Kentucky House Bill 492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Passed on April 5 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-05 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 180)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Amend KRS 620.100 to establish a requirement that ensures that separate counsel is available to advise a cabinet employee in court anytime that the cabinet employee is required to be in court; amend KRS 620.142 to establish custodial, permanency, and service options available to a relative or fictive kin caregiver; amend KRS 620.360 to expand the rights of foster parents in court proceedings and clarify that all components of a foster parent’s approval are effective for three years and that when reevaluation is required after that three years, all courses be offered online and in-person and allow the foster parent to choose the format they want for reevaluation; amend KRS 620.365 to establish requirements related to when a child has been in the same foster family home for a period of nine months; amend KRS 625.060 related to a foster parent's standing in a court case; amend KRS 194A.030 related to the duties and reporting of the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review within the Office of the Secretary within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Rep. David Meade [R]	Rep. Robert Goforth [R]	Rep. Regina Huff [R]	Rep. DJ Johnson [R]
Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]	Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Billy Wesley [R]
Rep. Susan Westrom [D]

2021-03-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 440 (Y: 83 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2021-03-15 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 1730 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-03-01 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 168 (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-05	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 180)
2021-03-30	House	delivered to Governor
2021-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2021-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2021-03-29	House	Bill passed 83-7
2021-03-29	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
2021-03-16	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
2021-03-16	House	taken from Rules
2021-03-15	House	to Rules (H)
2021-03-15	House	received in House
2021-03-15	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2021-03-12	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
2021-03-12	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-03-11	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2021-03-03	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2021-03-02	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-03-02	Senate	received in Senate
2021-03-01	House	3rd reading, passed 92-1 with Committee Substitute
2021-02-26	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 1, 2021
2021-02-26	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-25	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2021-02-22	House	posted in committee
2021-02-22	House	to Health & Family Services (H)
2021-02-10	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-02-10	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb492.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb492/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb492/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb492/vote_history.pdf