protection.

Amend KRS 500.130 to define terms; provide that the use of an unmanned aircraft system is not prohibited in the case of recreational or professional use if there is not intent to conduct surveillance on private property and there is no unauthorized use or publication of images of individuals or areas of private property, or in the case of an insurance company for purposes of underwriting a risk or investigating damage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil action; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for the civil action.
Rachel Roarx (D) Marianne Proctor (R) Bobby McCool (R) Kim Banta (R) Jennifer Decker (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2025

HB 191: AN ACT relating to interment at state veterans' cemeteries.

Amend KRS 40.315 to expand interment eligibility in Kentucky state veterans' cemeteries to include eligible National Guard and Reserve service members and their families; EMERGENCY.
Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransExpands burial eligibility for National Guard/Reserve veterans and families, directly enhancing access to state veterans' cemetery benefits.95% confidence
Aaron Thompson (R) Adam Moore (D) Chad Aull (D) Bill Wesley (R) Mark Hart (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2025

HB 251: AN ACT relating to the evaluation of educator preparation programs.

Amend KRS 158.840 to require the Education Professional Standards Board, rather than the Council on Postsecondary Education, to ensure teacher education programs provide highly skilled teachers; require the board to report to the Legislative Research Commission every three years and regularly report program data to an external evaluator.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill mandates Education Professional Standards Board to ensure teacher education programs produce highly skilled teachers, strengthening educator quality standards.95% confidence
Emily Callaway (R) Beverly Chester-Burton (D) James Tipton (R)
passed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 14, 2025

SR 8: A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Senator Albert Robinson.

This is a ceremonial resolution (SR 8) passed by the Kentucky Senate to honor the late Senator Albert Robinson, who died on December 4, 2024. The resolution formally adjourns the Senate in his memory, expresses the Senate's "profound sympathy" for his passing, and thanks him for his 50+ years of service to Kentucky, including roles in both the House and Senate. It does not create new laws or affect any policies or individuals - its sole purpose is to commemorate his legacy. The Senate adopted it unanimously by voice vote on March 14, 2025.
Brandon Storm (R) Robert Stivers (R)
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