A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Optometric Practice Task Force.

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Optometric Practice Task Force to conduct a comprehensive review of the regulatory and clinical landscape of the practice of optometry and to make recommendations regarding the practice of optometry; establish membership; direct the task force to meet monthly during the 2026 Interim and submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by October 31, 2026.

Introduced: March 18, 2026

Last action: March 18, 2026

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This resolution would create a special task force to study how optometry is currently practiced and regulated in Kentucky. The group would meet monthly throughout 2026 and submit recommendations to state lawmakers by October 31, 2026. Its findings could lead to future changes in state rules governing eye care providers. Who it may affect: licensed optometrists and their patients across Kentucky.

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