KY HB385 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 138)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 138)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amends KRS 311.631, relating to living wills and advance directives, to include an adult friend as an individual authorized to make health care decisions on behalf of a patient who lacks decisional capacity; amends KRS 504.060 to define “examiner” and “secretary”; amends KRS 504.070 to allow a defendant to introduce evidence of an intellectual disability bearing on the issue of guilt, punishment, or both, and to require, if a court orders an examination of the defendant’s mental condition, that the condition be reported to the court; amends KRS 504.080 to establish reasons the court may order an examination of the defendant’s mental health, to establish criteria for the examination, to establish what the court may order if the examiner concludes the defendant needs an inpatient examination, to establish that the examiner shall submit a report regarding the defendant’s mental health, to establish that the examiner’s report shall be placed under seal with a notice of filing, and to establish that the court shall schedule a status conference or a hearing within 30 days of the filing of the report; amends KRS 504.100 to establish that the court shall order the defendant to be examined for his or her mental condition if the court has reasonable grounds to believe the defendant is incompetent to stand trial and to require that the court schedule a status conference or a hearing within 30 days after the filing of the report; amends KRS 504.110 to conform; and provides that the Act may be cited as Seth’s Law.
Title
AN ACT relating to mental capacity.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3138 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 128 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 128 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-09 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 138) |
| 2024-03-28 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 38-0 |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill |
| 2024-03-21 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-02-21 | House | 3rd reading, passed 95-0 |
| 2024-02-20 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
| 2024-02-08 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-02-07 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2024-02-06 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2024-01-25 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-01-25 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Civil Actions
Civil Procedure
Courts
Criminal Procedure
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Mental Disability
Mental Health
Physicians and Practitioners
Short Titles and Popular Names
Civil Procedure
Courts
Criminal Procedure
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Mental Disability
Mental Health
Physicians and Practitioners
Short Titles and Popular Names
