Kentucky House Bill 628 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 19 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-26 - returned to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 620.100 to establish a requirement that ensures that separate counsel is available to advise a cabinet employee in court anytime that the cabinet employee is required to be in court; amend KRS 620.142 to establish custodial, permanency, and service options available to a relative or fictive kin caregiver; amend KRS 620.360 to clarify that all components of a foster parent’s approval are effective for three years and that when reevaluation is required after that three years that all courses be offered online and in-person and allow the foster parent to choose the format they want for reevaluation; amend KRS 620.365 to establish requirements related to when a child has been in the same foster family home for a period of nine months.

AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Rep. David Meade [R]

Rep. Samara Heavrin [R]

Rep. Derek Lewis [R]

Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]

2020-03-19 - House - House: For Consent RCS# 306 (Y: 83 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 16) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-26	Senate	returned to Health & Welfare (S)
2020-03-26	Senate	2nd reading
2020-03-26	Senate	taken from Health & Welfare (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	1st reading
2020-03-19	Senate	taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	received in Senate
2020-03-19	House	3rd reading, passed 83-1
2020-03-18	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
2020-03-17	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-12	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2020-03-10	House	posted in committee
2020-03-04	House	to Health and Family Services (H)
2020-03-02	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb628.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb628/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb628/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb628/vote_history.pdf