KY HB344 | 2010 | Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 344 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 18 2010 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-22 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Summary

Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to create the Office of Policy and Budget; rename the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs to the Office of Communications and Administrative Review; create the Office of Administrative and Technology Services; abolish the Office of Fiscal Services and move responsibilities to the newly created Office of Administrative and Technology Services; abolish the Office of Technology and move responsibilities to the newly created Office of Administrative and Technology Services; create the Department for Income Support; abolish the Department for Disability Determination Services and move responsibilities to the newly created Department for Income Support; rename the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services to the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; rename the Department for Human Support Services to the Department for Family Resource Centers and Volunteer Services; abolish the Office of Contract Oversight and move responsibilities to the newly created Office of Policy and Budget; abolish the Governor's Office of Wellness and Physical Activity and move responsibilities to the Department for Public Health; move the responsibilities of the Governor's Office of Wellness and Physical Activity to the Department for Public Health; change the title of the Division of Child Support to the Department for Income Support; reassign certain functions of the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services to the Department for Aging and Independent Living; establish the Governor's Office of Electronic Health Information; establish the responsibilities of the Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of Electronic Health Information under the Office of the Secretary; change the title of the Division of Women's Physical and Mental Health to the Division of Women's Health; establish responsibilities of the Office of Policy and Budget and the Department for Income Support change the title of the Division of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services to the Division of Violence Prevention Resources; change the title of Chief information officer within the Office of Administrative and Technology Services to executive director; change the title of the Division of Adult and Child Health Improvement to the Division of Maternal and Child Health; add two members to the State Interagency Council for Services to Children with and Emotional Disability; change the title of the Division of Health Care Facilities and Services in the office of the Inspector General to the Division of Health Care; change the title of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to the Division of Behavioral Health; establish that the cabinet may transfer or designate as surplus real property that it owns for child-care centers and senior citizens centers; repeal KRS 194.210 and 194A.085; confirm Executive Orders 2009-513, 2009-541, 2009-661, and 2009-770 to the extent not otherwise confirmed or superseded by this Act.

Title

AN ACT relating to reorganization.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-22		to State & Local Government (S)
2010-02-18		received in Senate
2010-02-17		3rd reading, passed 98-0
2010-02-12		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 17, 2010
2010-02-12		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-02-11		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2010-02-09		posted in committee
2010-02-02		to Health & Welfare (H)
2010-02-01		introduced in House