---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a work group to assess the feasibility of implementing a bridge insurance program, to review current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families expenditures, and to consider opportunities for public-private partnerships to better meet the needs of public assistance beneficiaries."
description: "A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a work group to assess the feasibility of implementing a bridge insurance program, to review current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families expenditures, and to consider opportunities for public-private partnerships to better meet the needs of public assistance beneficiaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HJR 57"
citation: "Kentucky HJR 57 (2021RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Medicaid", "Public Assistance", "Public Medical Assistance", "State Agencies", "Task Forces", "Executive Branch"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "D. Meade", "K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "M. Prunty", "R. Palumbo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a87b665c-4e55-4f27-918f-95707f207c9e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr57.html"
source_hash: "ef96302fcf6fcec76258d0ae6957a550765bf4b16dbfc1dcad93798ebe412a90"
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 HJR 57 (2021RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a work group to assess the feasibility of implementing a bridge insurance program, to review current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families expenditures, and to consider opportunities for public-private partnerships to better meet the needs of public assistance beneficiaries.

## 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/hjr57/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0128.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hjr57/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HJR 57 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 26, 2021
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 96-0 `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **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
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a87b665c-4e55-4f27-918f-95707f207c9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).