Adjourn the Senate and honor and loving memory of the 39 victims of the flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for dismissing legal actions filed in response to a party's exercise of free speech, right to petition, or right to association; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right; allow for costs to be awarded to the moving party if dismissal is granted; allow for costs to be awarded to responding party if the motion was found to be frivolous or filed with the intent to delay; provide that this Act may be cited as the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.
Recognize April 2, 2022, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2022 as Autism Acceptance Month.
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on health plan insureds; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish definitions for pharmacy-related insurance practices; require pharmacy benefit managers to establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks; require pharmacy benefit managers to file, and the insurance commissioner to review, an annual report describing pharmacy networks; provide that information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance shall be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; establish requirements for certain contracts between a pharmacy or pharmacist and a pharmacy benefit manager; establish prohibited practices for pharmacy benefit managers; establish certain requirements for insurers and pharmacy benefit managers contracting for the provision of pharmacy benefit management services; prohibit administrators from offering any incentive or discount for use of an affiliated pharmacy benefit manager; establish a Pharmacy Benefits Management Advisory Council; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the insurance commissioner to order reimbursement to persons who incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation of provisions of legislation; amend KRS 304.9-054 to make technical changes; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations; require pharmacy benefit managers to report certain information to the insurance commissioner; provide that certain reported information shall not be subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; amend KRS 304.17A-708, 304.17A-712, and 304.17A-714 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts; create a new section of Subtitle 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service organizations; amend 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with provisions of legislation; amend KRS 367.828 to establish certain requirements for the health discount plans that purport to offer discounts, or access to discounts, on prescription drugs; provide for staggered appointments to the Pharmacy Benefits Management Advisory Council; provide that provisions of this Act shall be severable; require the insurance commissioner to promulgate regulations to implement the Act on or before January 1, 2023; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023.
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; establish the short title of "C.R.O.W.N. Act".
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; establish a 9-8-8 mental health crisis hotline; create a 9-8-8 board and establish membership; create a crisis restricted fund; create new sections of KRS Chapter 147 to define terms; establish a 9-8-8 service charge; describe the responsibilities of the Department of Revenue in effecting the 9-8-8 service charge; describe the responsibilities of retailers in effecting the 9-8-8 service charge; amend KRS 65.7627, 139.105, and 139.470 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023; APPROPRIATION.
Urge the mayor of Louisville and the Metro Council serving in 2023 to form a task force that receives input from all stakeholders, including business and community leaders, to provide any recommendations regarding the statutory framework of the consolidated local government form.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to impose a 9.5 percent tax on the adjusted gross revenue of wagers to impose a 9.5 percent tax on the adjusted gross revenue on wagers placed at a licensed track; impose an additional 0.5 percent tax on the adjusted gross revenue and wagers placed at licensed tracks; authorize the department to collect taxes and enforce the penalties imposed in this section; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to define terms related to fantasy contests; create the wagering administration fund; establish the Kentucky problem gambling assistance account; allow for sports wagering on a licensed track or other venues where historical horse racing is permitted, a professional sports venue, online, or through a mobile app after the issuance of a wagering license by the commission; permit wagering on professional sporting events sanctioned by nationally recognized organizations; permit sports wagering on college sporting events sanctioned by the NCAA, NAIA, or other body recognized by the commission; permit wagering on international events at the discretion of the commission; establish requirements for a sports wagering license; prohibit someone from placing a sports wager on an event where he or she is a participant; designate the crime of tampering with the outcome of a sporting event to be a Class C felony; require an operator of fantasy contests to be registered with the commission; establish an application process to operate a fantasy contest; establish the process for the commission to review and act upon an application for registration as a fantasy contest operator; authorize the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the requirements necessary to operate fantasy contests; require a registered fantasy contest operator to have an annual audit of records; establish requirements for the operation of a fantasy contests; require a person offering online poker in the Commonwealth to be issued a license by the commission; authorize the commission to promulgate administrative regulation prescribing the requirements for vendors offering online poker gaming; establish the online poker account within the state treasury for the deposit of licensing and gaming fees; and create a severability clause; amend KRS 137.190 and 230.360 to remove the reference of an admission tax; amend KRS 138.510 to impose an excise tax of 1.5 percent of all money wagered on live races; impose a 0.75 percent tax of all money wagered on live races and historical races at the track for Thoroughbred racing to be deposited into the Thoroughbred development fund; designate where to allocate 0.75 percent of all money wagered on historical horse races at the track for harness racing; require deposits to the equine industry programs at the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System once the Equine Industry Program reaches $850,000; amend KRS 138.990 to remove the reference of a Class misdemeanor for people who violate KRS 138.480 to 138.490; amend KRS 139.200 to exempt the sale of admissions to enter the grounds of any race track licensed under KRS Chapter 230 where live racing or historical horse racing is being conducted from a 6 percent tax of the gross receipts; KRS 230.3615 to require breaks to be calculated to the nickel; amend KRS 230.363, 230.364, 230.365, 230.366, 230.369, 230.371, 230.372, and 230.373 to establish the procedures for persons with unclaimed sports wagering tickets; amend KRS 230.378 and 230.380 to remove the reference of an admissions tax; amend KRS 230.400 to authorize the commission to provide supplemental purses for claiming races that are contested at race meetings; amend KRS 230.550 to create a revolving fund for equine industry programs at the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to establish the local government assistance fund; amend KRS 230.210, 230.215, 230.225, 230.240, 230.260, 230.320, 230.361, 230.374, 230.378, 230.380, 230.781, 230.783, 243.500, 525.090, 528.010, 528.020, 528.070, and 528.080 to conform; repeal KRS 138.480, 138.490, and 230.555.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers and compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers; require freestanding birthing centers in medically underserved areas to meet the standard of need for a certificate of need; require centers in non-medically underserved areas to demonstrate financial viability; and limit liability of center.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Darryl Owens.
