Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HCR103: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care professionals while maintaining high quality standards of care.
Status: In committee, April 15, 2026
Establish the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care providers while maintaining high quality standards of care; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committees on Health Services and Education by December 1, 2026.
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution establishing the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care professionals while maintaining high quality standards of care.
From the introduced text:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care professionals while maintaining high quality standards of care. WHEREAS, Kentucky has 265 Primary Care Health Professionals Shortage Areas designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and WHEREAS, in addition to physicians, key health care professionals that are needed, particularly in rural areas, include dentists, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, athletic trainers, medical laboratory scientists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists and public health officials; and WHEREAS, Kentucky universities have been expanding training programs and accelerating pathways that are already increasing the number of new health care professionals, but more needs to be done to grow medical programs; and WHEREAS, initiatives across the state are working to meet Kentucky's health care needs, including partnerships between universities, hospitals, and high schools to encourage health care careers; and WHEREAS, care models that allow multidisciplinary health care professionals teams to work in conjunction with physicians could increase patient access to physicians; and WHEREAS, licensed preceptors and trainers are needed to serve as mentors and supervisors for students during their clinical training; and WHEREAS, the Grad PLUS loans, a key funding source used by about half of medical students, will no longer be available beginning July 1, 2026, and solutions are needed to maintain …
Sponsors
- Robert Duvall (R, HD-017) · primary sponsor
- Scott Sharp (R, HD-100)
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Health Services (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Education, Higher, Reports Mandated, Health Care Professionals, Physicians, Studies Directed, Legislative Research Commission, Nurses, Task Forces, Legislative Branch
Common questions
- What is HCR103?
- HCR103 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care professionals while maintaining high quality standards of care.
- What does HCR103 do?
- In its own words: A concurrent resolution establishing the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care professionals while maintaining high quality standards of care.
- What is the status of HCR103?
- In committee as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HCR103?
- Robert Duvall (R, HD-017), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HCR103?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hcr103.html
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