AN ACT relating to hospital 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 provide descriptions of different services and standard charges of those services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations, monitor each facility's compliance, and provide administrative penalties; prohibit collective action of debt for noncompliant facilities.

Introduced: February 18, 2025

Last action: February 20, 2025

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This bill would require Kentucky hospitals to publicly disclose their prices for services and items, including descriptions of what those services are and what they cost. It sets up oversight by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which would create rules, check whether hospitals are following the law, and impose penalties on those that do not. Hospitals that fail to comply would also be restricted from pursuing debt collection against patients. Who it may affect: patients seeking hospital care, hospitals and healthcare providers, and state regulators.

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