Introduced January 7, 2026
HB59
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Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 216B.250 as a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; require health facilities and other health care providers to provide itemized health care statements in certain circumstances; specify the contents of the health care statements; require that health care statements contain information about price classifications and claims made with third-party payors; prohibit health facilities and providers from charging for the health care statements; establish means by which patients…
Plain-language summary
This bill would require hospitals and other health care providers in Kentucky to give patients an itemized bill showing exactly what they were charged, including how prices are classified and what was billed to insurance. It also would ban providers from charging patients more than an agreed-upon price or what they are legally allowed to collect, and it gives the Attorney General the power to enforce these rules and pursue penalties for violations. The law…
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
John Hodgson
Representative · House District 036
Co-sponsors (16)
Shane Baker
Representative · House District 085
Kimberly Banta
Representative · House District 063
Ryan Bivens
Representative · House District 024
Steve Bratcher
Representative · House District 025
George Brown
Representative · House District 077
Emily Callaway
Representative · House District 037
Josh Calloway
Representative · House District 010
Jennifer Henson Decker
Representative · House District 058
Daniel Grossberg
Representative · House District 030
Kevin Jackson
Representative · House District 020
DJ Johnson
Representative · House District 013
Matt Lockett
Representative · House District 039
Candy Massaroni
Representative · House District 050
Bobby McCool
Representative · House District 097
Marianne Proctor
Representative · House District 060
T.J. Roberts
Representative · House District 066
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