---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the rural hospital loan fund and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 154.20-190 to include in the rural hospital revolving loan fund administered by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority a former hospital that is located in a Kentucky county with a population of less than 50,000, was closed within 36 months prior to submission of the loan application, and has a certificate of need to open or reopen a new hospital or health facility; establish that up to 50% of the loan amount shall be forgiven with a maximum amount of $20,000 for each job retained or each new, full-time job created that meets wage requirements set forth by the authority; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 364"
citation: "Kentucky HB 364 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Loans and Credit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "B. Reed", "C. Fugate", "D. Bentley", "D. Osborne", "K. Moser", "P. Flannery", "S. Heavrin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f18671b-090a-41dc-b0e9-0cb5ec326c81"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb364.html"
source_hash: "4322acaa888f18c345ba45ca84e77e2cb3fb87267b00505169c8bad75e4bb2be"
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 364 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the rural hospital loan fund and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 154.20-190 to include in the rural hospital revolving loan fund administered by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority a former hospital that is located in a Kentucky county with a population of less than 50,000, was closed within 36 months prior to submission of the loan application, and has a certificate of need to open or reopen a new hospital or health facility; establish that up to 50% of the loan amount shall be forgiven with a maximum amount of $20,000 for each job retained or each new, full-time job created that meets wage requirements set forth by the authority; 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/22RS/hb364/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0134.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb364/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 364 w/scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2022
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 91-0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f18671b-090a-41dc-b0e9-0cb5ec326c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).