Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to allow health facilities or health care providers enrolled in the Kentucky Medicaid program to submit a current or prospective employee to a check of the child abuse and neglect or adult abuse registries maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 209.032 to direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a process of notification by which the cabinet shall notify a vulnerable adult services provider if a prospective or current employee has appealed a substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

Statutes affected:
Acts Chapter 18: 209.032
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 209.032
Current/Final: 209.032
Current: 209.032