---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to traumatic brain injury treatment for veterans. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit eligible veterans to use hyperbaric oxygen treatment for treatment of traumatic brain injury; establish the conditions for use of hyperbaric oxygen treatment; prohibit sanctions of health care providers; clarify the duties of health care insurers regarding hyperbaric oxygen treatment; prohibit certain actions by state officials; provide that the Act may be known as the Colonel Ron Ray Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act."
description: "AN ACT relating to traumatic brain injury treatment for veterans. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit eligible veterans to use hyperbaric oxygen treatment for treatment of traumatic brain injury; establish the conditions for use of hyperbaric oxygen treatment; prohibit sanctions of health care providers; clarify the duties of health care insurers regarding hyperbaric oxygen treatment; prohibit certain actions by state officials; provide that the Act may be known as the Colonel Ron Ray Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 64"
citation: "Kentucky HB 64 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "DJ Johnson", "J. DuPlessis", "M. Prunty", "R. Benvenuti III", "S. Lee", "T. Moore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-21"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574f5861-a2d4-4078-8a01-b92f3a8129ef"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB64.htm"
source_hash: "fe88ed9799ee0e00b0a41426dd63cf4fb391e07d916cc1b9333f2389d75d698c"
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 HB 64 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to traumatic brain injury treatment for veterans. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit eligible veterans to use hyperbaric oxygen treatment for treatment of traumatic brain injury; establish the conditions for use of hyperbaric oxygen treatment; prohibit sanctions of health care providers; clarify the duties of health care insurers regarding hyperbaric oxygen treatment; prohibit certain actions by state officials; provide that the Act may be known as the Colonel Ron Ray Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act.

## 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/18RS/HB64/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Benvenuti III — primary (person)
- S. Lee — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-21** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2018-01-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-02** To Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-24** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
- **2018-01-29** 3rd reading, passed 89-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-30** Received in Senate
- **2018-01-31** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 28, 2018
- **2018-02-28** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01** Received in House
- **2018-03-01** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-01** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-01** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-13** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/574f5861-a2d4-4078-8a01-b92f3a8129ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).