House Bill 676

Actions | Amendments
Last Action 03/06/26: 2nd reading, to Rules
Title AN ACT relating to the Kentucky statewide health data utility.
Bill Documents Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements Actuarial Analysis
Local Mandate
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
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
Jump to Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements

Actions

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02/19/26
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)
02/26/26
  • to Health Services (H)
03/05/26
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/06/26
  • 2nd reading, to Rules

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statements Actuarial Analysis to House Committee Substitute 1
Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary Delete original provisions, create new sections of KRS Chapter 7 to establish the Kentucky statewide health data utility; define terms; establish purposes and a restricted fund for the utility; permit the Legislative Research Commission (Commission) to elect to develop, implement, operate, and maintain the utility, contract with vendors to operate and govern the utility, and promulgate administrative regulations to carry out those duties; establish permissible functions and content of utility; establish duties of the Commission in operating and governing the utility; establish administration and operation requirements for the Commission; establish the Kentucky Health Information Technology Advisory Board; establish advisory duties of the board; require the utility's participants to comply with health information sharing and submission requirements within certain timeframes; require the Attorney General to enforce the mandatory reporting requirements for the utility's participants; establish enforcement powers of Attorney General including civil penalty assessment; amend KRS 194A.030, 194A.103, 194A.095, 205.640, 205.6489, 211.474, and 214.375, and create a new section of KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929, to conform; 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).
Index Headings Actuarial Analysis - Kentucky statewide health data utility, compliance
Local Mandate - Kentucky statewide health data utility fund, establishment
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Legislative Research Commission, Kentucky statewide health data utility, administration
Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Kentucky Health Information Technology Advisory Board, establishment
Attorney General - Kentucky statewide health data utility, enforcement
Data Protection - Kentucky statewide health data utility, establishment
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, authorized recipient, authorization
Health And Medical Services - Kentucky statewide health data utility, establishment
Health Care Professionals - Kentucky statewide health data utility, authorized recipient, authorization
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, authorized recipient, authorization
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, authorized recipient, authorization
Physicians - Kentucky statewide health data utility, authorized recipient, authorization
Public Health - Kentucky statewide health data utility, establishment
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

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