KY SB54 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-30 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 82)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to mandate priority access for pregnant women to substance abuse treatment or recovery service programs, prevent discrimination against pregnant women by substance abuse treatment or recovery service providers, and provide practitioners civil immunity for failing to recognize controlled substance abuse by a pregnant patient or referring a pregnant patient to substance abuse treatment or recovery services consistent with community standards of care; amend KRS 625.050 to prevent the filing of a petition to terminate the parental rights of a pregnant woman who used a controlled substance during pregnancy if she, by the twentieth week of pregnancy, enrolls in and maintains compliance with both a substance abuse treatment or recovery program and prenatal care throughout the remaining term of that pregnancy.

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Title

AN ACT relating to drug-dependent newborns.

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-03-30Senatesigned by Governor (Acts, ch. 82)
2015-03-25Senatedelivered to Governor
2015-03-25Senateenrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2015-03-25Senatepassed 38-0
2015-03-25SenateSenate concurred in House floor amendment (1)
2015-03-25Senateposted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (1)
2015-03-23Senateto Rules (S)
2015-03-23Senatereceived in Senate
2015-03-23House3rd reading, passed 98-0 with floor amendment (1)
2015-03-11Housefloor amendment (1) filed
2015-03-10Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2015
2015-03-10Housereported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
2015-03-09Houseposting waived
2015-03-09Housereturned to Judiciary (H)
2015-03-09House1st reading
2015-03-09Housetaken from Judiciary (H)
2015-03-04Houseto Judiciary (H)
2015-03-03Housereceived in House
2015-03-03Senate3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute
2015-03-02Senateposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 3, 2015
2015-02-27Senate2nd reading, to Rules
2015-02-26Senatereported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2015-02-03Senateto Judiciary (S)
2015-01-06Senateintroduced in Senate

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