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| Bill | AN ACT relating to maternal health and declaring an emergency. | 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 no more than four beds from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; state intent not to limit or expand liability of a center or health care provider or facility; require medical malpractice insurance for freestanding birthing centers; prohibit abortions in freestanding birthing centers; amend KRS 216B.015 to include freestanding birthing centers in the definition of "health facility"; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, 216.2921, 216.2923, 216.2925, 216.2927, and 216.2970 to conform; require the cabinet to promulgate updated administrative regulations by December 1, 2025; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2025RS | HB 90 | Kentucky HB 90 (2025RS) |
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enacted | 3 | 50 | 5 | 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 | 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/7d046645-9be7-4064-ba52-4300b3b73080 | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb90.html | 80e7c5eae93e078e3c1a935c4696cc66ac8d5c6d1fd9a72dbd96fb90e12e0645 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky HB 90 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to maternal health and declaring an emergency.
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 no more than four beds from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; state intent not to limit or expand liability of a center or health care provider or facility; require medical malpractice insurance for freestanding birthing centers; prohibit abortions in freestanding birthing centers; amend KRS 216B.015 to include freestanding birthing centers in the definition of "health facility"; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, 216.2921, 216.2923, 216.2925, 216.2927, and 216.2970 to conform; require the cabinet to promulgate updated administrative regulations by December 1, 2025; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 121 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Override Veto Final Passage HB 90 — 31–7 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — 77–20 (pass) · lower
- Pass — 82–9 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — 74–17 (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 90 W/ scs1 scta1 — 29–0 (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules
committee-passage - 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
- 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
- 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 82-9
passage, reading-3 - 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing & Occupations (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 29-0-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules (H)
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed 74-17
passage - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed
executive-veto - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden
veto-override-passage - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 77-20
passage - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden
veto-override-passage - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 31-7
passage - 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 121)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d046645-9be7-4064-ba52-4300b3b73080. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).