---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the hospital rate improvement program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to the hospital rate improvement program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 183"
citation: "Kentucky HB 183 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Medicaid", "Public Medical Assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "A. Gentry", "B. McCool", "B. Reed", "B. Rowland", "B. Wesley", "C. Freeland", "C. Fugate", "C. Massey", "D. Bentley", "D. Frazier", "D. Hale", "D. Lewis", "J. Branscum", "J. Bray", "J. DuPlessis", "J. Tipton", "K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "M. Dossett", "M. Hart", "M. Meredith", "M. Prunty", "N. Kirk-McCormick", "P. Flannery", "P. Pratt", "R. Bridges", "R. Dotson", "R. Heath", "R. Huff", "R. Palumbo", "S. Baker", "S. Heavrin", "S. Lewis", "S. Riley", "S. Rudy", "S. Sheldon", "W. Lawrence", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64fe05cf-a354-4ec5-8ad6-4e173a6d24ea"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb183.html"
source_hash: "ccd12635ee6a9426469545c750bf93b1a7d9b5efad42503e649e55a25db33b21"
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 183 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the hospital rate improvement program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb183/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0060.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb183/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 183 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- B. McCool — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Frazier — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- R. Dotson — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Baker — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 60) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64fe05cf-a354-4ec5-8ad6-4e173a6d24ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).