---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to community health workers."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid reimbursement for certain services provided by certified community health workers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish community health worker certification; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to reimburse certain services provided by certified community health workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 525"
citation: "Kentucky HB 525 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Children and Minors", "Health and Medical Services", "Licensing", "Medicaid", "Occupations and Professions", "Public Health", "Public Medical Assistance", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Wheatley", "C. Stevenson", "K. Banta", "K. King", "K. Moser", "L. Willner", "R. Palumbo", "S. Heavrin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96fda57-e55a-4d1d-b1ee-0d1fc7b51504"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb525.html"
source_hash: "58682a79a4b4d045d76d94e57aacc26837c7d621a108b522a0f3ea5dd1a16011"
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 525 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to community health workers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid reimbursement for certain services provided by certified community health workers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish community health worker certification; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to reimburse certain services provided by certified community health workers.

## 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/hb525/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 86** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0086.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb525/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 525 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 01, 2022
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **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 90-4 `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
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 86) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d96fda57-e55a-4d1d-b1ee-0d1fc7b51504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).