Skip to main content
CivicGate

HB 37 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to implicit bias in perinatal care.

KY · session 2022RS · Assembly / House · bill

A state bill is a proposed law in a state legislature — separate from the U.S. Congress. Learn more →

Introduced Jul 20, 2021

Latest action (Jan 4, 2022) to Committee on Committees (H)

Summary

Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights and implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; require the Department for Public Health to track data on maternal death and severe morbidity.

Sponsors (5)
  • A. Scott · primary
  • K. Flood · primary
  • J. Jenkins · primary
  • J. Raymond · primary
  • P. Stevenson Democratic · primary

Action history (3)
  1. Jul 20, 2021 Prefiled by the sponsor(s). · lower
  2. Jan 4, 2022 introduced in House · lower
  3. Jan 4, 2022 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
Subjects
DeathsHealth and Medical ServicesHospitals and Nursing HomesPhysicians and PractitionersPublic HealthShort Titles and Popular NamesWomen

Text versions (1)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Introduced · PDF

Full text

The full text hasn’t been imported yet. CivicGate fetches it from the state legislature’s published version documents — check now.

Comments

Comments

Loading comments…

Data from OpenStates. View on OpenStates →