AN ACT relating to heart attack response and treatment.
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health to establish and implement a plan for achieving continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided under a statewide system for heart attack response and treatment; require the department to designate licensed hospitals as Comprehensive Cardiac Centers, Primary Heart Attack Centers, or Acute Heart Attack Ready hospitals; amend KRS 311A.180 to expand the protocols of emergency medical services providers to include trauma, cardiac arrest, and heart attack.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Feb 16, 2022
Signed Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 7, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 115)
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed 95-0
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 25, 2022
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
to Health & Welfare (S)
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Committee
to Health & Family Services (H)
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Meade
RRepublican
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