Kentucky Senate Bill 67 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-03-07 - reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
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.

Sen. Shelley Frommeyer [R]	Sen. John Schickel [R]	Sen. Julie Raque Adams [R]	Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong [D]
Sen. Matthew Deneen [R]	Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]	Sen. Gerald Neal [D]	Sen. Adrienne Southworth [R]
Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R]	Sen. Gex Williams [R]	Sen. David Yates [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-07	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2023-03-03	Senate	recommitted to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2023-03-01	Senate	floor amendments (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) filed
2023-02-28	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed
2023-02-22	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-02-21	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2023-02-09	Senate	to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2023-02-07	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-02-07	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb67.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb67/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA2.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA3.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA4.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA5.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA6.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA7.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA8.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA9.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA10.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SFA11.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB67/SCS1.pdf