---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 53"
citation: "Kentucky HB 53 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections and Correctional Facilities", "State", "Courts", "Medicaid", "Mental Health", "Nurses", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Assistance", "Public Medical Assistance", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "K. Moser", "K. Moser", "R. Palumbo", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b5fcb8-298b-45fb-b126-192eb286ec1e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb53.html"
source_hash: "2f00889a2218523a60f282fa11358b722851af70463177405d4760808b9ee3e1"
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 53 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance.

## 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/hb53/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0011.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb53/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 53 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) `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 Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 4, 2021
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 11) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05b5fcb8-298b-45fb-b126-192eb286ec1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).