---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to family caregivers. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a process to designate a lay caregiver to be contacted upon discharge from a hospital; provide instructions to designated lay caregiver; provide that the designation of a lay caregiver not interfere with the provisions of a living will; provide that compliance or noncompliance does not constitute a private right of action or standard of care."
description: "AN ACT relating to family caregivers. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a process to designate a lay caregiver to be contacted upon discharge from a hospital; provide instructions to designated lay caregiver; provide that the designation of a lay caregiver not interfere with the provisions of a living will; provide that compliance or noncompliance does not constitute a private right of action or standard of care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "Kentucky SB 129 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4641808e-5539-49c7-a52f-34dea6ea9687"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB129.htm"
source_hash: "64d9c26e3e67b0268bb72c442f7063134ddbf8fc6af8423fddb92ecad5ac46d5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 129 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to family caregivers. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a process to designate a lay caregiver to be contacted upon discharge from a hospital; provide instructions to designated lay caregiver; provide that the designation of a lay caregiver not interfere with the provisions of a living will; provide that compliance or noncompliance does not constitute a private right of action or standard of care.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB129/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received in House
- **2017-02-27** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-02** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-08** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-08** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 47) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4641808e-5539-49c7-a52f-34dea6ea9687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).