HB 278 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to hospital price transparency.

Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require hospitals to maintain a publicly available chargemaster of all standard charges, in dollar amounts, and descriptions for all standard facility items or services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a template for each facility to use to create the chargemaster, monitor each facility's compliance, and provide administrative penalties; prohibit collective action of debt for noncompliant facilities.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
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Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2026 Last action Jan 15, 2026
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Jan 15, 2026
Committee
to Health Services (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
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