26RS HB 230

House Bill 230

Actions

Last Action	01/07/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to health care price transparency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	163
Sponsor	M. Lockett
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require hospitals to disclose prices for certain items and services provided by hospitals; require hospitals to make public a digital list of all standard charges and a consumer-friendly list of charges for a set of shoppable services; require hospitals to provide descriptions of different services and standard charges of those services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a template for each hospital; require the cabinet to monitor each facility's compliance; provide for administrative penalties; require health care providers to provide patients with written pricing sheets for health care services provided except in an emergency; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a template for the written pricing sheets; require the cabinet or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary to comply with KRS 205.5372(1).
Index Headings of Original Version	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, health care providers, price transparency Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, hospital price transparency, compliance Federal Laws And Regulations - Price transparency, medical services, health care providers, disclosure Health And Medical Services - Health care providers, price transparency, requirement Health And Medical Services - Price transparency, medical services, hospitals, disclosure Hospitals And Health Facilities - Health care providers, price transparency, requirement Hospitals And Health Facilities - Price transparency, medical services, hospitals, disclosure Insurance, Health - Price transparency, medical services, hospitals, disclosure Medicaid - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, hospital price transparency, waiver Medicaid - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, price transparency, waiver Medicaid - Price transparency, medical services, health care providers, disclosure State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, hospital price transparency, oversight Public Health - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, hospital price transparency, waiver Public Health - Price transparency, medical services, health care providers, disclosure