Gex Williams R

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B allowing certain local governments to request nonsubstantive review for certificate of need for provision of services; mandate 30 days for approval; repeal KRS 216B.010, relating to the legislative findings and purpose of KRS Chapter 216B.

Direct the Department of Employee Insurance to study and report to the Legislative Research Commission on employer and employee cost sharing trends, health insurance expenditures and trends, health plan governance models, and administrative processes and costs associated with the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan and other state employee plans across the country; require the department to provide the report and a …

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Performance-Based Education Task Force to review and provide recommendations relating to the expansion of performance-based credit; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2026 Interim of the General Assembly; require the task force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December …

Amend KRS 161.030 to prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board from issuing or renewing certificates to individuals who have been treated for or diagnosed with a disorder that is excluded from the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; require certification and renewal applications to include a sworn statement that the applicant has never been treated for or diagnosed with any …

Amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt ophthalmology and endscopy surgical centers meeting certain criteria from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need; make technical corrections; amend KRS 216B.061 to conform.

Amend KRS 156.808 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations governing maternity leave for certified and equivalent staff in the Office of Career and Technical Education.

Amend KRS 74.361 to allow a fiscal court to request that the Public Service Commission order the merger of water districts or portions of water districts within its county; require the Public Service Commission to prepare a written feasibility report and study upon receiving the merger request from the fiscal court.

Amend KRS 243.037 to allow a small farm winery with a retail drink license to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink at 1 or more locations on the licensed premises of the small farm winery without obtaining supplemental bar license.

Amend KRS 156.029 to make members on the Kentucky Board of Education who represent each of the Supreme Court districts be elected in partisan elections instead of appointed; provide that the term of office will be 4 years from the first Monday in January following the election; provide that the initial term of a member elected to represent an even-numbered …

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 91A to define terms; require 100% of the wages of an employee associated with the corporate office to be apportioned to the local government where the corporate office is located; exclude wages for work performed at a satellite office; require 100% of the wages of an employee assigned to a state government office …

Amend KRS 216B.040 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services conduct public hearings on certificate of need applications as requested by applicants and by holders of certificates of need and licenses; amend KRS 216B.062 to require a final decision within 90 days; amend KRS 216B.085 to require that only the applicant may request a public hearing; require …

Amend KRS 154.15-010 to remove the definition of "executive director" of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA); amend KRS 154.15-020 to administratively attach the KCNA to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; remove references to the executive director and the advisory group of the KCNA; abolish the KCNA advisory group; remove references to KCNA staff and require the executive director of …