AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Kentucky Health Command.

Create a new section of KRS 42.720 to 42.742 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Health Command in the Commonwealth Office of Technology; require the Kentucky Health Command to contract with a private sector entity to develop and provide standards and qualifications for the utilization of an artificial intelligence-assited virtual health platform; establish a process by which rural health care providers and facilities may contract for use of the aritificial intelligence-assisted virtual health platform; establish…

Introduced: February 10, 2026

Last action: February 10, 2026

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This bill would create a new government body called the Kentucky Health Command, housed within the state's Office of Technology, to oversee an artificial intelligence-assisted virtual health platform. The platform would be made available to rural health care providers and facilities through contracts, and a private company would be hired to set the standards for how the technology is used. The platform could not diagnose or treat medical conditions or practice medicine in any way. Who it may affect: rural residents, rural health care providers and facilities, and technology contractors working with state government.

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