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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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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 121 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Override Veto Final Passage HB 90 — 317 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage — 7720 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 829 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage — 7417 (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 90 W/ scs1 scta1 — 290 (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).