KentuckyKentucky staff must study options for sharing health information statewide
Kentucky’s Legislative Research Commission staff must study ways to share health information statewide and report options for a secure network.
What it does
Legislative Research Commission staff must study options for a statewide network to share health information securely, including possible access for patients and health care providers.
Argument forThe study could help state leaders weigh secure ways to share health information and let patients see their electronic health records.
Argument againstThe study could use staff time and money to examine a network without requiring the state to build one.
More detail
Legislative Research Commission staff must study options for a statewide health data network. The study must consider a single statewide network that gathers health information and gives authorized recipients access. It must examine uses for health care data, care and treatment monitoring, and patients' access to their electronic health records. The study must consider privacy and security protections required by state and federal law. Staff may consult officials and other entities, hire a consultant or vendor, and convene a working group. The Commission may assign the study to an interim joint committee or subcommittee and set a different completion date. Staff must send a written report to the Commission by December 1, 2026, for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services, unless the Commission assigns the work elsewhere and sets a different completion date.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 14became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 150)Became Law
- Apr 13filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- Apr 1delivered to Governor
- Apr 1enrolled, signed by President of the SenateTo Governor
- Apr 1enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Mar 31received in House
- Vote recorded CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 676. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 313rd reading, passed 37-1Passed Senate
- Mar 26posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- Mar 262nd reading, to Rules as a consent billMinor
- Mar 25reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent CalendarMinor
- Mar 24to Health Services (S)Minor
- Mar 20to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Mar 20received in Senate
- Mar 193rd reading, passed 93-0 with Floor Amendment (3)Passed House
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 18floor amendment (3) filedMinor
- Mar 17posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 18 2026
- Mar 16floor amendment (2) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Mar 10floor amendment (1) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Mar 62nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 5reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Feb 26to Health Services (H)Minor
- Feb 19to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Feb 19introduced in HouseIntroduced
Healthcare