Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB627: AN ACT relating to insurance.
Status: Chaptered, April 14, 2026
Amend KRS 304.39-020, relating to personal injury protection benefits, to modify requirements for certain medical expenses paid by a reparation obligor; amend KRS 304.39-130 to increase the allowable weekly reimbursement for work loss and other loss; amend KRS 304.39-210 to establish requirements for a reparation obligor paying medical expenses and a person submitting and collecting medical expenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to provide the Attorney General with concurrent jurisdiction in the investigation and prosecution of offenses under KRS 304.47-020; amend KRS 304.47-020 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 47 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the insurance commissioner to publish an annual insurance fraud report; direct that certain provisions apply to basic and added reparation benefits issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.
What the bill says
An act relating to insurance.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to insurance. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 304.39-020 is amended to read as follows: As used in this subtitle: (1) "Added reparation benefits" mean benefits provided by optional added reparation insurance;[.] (2) "Basic reparation benefits" mean benefits providing reimbursement for net loss suffered through injury arising out of the operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, subject, where applicable, to the limits, deductibles, exclusions, disqualifications, and other conditions provided in this subtitle. The maximum amount of basic reparation benefits payable for all economic loss resulting from injury to any one (1) person as the result of one (1) accident shall be ten thousand dollars ($10,000), regardless of the number of persons entitled to such benefits or the number of providers of security obligated to pay such benefits. Basic reparation benefits consist of one (1) or more of the elements defined as "loss[.]"; (3) "Basic reparation insured" means: (a) A person identified by name as an insured in a contract of basic reparation insurance complying with this subtitle; and (b) While residing in the same household with a named insured, the following persons not identified by name as an insured in any other contract of basic reparation insurance complying with this and 2. A minor in the …
Sponsors
- Josh Bray (R, HD-071) · primary sponsor
- George Brown (D, HD-077)
- Michael Meredith (R, HD-019)
Latest actions
- : became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 149)
- : filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : passed 75-14
- : House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- : posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
Votes
- House: Final Passage RCS# 404 (March 31, 2026): 75 yea, 14 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS HB 627 w/ SCS 1 (SCS 1) RSN# 4034 (March 27, 2026): 24 yea, 8 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 135 (February 24, 2026): 85 yea, 9 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care Professionals, Consumer Protection, Hospitals And Health Facilities, Insurance, Motor Vehicle, Health And Medical Services, Local Mandate, Motor Vehicles, Corrections Impact
Common questions
- What is HB627?
- HB627 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to insurance.
- What does HB627 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to insurance.
- What is the status of HB627?
- Chaptered as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 149) (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB627?
- Josh Bray (R, HD-071), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB627?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb627.html
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