Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB323: AN ACT relating to the production of medical records.
Status: In committee, April 1, 2026
Amend KRS 422.305 to require that a subpoena duces tecum for medical records be served no less than 14 days before the time set in the subpoena to appear or produce the records; make technical corrections.
What the bill says
An act relating to the production of medical records.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to the production of medical records. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 422.305 is amended to read as follows: (1) (a) When a subpoena duces tecum is served upon any employee of any medical provider[hospital], requiring the production of any[ such] medical charts or records at any action or proceeding, it is sufficient if the employee of the medical provider[hospital] charged with the responsibility of being custodian of the original charts or records[thereof] promptly notifies, in writing, the attorney for the party causing service of the subpoena, of the medical provider's[hospital's] election to proceed under the provisions of KRS 422.300 to 422.330 and of the estimated actual and reasonable expenses of reproducing the requested[such] charts or records. (b) Upon receipt of the[such] notification, the attorney causing the service of the subpoena shall notify all other attorneys of record, or other parties if they are not represented by attorneys, of the medical provider's[hospital's] election. (c) Following the medical provider's[such] election, the employee of the medical provider[hospital] charged with the responsibility of being custodian of the original charts or records specified in the subpoena shall hold the originals available at the medical provider's facility[hospital], and upon payment to the medical provider[hospital] of the estimated reproduction expenses by the party causing …
Sponsors
- Robert Stivers (R, SD-025) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- : 2nd reading
- : taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- : returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 32-0
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
Votes
- Senate: PASS SB 323 RSN# 3915 (March 11, 2026): 32 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Hospitals And Health Facilities, Witnesses, Civil Procedure
Common questions
- What is SB323?
- SB323 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the production of medical records.
- What does SB323 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the production of medical records.
- What is the status of SB323?
- In committee as of April 1, 2026. Latest action: returned to Committee on Committees (H) (April 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB323?
- Robert Stivers (R, SD-025).
- Where is the official record for SB323?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb323.html
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