AN ACT relating to health care price transparency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require hospitals to disclose prices for certain items and services provided by hospitals; require hospitals to make public a digital list of all standard charges and a consumer-friendly list of charges for a set of shoppable services; require hospitals to provide descriptions of different services and standard charges of those services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish…

Introduced: January 7, 2026

Last action: January 14, 2026

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This bill would require Kentucky hospitals to publicly post their prices for services online and give patients written price information before receiving care, except in emergencies. It also directs a state agency to create standard formats for how that pricing information is displayed and to monitor hospitals for compliance, with penalties for those that do not follow the rules. Who it may affect: patients seeking hospital or other health care services, and hospitals and health care providers operating in Kentucky.

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