HB90
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers; establish criteria for a medical director; establish requirements for obtaining written informed consent; require a written patient transfer agreement with a hospital that provides obstetric services; require a written patient transfer agreement with an emergency medical transportation service; exempt a center with…
Introduced: January 7, 2025
Last action: March 28, 2025
In effect since March 27, 2025
This act carries an emergency clause, so it took effect as soon as it became law instead of waiting the usual 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
Plain-language summary
This bill creates a formal licensing system in Kentucky for freestanding birthing centers, which are facilities where people can give birth outside of a hospital setting. It requires the state to set standards for these centers covering medical leadership, patient consent, insurance, and safety agreements with nearby hospitals and emergency transport services. Centers with four or fewer beds would be exempt from certain approval requirements that can slow the opening of new health facilities. Who…
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