KentuckyAN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency.
What it does
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against mental health care professionals, mental health care institutions, and ordained ministry for providing protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against individuals for offering information, training, and referrals for protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against parents and guardians who consent to their child receiving protected counseling services; prohibit reporting of a mental health care professional or mental health care institution to a hiring or licensing authority solely on the basis that it provides protected counseling services; prohibit a hiring or licensing authority from investigating a mental health care professional or mental health care institution solely on the basis that it provides protected counseling services; establish a civil cause of action for a person injured by a violation; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mental Health Counseling Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 27delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 107)Latest
- Vote recorded Override Veto Final Passage HB 495. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Final Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 27enrolled, signed by President of the SenateTo Governor
- Mar 27enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Mar 27received in House
- Mar 27passed 31-6Major
- Mar 27veto overriddenMajor
- Mar 27posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- Mar 27to Rules (S)Minor
- Mar 27received in Senate
- Mar 27passed 78-20Major
- Mar 27veto overriddenMajor
- Mar 27posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- Mar 27taken from Rules
- Mar 27to Rules (H)Minor
- Mar 27received in House
- Mar 24VetoedMajor
- Mar 15
- Vote recorded Final Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Previous Question. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 14delivered to Governor
- Mar 14enrolled, signed by President of the SenateMajor
- Mar 14enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Mar 14passed 67-19Major
- Mar 14House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- Mar 14placed in the Orders of the Day
- Mar 14to Rules (H)Minor
- Mar 14received in House
- Mar 13passed 28-6 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded PASS HB 495 W/ scs1 scta1. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 13Floor Amendment (1) defeated
- Mar 133rd readingMinor
- Mar 13posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Mar 12floor amendment (1) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Mar 12reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)Minor
- Mar 11returned to Health Services (S)
- Mar 111st readingMinor
- Mar 11taken from Health Services (S)
- Mar 11to Health Services (S)Minor
- Mar 6to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Mar 6received in Senate
- Mar 53rd reading, passed 77-18 with Floor Amendment (4) and Floor Amendment (5-title)Passed House
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Suspend the Rules. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 5floor amendments (4) and (5-title) filedMinor
- Mar 4floor amendments (1), (2-title) and (3) filed
- Feb 28posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
- Feb 282nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Feb 27reported favorably, 1st reading, to CalendarMinor
- Feb 21to State Government (H)Minor
- Feb 13to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Feb 13introduced in HouseIntroduced
- Mar 27delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 107)Latest