Kentucky House Bill 138 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-07 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; amend KRS 211.684 and KRS 211.686 to require the existence of the state and local child and maternal fatality review teams; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights; define terms; require health facilities licensed under KRS 216B to 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; require Medicaid reimbursement for the services of a qualified doula and require a report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission annually.

AN ACT relating to maternal health.

Rep. Attica Scott [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Charles Booker [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]
Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. James Glenn [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Angie Hatton [D]
Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]	Rep. Patti Minter [D]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Maria Sorolis [D]
Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Robert Wiederstein [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-07	House	to Health and Family Services (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-12-06	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb138.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb138/orig_bill.pdf