Kentucky House Bill 420 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-01 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
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 administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers and compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers; require freestanding birthing centers in medically underserved areas to meet the standard of need for a certificate of need; require centers in non-medically underserved areas to demonstrate financial viability; and limit liability of center.

AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers.

Rep. Mary Marzian [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-02-01	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb420.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb420/orig_bill.pdf