AN ACT relating to the Kentucky statewide health data utility.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky statewide health data utility; define terms; establish purposes and a restricted fund for the utility; require the executive director of the Office of Data Analytics to be responsible for the development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of the utility, contract with a consortium of public health colleges to operate and govern the utility, and promulgate administrative regulations to carry out those duties; establish functions and…

Introduced: February 19, 2026

Last action: April 14, 2026

Became Law Without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 150)

Effective date: set within the act

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This bill creates a new statewide system in Kentucky for collecting and sharing health data, called the Kentucky Statewide Health Data Utility. It sets up a governing structure that includes a consortium of public health colleges and a new advisory board, and requires health care participants to submit health information to the system within set timeframes, with penalties for those who do not comply. The goal is to improve how health data is gathered, managed, and used across the state. Who it may affect: health care providers, hospitals, insurers, pharmacists, physicians, public health agencies, and Medicaid participants.

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