KY HB549

Requires pregnancy resource centers in Kentucky to obtain state licensure; defines these centers as non-hospital facilities providing pregnancy testing, counseling, ultrasounds, and related services

Directs the cabinet to establish regulations covering sanitation standards, staff qualifications, emergency equipment and procedures, infection control, medical records maintenance, and quality assurance

Mandates centers provide informed consent brochures and a hotline number for patients who are coerced into abortion or are sex trafficking victims, plus annual staff training by law enforcement on identifying such cases

Operating or advertising an unlicensed pregnancy resource center constitutes a Class A misdemeanor; willful operation without a license carries fines of $500 to $10,000 per violation

Limits liability of subsequent health care providers treating patients transferred from pregnancy resource centers to their own negligent acts, unless they own or operate the originating center