Action Alert – Week of Feb. 26

Here is your assignment for the week of Feb. 26, 2023. If you would like to come to Frankfort to meet with your legislators, please contact us at info@kentuckybirth.org and we can help arrange the meetings. Calling Each weekday Call the LRC Message Line at 800-372-7181 Ask to leave a message for your Senator: “Vote YES for SB 67. Kentucky needs birth centers.” On the same call, ask to leave a message for Senators Stivers, Givens, and Thayer: “Please bring…

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Action Alert – Week of Feb. 12

Here is your assignment for the week of Feb. 12, 2023. Calling Each weekday, call the LRC Message Line at 800-372-7181 Ask to leave a message for the entire HOUSE Licensing & Occupations Committee: “Vote YES on HB 129. Kentucky needs freestanding birth centers.” On the same call, ask to leave a message for your Representative: “Vote YES on HB129 and HB54.” On the same call, ask to leave a message for the entire SENATE Licensing & Occupations Committee: “Vote…

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Public Comment Period Open for CPM Regulations

The passage of SB84 in 2019 was step one towards having licensure available for Certified Professional Midwives. Step two is the creation and implementation of administrative regulations. Administrative regulations go into more detail in order to implement various statutes. Because SB84 placed oversight of CPMs under the Kentucky Board of Nursing, that is the agency that will promulgate the regulations. The regulations were drafted by the CPM Advisory Council and Transfer Guidelines Work Group and approved by the Board of…

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