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KentuckySB 272025 Regular SessionSenate

AN ACT relating to health care.

Sponsored By: Brandon J. Storm (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Data ProcessingDiseasesHealth and Medical ServicesHospitals and Nursing HomesPhysicians and PractitionersState AgenciesAdvisory Boards, Commissions, and CommitteesAdministrative Regulations and ProceedingsReports Mandated

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Facility medical rides face Medicaid payment limits

Hospitals and skilled nursing facilities running nonemergency ride services can transport residents who qualify, including by stretcher when needed. This includes newly admitted residents traveling from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility. The contracted transportation broker must first get a chance to schedule the trip. Medicaid and its managed care plans cannot reimburse direct facility rides under this rule; the law does not set patient charges. Hospitals and facilities can still become contracted transportation providers, with payment governed by those arrangements.

Parkinson’s registry adds reporting and privacy rights

The law creates Kentucky’s Parkinson’s Disease Research Registry to track Parkinson’s disease and related conditions called Parkinsonisms. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services runs it, pays administrative costs, and appoints an expert and patient advisory committee. Beginning January 1, 2026, movement disorder centers and providers must report cases not already reported. Providers must explain reporting and data use, let patients review materials and ask questions, and offer a written opt-out. After an opt-out, providers report only that a case exists, without further patient data. Providers must report incorrect or incomplete diagnoses so affected records can be removed. Registry coding must remove direct identifiers while allowing duplicate records to be detected. Approved researchers can receive data, including identifying details, subject to research approval and privacy rules. Confidential sharing requires written privacy agreements, and disclosures must be limited to their approved purpose. Anyone receiving registry data needs permission obtained by the Cabinet before contacting patients or families. Registry records are generally protected from subpoenas and use in court, and a public log tracks data access. The law does not compel medical exams or supervision or limit patients’ access to their own records. The Cabinet can inspect sample medical records for compliance; good-faith reporters receive liability protection for submitting reports. By October 1, 2027, the Cabinet must publish a registry website and submit its first annual report to lawmakers. Annual downloadable reports must include case counts, county disease rates, and age, gender, and race breakdowns. The registry adds no household fee or tax.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Brandon J. Storm

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Craig Richardson

    Republican • Senate

  • Danny Carroll

    Republican • Senate

  • Lindsey Tichenor

    Republican • Senate

  • Matthew Deneen

    Republican • Senate

  • Rick Girdler

    Republican • Senate

  • Robby Mills

    Republican • Senate

  • Shelley Funke Frommeyer

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 157 • No: 0

House vote • 3/14/2025

3rd reading, passed

Yes: 87 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/14/2025

passed

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/28/2025

3rd reading, passed

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 85)

    3/25/2025

  2. delivered to Governor

    3/14/2025

  3. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    3/14/2025Senate

  4. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    3/14/2025Senate

  5. passed 36-0

    3/14/2025Senate

  6. Senate concurred in House amendment Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    3/14/2025Senate

  7. posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1), Committee Substitute (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    3/14/2025House

  8. to Rules (S)

    3/14/2025Senate

  9. received in Senate

    3/14/2025Senate

  10. 3rd reading, passed 87-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    3/14/2025House

  11. placed in the Orders of the Day

    3/14/2025House

  12. taken from Rules

    3/14/2025House

  13. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

    3/13/2025House

  14. 2nd reading, to Rules

    3/13/2025House

  15. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    3/12/2025House

  16. to Health Services (H)

    3/11/2025House

  17. to Committee on Committees (H)

    3/4/2025House

  18. received in House

    3/4/2025House

  19. 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

    2/28/2025Senate

  20. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025

    2/27/2025Senate

  21. 2nd reading, to Rules

    2/27/2025Senate

  22. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    2/26/2025Senate

  23. to Health Services (S)

    1/9/2025Senate

  24. to Committee on Committees (S)

    1/7/2025Senate

  25. introduced in Senate

    1/7/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Current

    3/14/2025

    PDF

  • Introduced

    10/24/2024

    PDF

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