Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB280: AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency.
Status: Signed into law, April 10, 2026
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 emplo
What the bill says
An act relating to health care and declaring an emergency.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 314.041 is amended to read as follows: (1) An applicant for a license to practice as a registered nurse shall file with the board a written application for a license and submit evidence, verified by oath, that the applicant: (a) Has completed the basic curriculum for preparing registered nurses in an approved school of nursing and has completed requirements for graduation therefrom; (b) Is able to understandably speak and write the English language and to read the English language with comprehension; and (c) Has passed the jurisprudence examination approved by the board as provided by subsection (4) of this section. (2) [Except as authorized by subsection (7) of this section, ]An applicant shall be required to pass a licensure examination in any subjects as the board may determine. Application for licensure by examination shall be received by the board at the time determined by the board by administrative regulation. (3) Upon request, an applicant who meets the requirements of subsection (1) of this section shall be issued a provisional license that shall expire no later than six (6) months from the date of issuance. (4) The jurisprudence examination shall be prescribed by the board and …
Sponsors
- Kimberly Moser (R, HD-064) · primary sponsor
- Steve Bratcher (R, HD-025)
- Daniel Grossberg (D, HD-030)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : passed 94-0
- : House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- : posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
Votes
- House: Final Passage RCS# 370 (March 31, 2026): 94 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS HB 280 w/ SCS 1 (SCS 1) RSN# 3959 (March 19, 2026): 35 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 18 (January 21, 2026): 94 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Teachers, Crimes And Punishments, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Effective Dates, Emergency, Children And Minors, Diseases, Drugs And Medicines
Common questions
- What is HB280?
- HB280 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB280 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to health care and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB280?
- Signed into law as of April 10, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75) (April 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB280?
- Kimberly Moser (R, HD-064), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB280?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb280.html
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