Healthcare

signed · Kentucky · House Apr 7, 2026

HB 388: AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.

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 other states; amend KRS 218A.182 to exempt charitable health care practitioners from electronic prescription requirement; amend KRS 218A.202 to require an active account with the electronic monitoring system be maintained by practitioners or pharmacists prescribing or dispensing Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.245 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to enter reciprocal agreements or contracts with any federal agency of the United States or its territories.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands provider access by adding optometrists/physician assistants to 'practitioner' definition and exempts charitable practitioners from e-prescribing requirements, improving healthcare delivery access.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Kentucky · House Apr 7, 2026

HB 393: AN ACT relating to services for Alzheimer's and related dementias.

Amend KRS 194A.601 to require the dementia services coordinator to prepare an annual report on the operations of the Office of Dementia Services and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council and a progress report on the Kentucky Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan to submit to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 194A.603 to increase the membership of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council from 15 to 16 by increasing the individual unpaid caregiver members by 1; change the council's annual reporting date to December 1 from July 1; require the council to develop and implement annual year-long initiative advancing a key area of the state plan; direct the council to create a provider toolkit on early detection and diagnosis as its first year-long initiative beginning December 1, 2026 to be distributed to stakeholders.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates annual reports and expands advisory council to improve dementia care planning, strengthening oversight of healthcare services under Kentucky's state plan.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Kentucky · House Apr 3, 2026

HB 266: AN ACT relating to healthcare credentials eligible for the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.

Amend KRS 164.0401 to add a speech-language pathology or audiology license to the definition of "eligible healthcare credential" for the purpose of the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAdds speech-language pathology/audiology licenses to fund-eligible credentials, expanding workforce investment in healthcare professionals per bill's purpose.92% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Kentucky · House Apr 3, 2026

HB 184: AN ACT relating to health savings account-qualified insurance plans.

Create a new section of Subtitle 1 of KRS Chapter 304 to limit the application of cost-sharing requirements that would result in a health insurance policy, certificate, plan, or contract losing its health savings account-qualified status under federal law; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to subject cost-sharing requirements in that chapter to applicability limitation; provide that applicability limitation applies to policies, certificates, plans, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; provide purpose of Section 1 of the Act; state the that Section 1 of the Act may be cited as the Health Savings Account State-Federal Regulatory Coordination Model Act.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcarePreserves HSA-qualified insurance status, supporting tax-advantaged healthcare savings access and maintaining coverage options.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Kentucky · House Apr 3, 2026

HB 164: AN ACT relating to coverage for hearing aids and related services.

Amend KRS 304.17A-132 to modify the definition of "hearing aid"; increase the coverage amount for hearing aids from $1,400 to $2,500; establish network adequacy requirements relating to the provision of hearing aids and related services that are required to be covered; amend KRS 18A.225 to increase the cap on hearing aids and hearing aid-related services under the state employee health plan from $1,400 to $2,500; direct that the Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareIncreases hearing aid coverage from $1,400 to $2,500 and mandates network adequacy for related services, expanding patient access to essential hearing care under health benefit plans.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

passed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 5, 2026

SB 38: AN ACT relating to reimbursements for pharmacist services.

Amend KRS 205.522 and 205.6485 to require Medicaid and KCHIP to comply with pharmacy reimbursement requirements established in KRS 304.12-237; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes to the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1).

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires Medicaid/KCHIP to comply with pharmacy reimbursement standards, ensuring pharmacists are paid per established rules, directly supporting access to pharmacy services and provider compensation in healthcare.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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passed · Kentucky · Senate Feb 17, 2026

SB 72: AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill protects healthcare professionals' conscience rights and aims to improve recruitment/retention, supporting workforce stability in healthcare services.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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passed · Kentucky · Senate Feb 6, 2026

SB 12: AN ACT relating to medical provider coverage in Level IV trauma centers.

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 departments; require the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations to conform.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAllows physician assistants and APRNs to cover emergency departments at Level IV trauma centers, expanding provider access and improving emergency care availability.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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