Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB696: AN ACT relating to infantile seizure disorder.
Status: In committee, March 2, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health to make educational material available on its website regarding the recognition and warning signs of infantile seizure disorder; require a health facility or health care provider to provide the material; amend KRS 311.601, 311.844, and 314.073 to require pediatricians, family practitioners, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants who regularly provide care to infants to demonstrate completion of a 1 time course of a least 1 hour of continuing education that covers the recognition and warning signs of infantile seizure disorder.
What the bill says
An act relating to infantile seizure disorder.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to infantile seizure disorder. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 214 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) The Department for Public Health shall make available to the public on its website educational material on the recognition and warning signs of infantile seizure disorder. (2) The department may solicit and accept the assistance of relevant medical associations or community resources to develop, promote, and distribute the educational material. (3) A health care provider who regularly provides care for infants shall offer to and discuss with the families and caregivers of infants the information available under subsection (1) of this section. Section 2. KRS 311.601 is amended to read as follows: (1) The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations to effectuate and implement the provisions of KRS 311.550 to 311.620, including but not limited to regulations designed to ensure the continuing professional competency of present and future licensees. As an adjunct to the power conferred upon the board by this section, the board may require licensees to submit to interrogation as to the nature and extent of their postgraduate medical education and to require licensees found to be deficient in their efforts to keep abreast of new methods and technology, to obtain additional …
Sponsors
- Felicia Rabourn (R, HD-047) · primary sponsor
- David Hale (R, HD-074)
- T.J. Roberts (R, HD-066)
- Steven Rudy (R, HD-001)
Latest actions
- : to Health Services (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Children And Minors, Health Care Professionals, Diseases, Physicians, Boards And Commissions, Public Health, Nurses
Common questions
- What is HB696?
- HB696 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to infantile seizure disorder.
- What does HB696 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to infantile seizure disorder.
- What is the status of HB696?
- In committee as of March 2, 2026. Latest action: to Health Services (H) (March 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB696?
- Felicia Rabourn (R, HD-047), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB696?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb696.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.