HB299
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to require county governments to operate at least one emergency shelter for persons experiencing homelessness or to otherwise contract with an operator of an emergency shelter; require an adequate number of beds in the emergency shelter; require the emergency shelter to conform to applicable federal and state law; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to provide standards for emergency shelters.
Introduced: February 4, 2025
Last action: February 7, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill would require every county in Kentucky to either run at least one emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness or pay another organization to do so. The shelters would need to have enough beds and meet state and federal standards set by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Who it may affect: people experiencing homelessness, county governments, and organizations that operate emergency shelters.
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