Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB470: AN ACT relating to behavioral health services and declaring an emergency.
Status: Signed into law, April 10, 2026
Amend KRS 222.233 to require behavioral health multi-specialty groups or any entity that bills for peer support services to only employ specifically qualified alcohol and drug peer support specialists until January 1, 2028; extend the time period in which other alcohol and other drug treatment entities and behavioral health service organizations may only employ specifically qualified alcohol and drug peer support specialists to January 1, 2028; remove references to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; amend KRS 309.0805 and 309.0813 to remove references to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; repeal KRS 309.0836, relating to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; establish the Peer Support Professionals Work Group to submit recommendations to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services regarding the creation of a board of peer support professionals to develop statewide requirements for licensed peer support professionals; EMERGENCY.
Sponsors
- Kimberly Moser (R, HD-064) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 80)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : passed 91-0
- : House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)