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HB 305 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to health care.

Summary
Amend KRS 164.0401 to add physician assistant license, dietitian license, and nutritionist certificate to the definition of "eligible healthcare credential"; amend KRS 164.0403 to limit healthcare training scholarship awards to applicants enrolled in a state registered nursing aide training and competency evaluation program; prohibit employment restrictions in healthcare training scholarships awarded to applicants enrolled in a state registered nursing aide training and competency evaluation program.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAdds physician assistants, dietitians, and nutritionists to healthcare credentials and prohibits employment restrictions for scholarship recipients, expanding provider access and workforce development.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Signed Apr 1, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renamed from 'HB 305' to 'HB 305/EN' and expanded from focusing on 'health care workforce' to broader 'health care' matters. The document was updated from a 6-page jacketed version to a 13-page engrossed version, indicating significant substantive additions. Key substantive changes include the addition of psychology licenses to the list of regulated professions and modifications to healthcare partnership funding requirements.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from specifically addressing the health care workforce to broader health care matters, and the document structure changed from a 6-page jacket to a 13-page engrossed version.
SCOPE

Title changed from 'relating to the health care workforce' to 'relating to health care', indicating broader applicability beyond just workforce issues.

ELIGIBILITY

Added psychology license or certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 319 to the list of regulated healthcare professions, expanding the scope of covered licenses.

FISCAL

Modified healthcare partnership funding requirements, changing from matching funds distributed to the healthcare partner to requiring all distributed moneys to be used for direct healthcare training.

TECHNICAL

Document pagination changed from 6 pages to 13 pages, with updated version identifiers from 'Jacketed' to 'Engrossed' and revised date stamps.

Floor votes · House Feb 20, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Apr 1, 2025
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 150)
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed 92-4
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
to Health Services (S)
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 92-0
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
to Postsecondary Education (H)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.