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HB 278Session 2026RSHouseIn committee

AN ACT relating to hospital price transparency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require hospitals to maintain a publicly available chargemaster of all standard charges, in dollar amounts, and descriptions for all standard facility items or services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a template for each facility to use to create the chargemaster, monitor each facility's compliance, and provide administrative penalties; prohibit collective action of debt for noncompliant facilities.

Latest development · Jan 15, 2026

to Health Services (H)

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2026RS
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Latest passage
Date unavailable
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HealthFamily & Social Services

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Administrative Regulations And ProceedingsConsumer ProtectionHealth And Medical ServicesHospitals And Health FacilitiesState Agencies

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Bill

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View full action timeline3 actions⌄
  1. Jan 15, 2026

    to Health Services (H)

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  2. Jan 8, 2026

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  3. Jan 8, 2026

    introduced in House

    IntroductionHouse

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Source data last updated Aug 20, 2026.