Kentucky House Bill 129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-5)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-16 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed; exempt a center from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; limit liability of center; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 216.2920, and 216.2970 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.

AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers.

Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]	Rep. Daniel Fister [R]
Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]	Rep. Richard Heath [R]	Rep. John Hodgson [R]	Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]
Rep. Matt Lockett [R]	Rep. Candy Massaroni [R]	Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Marianne Proctor [R]
Sen. Steve Rawlings [R]	Rep. Russell Webber [R]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-16	House	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2023-03-16	House	taken from Rules (H)
2023-03-07	House	floor amendment (2) filed
2023-02-23	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2023-02-23	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-02-22	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2023-02-09	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
2023-01-05	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-01-05	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb129.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb129/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB129/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB129/HFA2.pdf