311.7743 Action and intervention by Attorney General -- Penalties -- Extradition. (1)The Attorney General may bring an action to enforce compliance with the Humanity in Healthcare Act of 2022 or intervene as a matter of right in any case in which the constitutionality of any section of the Act is challenged. (2)(a)Any person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly violates KRS 216B.200 to 216B.210 is guilty of a Class D felony. (b)Any person who violates KRS 216B.200 to 216B.210 shall be fined not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000). (c)Notwithstanding KRS 440.200, the Attorney General may demand from the Governor of any other state the surrender of any person found in the other state who is charged in Kentucky with the crime of violating KRS 216B.200 to 216B.210. The provisions for extradition under this subsection shall apply to any such demand even if the person whose surrender is demanded was not in Kentucky at the time of the commission of the crime. Neither the demand, the oath, nor any proceedings for extradition pursuant to this section need state or show that the person whose surrender is demanded has fled from justice, or at the time of the commission of the d, the oath, nor any proceedings for extradition pursuant to this section need state or show that the person whose surrender is demanded has fled from justice, or at the time of the commission of the crime was in Kentucky or the other state. Effective: April 14, 2022 History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 31, effective April 14, 2022. Legislative Research Commission Note (4/14/2022). This statute was created by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 31. Section 38 of that Act states, 'Sections 1 to 31 of this Act may be cited as the Humanity in Healthcare Act of 2022.'
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