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HB 280 KY
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AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 8, 2026

Latest action (Apr 10, 2026) signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75)

Summary

Amend KRS 314.041, relating to registered nurse licensure, and KRS 314.051, relating to licensed practical nurse licensure, to add credential requirements; amend KRS 314.042 to require physicians collaborating with an advanced practice registered nurse to have an active and unrestricted license in Kentucky; amend KRS 314.109 to reduce the time from 90 to 30 days for a person under the jurisdiction of the board to notify the board of a conviction of certain misdemeanors or felonies; amend KRS 209.032, relating to employees of vulnerable adult service providers, to permit a state licensing board to query the cabinet for a validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation against an individual under the licensing board's jurisdiction; create a new section of KRS 158.830 to 158.838 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good-faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies; amend KRS 158.832 to add definition of "documented medical conditions" and medications to the definition of "medications"; amend KRS 158.834 to add medical conditions and medications that may be self-administered in schools with parental authorization and a prescription; amend KRS 158.836 to require students to permit bronchodilator rescue inhalers, nebulizers, glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications in their possession or in the possession of school personnel; encourage schools to stock undesignated glucagon; and require policies and Good Samaritan protection for the good-faith administration of glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications for authorized school employees; EMERGENCY.

Sponsors (3)

Action history (23)

  1. Jan 8, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Jan 8, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Jan 13, 2026 to Health Services (H) · lower
  4. Jan 15, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  5. Jan 16, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  6. Jan 16, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 · lower
  7. Jan 21, 2026 3rd reading, passed with 94-0 Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  8. Jan 22, 2026 received in Senate · upper
  9. Jan 22, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  10. Mar 9, 2026 to Health Services (S) · upper
  11. Mar 11, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  12. Mar 12, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  13. Mar 18, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026 · lower
  14. Mar 19, 2026 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  15. Mar 19, 2026 received in House · lower
  16. Mar 19, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
  17. Mar 27, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  18. Mar 31, 2026 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  19. Mar 31, 2026 passed 94-0 · lower
  20. Mar 31, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
  21. Mar 31, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
  22. Mar 31, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
  23. Apr 10, 2026 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75) · lower
Subjects
Boards And CommissionsChildren And MinorsCivil ActionsCrimes And PunishmentsDiseasesDrugs And MedicinesEducation, Elementary And SecondaryEffective Dates, EmergencyHealth And Medical ServicesLicensingNursesPharmacistsPublic HealthState AgenciesTeachers

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