---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the payment of insurance premiums and cost sharing on behalf of an insured."
description: "Amend KRS 304.17A-255 to require health benefit plans to accept, and count toward the insured's contributions, premium and cost-sharing payments made on behalf of an insured from organizations that meet specified requirements; provide that Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after effective date of Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 317"
citation: "Kentucky HB 317 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Organizations and Institutions", "Health Benefit Mandate", "Insurance", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "K. Moser", "N. Tate"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f030b598-7582-4902-8826-873231d05ac3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb317.html"
source_hash: "a0dc03b91bd2cc2dcc87a6e08f20c1650033c03cce7693548431eb1ecc319de6"
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 317 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the payment of insurance premiums and cost sharing on behalf of an insured.

Amend KRS 304.17A-255 to require health benefit plans to accept, and count toward the insured's contributions, premium and cost-sharing payments made on behalf of an insured from organizations that meet specified requirements; provide that Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after effective date of Act.

## 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/22RS/hb317/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0049.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb317/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 317 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 02, 2022
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 89-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 49) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f030b598-7582-4902-8826-873231d05ac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).