Ky. Rev. Stat. § 213.174

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225
Section 213.174 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Report forms - Annual statistical report - Public records - Confidentiality of identity - Communication of reporting requirements
(1) The cabinet shall create and distribute the report forms required in KRS 213.101, 213.172, 311.732, 311.7735, 311.7736, 311.774, 311.7741, and 311.783 within sixty (60) days after April 14, 2022.
(2) The cabinet shall prepare and submit a comprehensive annual statistical report to the General Assembly based upon the data gathered from reports required in KRS 213.101, 213.172, 311.732, 311.7735, 311.7736, 311.774, 311.7741, and 311.783. The aggregated data shall also be made available to the public by the cabinet in an electronic format.
(3) Reports required in KRS 213.101, 213.172, 311.732, 311.7735, 311.7736, 311.774, 311.7741, and 311.783 shall be deemed public records and shall be provided by the cabinet to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, state law enforcement offices, and child protective services upon request for use in the performance of their official duties.
(4) Absent a valid court order or judicial subpoena, the cabinet, and any other state department, agency, or office or any employees thereof, shall not compare data concerning drug-induced abortion or drug-induced abortion complications or adverse events as defined in KRS 311.7731 maintained in an electronic or other information system file with data in any other electronic or other information system, the comparison of which could result in identifying, in any manner or under any circumstances, a pregnant patient who is obtaining or seeking to obtain a drug-induced abortion.
(5) Statistical information that may reveal the identity of a pregnant person obtaining or seeking to obtain a drug-induced abortion shall not be maintained by the cabinet or any other state department, agency, or office, or any employee or contractor thereof.
(6) The cabinet shall communicate the reporting requirements in KRS 213.101, 213.172, 311.732, 311.7735, 311.7736, 311.774, 311.7741, and 311.783 to all medical professional organizations, licensed physicians, hospitals, emergency medical service providers, abortion facilities, ambulatory surgical facilities, pharmacies, and other healthcare facilities operating in Kentucky.

KRS 213.174

Added by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 210,§ 13, eff. 4/14/2022.