Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB393: AN ACT relating to services for Alzheimer's and related dementias.
Status: Signed into law, April 7, 2026
Amend KRS 194A.601 to require the dementia services coordinator to prepare an annual report on the operations of the Office of Dementia Services and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council and a progress report on the Kentucky Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan to submit to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 194A.603 to increase the membership of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council from 15 to 16 by increasing the individual unpaid caregiver members by 1; change the council's annual reporting date to December 1 from July 1; require the council to develop and implement annual year-long initiative advancing a key area of the state plan; direct the council to create a provider toolkit on early detection and diagnosis as its first year-long initiative beginning December 1, 2026 to be distributed to stakeholders.
What the bill says
An act relating to services for Alzheimer's and related dementias.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to services for Alzheimer's and related dementias. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 194A.601 is amended to read as follows: (1) The Office of Dementia Services is established within the cabinet. The purpose of the office is to oversee information and resources related to policy and services affecting residents of Kentucky with dementia, and the caregivers and families of the residents. (2) The dementia services coordinator shall be a full-time, permanent employee and shall be responsible for the staffing and operational details of the office. (3) The dementia services coordinator shall prepare an annual report on the operations of the office and council, which shall include but not be limited to a progress update on the implementation of the Kentucky Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan and any state plan amendments or recommendations. The report shall be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission for referral[A report on the operations of the office shall be made to the secretary within ninety (90) days of June 29, 2021. An annual report on the operation of the office shall be made] to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services by December 1 of each year. (4)[(3)] The duties of the office shall include but not be limited to: (a) Creating, implementing, …
Sponsors
- Rebecca Raymer (R, HD-015) · primary sponsor
- Daniel Grossberg (D, HD-030)
- Vanessa Grossl (R, HD-088)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 40)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 38-0
- : passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
- : posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Votes
- Senate: Floor Vote RSN# 4004 (March 25, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 49 (February 3, 2026): 95 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Reports Mandated, Diseases, Aged Persons And Aging, Health And Medical Services, Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees, Public Health, Dementia
Common questions
- What is HB393?
- HB393 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to services for Alzheimer's and related dementias.
- What does HB393 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to services for Alzheimer's and related dementias.
- What is the status of HB393?
- Signed into law as of April 7, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 40) (April 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB393?
- Rebecca Raymer (R, HD-015), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB393?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb393.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.