Kentucky House Bill 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-04 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights and implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; require the Department for Public Health to track data on maternal death and severe morbidity.

AN ACT relating to implicit bias in perinatal care.

Rep. Attica Scott [D]	Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]
Rep. Pamela Stevenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-04	House	introduced in House
2021-07-20	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb37.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb37/orig_bill.pdf