Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB811: AN ACT relating to health services.
Status: In committee, March 9, 2026
Amend KRS 211.160 to insert gender-neutral language.
What the bill says
An act relating to health services.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to health services. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 211.160 is amended to read as follows: (1) The secretary for health and family services may, from the funds available, employ, by contract or otherwise such medical, clinical, technical, and other personnel that he or she deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of KRS 211.130 to 211.160, and fix and pay their compensation and necessary traveling expenses. (2) The secretary for health and family services may, from the funds available, procure, by purchase or lease or otherwise, such property, equipment, services, facilities, and supplies that he or she deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of KRS 211.130 to 211.160. (3) The secretary for health and family services is authorized to accept, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, all gifts, donations, contributions, grants, devises, bequests, and conveyances of real and personal property for establishing, providing, and maintaining the services and facilities described in KRS 211.150, subject only to the condition that same shall be devoted to and used for said purposes. All funds received by the secretary for health and family services shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to a trust and agency fund account and expended only for purposes authorized by KRS 211.130 to 211.160. …
Sponsors
- David Meade (R, HD-080) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
- : to Health Services (H)
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Health And Medical Services, Technical Corrections
Common questions
- What is HB811?
- HB811 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to health services.
- What does HB811 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to health services.
- What is the status of HB811?
- In committee as of March 9, 2026. Latest action: 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) (March 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB811?
- David Meade (R, HD-080).
- Where is the official record for HB811?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb811.html
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