Summary of Original VersionRequire visitation in long-term care facilities and residential long-term care facilities to be allowed by family members, legal guardians, outside caregivers, friends, or volunteers who provided regular care and support to the resident prior to the pandemic, who are designated as being important to the mental, physical, or social well-being of a resident in critical situations; require the establishment and operation of COVID-19 antibody administration centers (CAACs) in each Area Development District; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assist and support distribution of COVID-19 tests; permit paramedics to be employed by a hospital or nursing facility to work as a licensed paramedic in any department of a hospital or nursing facility subject to conditions; require the cabinet to produce public service announcements and develop strategies to urge vaccination; require the cabinet to create a singular form in accordance with federal law for permits to offer and administer COVID-19 vaccinations to patients; promulgate administrative regulations for safe storage of COVID-19 vaccines; develop and initiate a public awareness campaign to talk to doctors about the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine; amend KRS 205.636 to update conditions for the requirements for temporary COVID-19 personal care attendants to be placed on the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry; add new sections to KRS Chapter 13A to declare 902 KAR 2:211E and 902 KAR 2:212E null and void; EMERGENCY.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1Summary
Retain provisions of the bill; add amendment to KRS 214.036 to require that any administrative order issued by a local public health department requiring immunization during an epidemic include exemptions for medical contraindications, religious grounds, and conscientiously held beliefs; EMERGENCY.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- A. SouthworthSummary
Require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to disseminate information on immune health, early treatment options for symptoms of COVID-19 including antibody treatment options, and antibody testing.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 2 -- A. SouthworthSummary
Establish patient rights for individuals who are being treated for COVID-19; establish requirements for licensed hospitals, health care practitioners, and pharmacists related to how they treat individuals who are being treated for COVID-19.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 3 -- A. SouthworthSummary
Prohibit health facilities from implementing or enforcing a policy requiring employees to receive an immunization for COVID-19; add that provisions expire on December 31, 2022.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 4 -- A. SouthworthSummary
Prohibit health facilities from implementing or enforcing a policy requiring employees to receive an immunization for COVID-19.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 5 -- S. WestSummary
Retain original provisions; amend KRS 344.010 to define "COVID-19" and "COVID-19 immunization"; amend KRS 344.040 to prohibit employers from discriminating against an individual who declines COVID-19 immunization or requiring COVID-19 immunization as a condition of employment or inquiring as to the employee's COVID-19 immunization status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to prohibit an employer from requiring an employee or applicant for employment to be immunized from COVID-19 or inquiring regarding COVID-19 immunization status.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 6 -- S. WestSummary
Retain original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to define "COVID-19" and "COVID-19 immunization"; Require any employer who mandates a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment to provide the employee with exemptions; provide acknowledgement form.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 7 -- S. WestSummary
Retain original provisions; amend KRS 344.010 to define "COVID-19" and "COVID-19" immunization"; create new sections in KRS Chapters 344 and 338 to prohibit state-funded employers from requiring COVID-19 immunization or disclosure of COVID-19 vaccination status as a condition of employment.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 8 -- M. McGarveySummary
Retain original provisions; define "red zone", "orange zone", "yellow zone", and "green zone"; provide that 2021 RS SB 1, 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 6, and 2021 RS SB 5, 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 205 are suspended when the Department for Public Health declares a county in a red or orange zone; provide that when the Department for Public Health declares a county in a yellow or green zone for two consecutive weeks, the Governor may exercise the powers with 2021 RS SB 1, 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 6, and 2021 RS SB 5, 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 205 suspended unless the local legislative body finds that the local board of health recommends that the local legislative body regain control of the emergency and the local legislative body approves the return of control of the emergency; nothing in the subsection prevents a local legislative body from requesting the Governor to exercise the powers with 2021 RS SB 1, 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 6, and 2021 RS SB 5, 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 205 suspended.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 9 -- A. SouthworthSummary
Prohibit health facilities from implementing or enforcing a policy requiring employees to receive an immunization for COVID-19.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 10 -- A. SouthworthSummary
Prohibit health facilities from implementing or enforcing a policy requiring employees to receive an immunization for COVID-19; add that provisions expire on December 31, 2022.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 11 -- A. SouthworthSummary
Require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to disseminate information on immune health, early treatment options for symptoms of COVID-19 including antibody treatment options, and antibody testing.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 12 -- A. SouthworthSummary
Establish patient rights for individuals who are being treated for COVID-19; establish requirements for licensed hospitals, health care practitioners, and pharmacists related to how they treat individuals who are being treated for COVID-19; EMERGENCY.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- B. WheatleySummary
Retain original provisions; approve and extend 2020 Executive Order 2020-277.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- B. WheatleySummary
Retain original provisions; provide a presumption that certain workers' removal from work is due to occupational exposure to COVID-19.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- J. JenkinsSummary
Retain original provisions; create a new section to extend the eviction moratorium for people who apply for rental assistance programs and are awaiting approval.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 205.636
Acts Chapter 5: 205.636, 214.036
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 205.636, 214.036
Current/Final: 205.636, 214.036