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| Healthcare Discrimination Bill (HB 118, SB 112) HB 118 Sponsors: Richard Henderson, Ancel Smith, Royce W. Adams, John A. Arnold Jr, Eddie Ballard, Larry Belcher, Mike Cherry, Hubert Collins, Leslie Combs, Will Coursey, Robert R. Damron, Jim Gooch Jr, Keith Hall, Melvin B. Henley, Brad Montell, Rick G. Nelson, Fred Nesler, Rick Rand, Dottie Sims, Tommy Thompson, Brent Yonts SB 112 Sponsors: Vernie McGaha, Gary Tapp, Charlie Borders, Carroll Gibson, Bob Leeper, Dick Roeding, Damon Thayer, Ken Winters |
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| The Healthcare Discrimination Bill would codify an extremely narrow definition of "family member," and prohibit any state agency from offering benefits to families outside that definition. It would overturn the decisions at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky to include unmarried employees in their health insurance plans, and take coverage away from families who entered the plans in 2007. | |
| Hospital Visitation Bill (HB 33, SB 121) HB 33 Sponsor: Mary Lou Marzian, Kathy Stein, Darryl Owens SB 121 Sponsor: Denise Harper Angel |
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| This initiative would allow any adult hospital patient to designate another individual to be treated as a member of the patient's family with regard to visitation. | |
| Statewide Fairness Bill (HB 274, SB 55) SB 55 Sponsor: Ernesto Scorsone, Denise Harper Angel, Gerald Neal, Tim Shaughnessy HB 274 Sponsors: Mary Lou Marzian, Kathy Stein, Jim Wayne, Tom Burch, Reggie Meeks, Ruth Ann Palumbo, Susan Westrom |
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| This bill would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity throughout Kentucky in employment, housing, public accommodations, insurance coverage, and credit. The House bil also includes sexual orientation and gender idenity provisions in the powers of state and local human rights commissions. Right now only residents of Metro Louisville, Lexington/Fayette County, and Covington are protected by city ordinance against discrimination. No one should be fired from a job, denied an apartment, turned away by a restaurant, or refused credit simply because they are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. | |
See the results of the 2007 legislative session. |
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The Ampersand symbolizes the solidarity we are building through Friends & Family, and suggests the inclusiveness we are working toward. It reflects the idea that no one individual, legislator, organization, or city can carry all the water for equality. Our success lies in our solidarity.
