KY HB517 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prescribe the data the registry will contain and who may access the data; amend KRS 199.480 and 199.990 to conform; amend KRS 199.473 to create a unified application for permission to place or receive a child; amend KRS 199.500 to redefine the time at which a voluntary and informed consent to adoption becomes final and irrevocable; amend KRS 199.470 to remove waiting period to file a petition for adoption; amend KRS 406.081 to require courts to resolve cases against alleged fathers who do not comply with ordered genetic testing; amend KRS 406.091 to require the party requesting that the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 199.490, 625.040, 625.042, 625.043, and 625.065 to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to adoption.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-21 | House | to Health and Family Services (H) |
| 2017-02-17 | House | introduced in House |
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB517.htm |
| Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB517/bill.pdf |
