| KY | SJR116 | Pass | Direct the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for actionable solutions to physician shortages and to explore and expand health care opportunities in medically underserved areas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 186) |
| KY | HCR113 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the Rural Health Transformation Task Force; establish duties and membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2026 Interim of the General Assembly and submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by Decem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HCR103 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care providers while maintaining high quality standards of care; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SR119 | Pass | Honor the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB676 | Pass | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky statewide health data utility; define terms; establish purposes and a restricted fund for the utility; require the executive director of the Office of Data Analytics to be responsible ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 150) |
| KY | SJR23 | Pass | Declare Kentucky to be a Food is Medicine state and direct state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 124) |
| KY | HB689 | Pass | Amend KRS 205.6412 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to seek authorization from the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a state-directed payment for physician and nonphysician professional services prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 117) |
| KY | SB195 | Pass | Amend KRS 367.220 to require written notice from a consumer to a prospective defendant 60 days before initiating a civil action; require giving of notice to toll the statute of limitations; make failure to give notice result in dismissal of a filed c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-12
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 97) |
| KY | SB18 | Pass | Amend KRS 311.380 to define "physician assistant," “podiatric assistant,” “podiatric residency,” “podiatric resident,” podiatric supervision," and "supervising podiatrist"; amend KRS 311.400 to add the scope of practice for podiatric resi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 85) |
| KY | SB137 | Pass | Amend KRS 311.571 to allow and specify requirements for a physician licensed to practice medicine in another country to obtain a provisional license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth; specify requirements for a provisional license to convert t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89) |
| KY | HB134 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to employ a health professional as a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) coordinator; establish requirements for the description, essential dutie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 66) |
| KY | SB116 | Pass | Amend KRS 311.840 to define terms; amend KRS 311.842, 311.848, 311.850, 202A.011, 202C.010, 216B.175, and 600.020 to change references to "supervising physician" to "collaborating physician" to conform; amend KRS 311.844 to include Schedule II contro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 94) |
| KY | HB388 | Pass | Amend KRS 205.529, 218A.172, 218A.205, and 304.17A.165 to remove references to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone; amend KRS 218A.010 to add optometrist and physician assistant to the definition of "practitioner" licensed in o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 38) |
| KY | HB510 | Pass | Create a new section of Chapter 311 to define terms; establish conditions and processes for pause in procedure for an organ donation; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement and enforce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 43) |
| KY | HB36 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314A to enact and enter into the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-06
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 33) |
| KY | SB218 | Fail | Amend KRS 205.6412 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to seek authorization from the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a state-directed payment for physician and nonphysician professional services prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
WITHDRAWN |
| KY | HB922 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the physician recruitment and retention program to provide loan repayment to eligible medical students; define terms; specify the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority may provide awards to e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Postsecondary Education Committee |
| KY | HCR114 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognize the importance of having a physician present in every emergency department and the critical need for improving rural health care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB880 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 313 to adopt the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; declare the intent and purpose of the compact; define terms; establish conditions under which an individual can practice in a remote state; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee |
| KY | HB788 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 311.599 to insert gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB584 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 218A.205 to remove the requirement of a permanent licensure ban on licensees and applicants convicted of a felony offense regarding prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance; make technical corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB752 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 214.450 to define "autologous donation," "directed donation," and "informed consent"; create a new section of KRS 214.450 to 214.466 to establish an individual's right to select a willing blood donor; establish related prohibitions for bloo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB729 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 315.010 to define terms; amend KRS 315.020 to require a terminal distributor to designate a responsible practitioner for each permitted location; require the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations to establish c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
To House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee |
| KY | HB709 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314A to allow an advanced practice respiratory therapist employed by a health facility to declare a patient death and sign the provisional report of death; repeal and reenact KRS 314A.010, 314A.110, and 314A.220 to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee |
| KY | HB696 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health to make educational material available on its website regarding the recognition and warning signs of infantile seizure disorder; require a health facility or health c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | SB348 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt ophthalmology and endscopy surgical centers meeting certain criteria from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need; make technical corrections; amend KRS 216B.061 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | SB307 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 304.17A-163 to modify the definition of "health plan"; require insurers, health plans, private review agents, and pharmacy benefit managers to disclose certain information about step therapy protocols on their website and ensure that the el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-27
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | SB271 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 320.410 to make technical clarification.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB664 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms; establish a civil cause of action for damages arising from sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts; provide for the type of damages a plaintiff may recover and the causation require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB252 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms; establish a civil cause of action for damages arising from sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts; provide for the type of damages a plaintiff may recover and the causation require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | SB204 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 508.090 to define "controlled substance" and "abuse or neglect"; amend KRS 508.100 and 508.110 to conform; amend KRS 508.120 to enhance the penalty of abuse in the third degree if the victim is under 13 years old and suffered serious physic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | SB201 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and Medicaid managed care organizations to cover evaluation and management services; prohibit the department or managed care organizations from limiting coverage ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HJR25 | Engross
Sine Die | Declare Kentucky to be a Food is Medicine state and direct state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB548 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; prohibit a health care provider from performing a pelvic, rectal, or prostate examination without the informed consent of the patient or the person authorized to make health care decisions for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB549 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "pregnancy resource center"; require pregnancy resource centers to be licensed; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure stan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB543 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit a manufacturer operating within an eligible facility to make available to an eligible patient an individualized investigational drug, biological product, or device; permit the manufactur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | SJR91 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct state agencies to deploy policies that support a focus on healthy lifestyles and evidence-based nutrition interventions in all health and medical education for students and active health professionals; specifically direct the Kentucky Board of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | SB12 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 211.492 to define "advanced practice provider"; amend KRS 211.494 to allow Level IV verified trauma centers to utilize physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses who are supervised by physicians to cover emergency departme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB477 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to protect access to assisted reproductive technology; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to declare that a fertilized human egg or human embryo that exists outside of the uterus of a human body shall not ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB466 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 214.034 to delete hepatitis B from the list of required immunizations for children; prohibit additional immunizations from being required by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services without the approval of the General Assembly; delete req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB263 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school; permit authorized entities to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB153 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to find 201 KAR 9:270 and 201 KAR 20:065 deficient and void; create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 313, 314, and 315 to establish that the State Board of Medical Licensure, Board of Dentistry, Kentucky Board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB107 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require hospitals that offer emergency medical services to have at least 1 licensed board certified or board eligible emergency medicine physician on site and on duty who is responsible for the emergency de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB192 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 314.011 to define "dispense" or "dispensing" if prescribed, as receiving and distributing nonscheduled legend drugs; include receiving and distributing nonscheduled legend drug samples from pharmaceutical manufacturers; define "dispense" or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | SB82 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to find 201 KAR 9:270 and 201 KAR 20:065 deficient and void; create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 313, 314, and 315 to establish that the State Board of Medical Licensure, Board of Dentistry, Kentucky Board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13
To Senate Committee on Committees |
