HB278
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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require hospitals to maintain a publicly available chargemaster of all standard charges, in dollar amounts, and descriptions for all standard facility items or services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a template for each facility to use to create the chargemaster, monitor each facility's compliance, and provide administrative penalties; prohibit collective action of debt for noncompliant facilities.
Introduced: January 8, 2026
Last action: January 15, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill would require Kentucky hospitals to publicly post a list of their standard prices for all services and items they provide, with clear dollar amounts and descriptions. It also directs the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a standard format for these price lists, monitor whether hospitals follow the rules, and impose penalties on those that do not comply. Who it may affect: patients seeking hospital care, hospitals and healthcare facilities, and state health regulators.
Legislative History
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