KY HB 676

enacted

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky statewide health data utility.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did KY HB 676 pass?

Yes. KY HB 676 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-14): became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 150)

What is KY HB 676 about?

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 for the development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of the utility, contract with a consortium of public health colleges to operate and govern the utility, and promulgate administrative regulations to carry out those duties; establish functions and content of utility; create a consortium of public health colleges; establish duties of consortium in operating and governing the utility; establish administration and operation requirements for the consortium; establish the Kentucky Health Information Technology Board; require the board to establish policies and procedures for the sharing and submission of health information, approve data control, governance, and privacy practices, and advise the executive director and the consortium; require the utility's participants to comply with health information sharing and submission requirements within certain timeframes; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to enforce the mandatory reporting requirements for the utility's participants; establish enforcement powers of secretary including civil penalty assessment; require the consortium and the executive director to make annual reports relating to the utility; amend KRS 194A.030, 194A.101, 194A.103, 194A.095, 205.640, 205.6489, 211.474, 214.375, and 311A.190 to conform; repeal KRS 216.2920, 216.2921, 216.2923, 216.2925, 216.2927, and 216.2929, relating to health data collection; establish timeframe for making initial appointments, and provide for staggered appointments to the board; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1); EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2028.

Who sponsors KY HB 676?

R. Raymer is the primary sponsor of KY HB 676.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-19
Latest action: 2026-04-14 — became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 150)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-14
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 150)
became-law
2026-04-13
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
2026-04-01
delivered to Governor
2026-04-01
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-04-01
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-03-31
received in House
2026-03-31
3rd reading, passed 37-1
passage,reading-3
2026-03-26
posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
2026-03-26
2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2
2026-03-25
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-24
to Health Services (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-20
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-20
received in Senate
2026-03-19
3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Floor Amendment (3)
passage,reading-3
2026-03-18
floor amendment (3) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-03-17
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 18 2026
2026-03-16
floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction
2026-03-10
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction
2026-03-06
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-05
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-26
to Health Services (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-19
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-19
introduced in House
introduction

Versions

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Acts Chapter 150Compare
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Documents

Votes

Pass
2026-03-19 · pass · 93-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hampton: yes
- McCool: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Meade: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Hart: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Miles: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Moser: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Payne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Brown: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Rabourn: yes
- White: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Williams: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Riley: yes
- Willner: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Witten: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hale: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Banta: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- McPherson: not voting
- Rudy: not voting
- Watkins: not voting
- Holloway: not voting
- Massaroni: not voting
CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 676
2026-03-31 · pass · 37-1
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Mills: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Givens: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Reed: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Tichenor: no

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Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb676.html

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