KY HB234 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-13 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 9 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-13 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish definitions and require hospitals that provide inpatient or residential care to offer patients a plant-based food option for every meal or snack, at the request of a patient or patient's lawful representative, at no additional cost to the patient.
Title
AN ACT relating to plant-based food options in hospitals.
Sponsors
Rep. George Brown [D] | Rep. Thomas Burch [D] | Rep. Cluster Howard [D] | Rep. Josie Raymond [D] |
Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D] | Rep. Susan Westrom [D] | Rep. Robert Wiederstein [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-01-13 | House | to Health and Family Services (H) |
2020-01-09 | House | introduced in House |