26RS HB 676

House Bill 676

Actions

Last Action	02/19/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to the Kentucky statewide health data utility.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Actuarial Analysis Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	968
Sponsor	R. Raymer
Summary of Original Version	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.
Index Headings of Original Version	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky statewide health data utility, enforcement Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Kentucky Health Information Technology Board, establishment Data Protection - Kentucky statewide health data utility, establishment Education, Higher - Consortium of public health colleges, establishment Education, Higher - Kentucky statewide health data utility, consortium of public health colleges, operation Effective Dates, Delayed - Health data collection, repeal, July 1, 2028 Federal Laws And Regulations - Kentucky statewide health data utility, compliance Funds - Kentucky statewide health data utility fund, establishment General Assembly - Kentucky statewide health data utility, access requirements Health And Medical Services - Kentucky statewide health data utility, establishment Health Care Professionals - Kentucky statewide health data utility, access requirements Hospitals And Health Facilities - Kentucky statewide health data utility, reporting requirements Insurance - Kentucky statewide health data utility, reporting requirements Insurance, Health - Kentucky statewide health data utility, reporting requirements Insurance, Motor Vehicle - Kentucky statewide health data utility, reporting requirements Legislative Research Commission - Kentucky statewide health data utility, access requirements Local Government - Health plans, Kentucky statewide health data utility, reporting requirements Medicaid - Kentucky statewide health data utility, reporting requirements Pharmacists - Kentucky statewide health data utility, access requirements Physicians - Kentucky statewide health data utility, access requirements Public Health - Kentucky statewide health data utility, establishment Reports Mandated - Kentucky statewide health data utility, consortium of public health colleges Reports Mandated - Kentucky statewide health data utility, Office of Data Analytics State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, Kentucky statewide health data utility, reporting requirements State Agencies - Department of Employee Insurance, Kentucky statewide health data utility, reporting requirements State Agencies - Kentucky Health Information Technology Board, membership State Agencies - Office of Data Analytics, Kentucky statewide health data utility, administration Actuarial Analysis - Kentucky statewide health data utility, establishment Local Mandate - Kentucky statewide health data utility, establishment