Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers' Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed, and to delineate medical malpractice insurance requirements for centers; exempt a center with no more than four beds from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; state intent not to limit or expand liability of a center or health care provider or facility; add requirement for medical malpractice insurance for freestanding birthing centers; prohibit abortions in freestanding birthing centers; amend KRS 216B.015 to include freestanding birthing centers in the definition of "health facility"; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, and 216.2970 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- J. Nemes

Summary Retain original provisions of the bill; add licensure requirements for professional collaborations and other requirements deemed necessary by the cabinet; add requirements for informed consent; add requirements for patient transfer agreements.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- J. Nemes

Summary Retain original provisions of the bill; add licensure requirements for professional collaborations and other requirements deemed necessary by the cabinet; add clinical director requirements; add requirements for informed consent; add requirements for patient transfer agreements.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- D. Douglas

Summary Retain original provisions; delete advance practice registered nurse as clinical director.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 2 -- D. Douglas

Summary Retain original provisions; add that patient selection criteria be consistent with those of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 3 -- D. Douglas

Summary Retain original provisions; add requirements related to criteria and standards established by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 216B.015, 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, 216.2970
Current/Final: 216B.015, 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, 216.2970
Current: 216B.015, 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, 216.2970