AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 605 to establish requirements that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall determine for all children in the care and custody of the cabinet whether each child is receiving or eligible for earned federal benefits administered by the United States Social Security Administration or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, including survivor or dependent benefits; require the cabinet to establish a program to be called the Success Sequence Savings and Disbursement Plan; require the promulgation of administrative regulations to implement the new requirements.

Children and Minors Financial Responsibility Parental Rights State Agencies

In effect since July 15, 2026

Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill requires Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services to check whether children in state care qualify for certain federal benefits, such as Social Security or Veterans Affairs survivor and dependent benefits. It also directs the cabinet to create a program called the Success Sequence Savings and Disbursement Plan to manage those benefits, and to set up official regulations to put these requirements into practice. The goal is to make sure eligible children in…

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