---
type: "Bill"
title: "A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Kentucky's Congressional delegation to include Kentucky's Veterans Affairs Medical Centers into the Center for Compassionate Innovation, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program enabling the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment for veterans with a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder."
description: "Urge Kentucky's Congressional delegation to include Kentucky's Veterans Affairs Medical Centers into the Center for Compassionate Innovation, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program enabling the use of hyperbaric oxygen treatment for veterans with a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HCR 40"
citation: "Kentucky HCR 40 (2022RS)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Health and Medical Services", "Military Affairs and Civil Defense", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Hatton", "A. Tackett Laferty", "C. Fugate", "D. Graham", "R. Heath", "R. Palumbo", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c45e4db-34b7-4496-9b4e-5dff44ccf098"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hcr40.html"
source_hash: "be7f28b06d11fcf3e6216a2e86e41126ba9b567c3b009326728ab31f2098e644"
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 HCR 40 (2022RS) — A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Kentucky's Congressional delegation to include Kentucky's Veterans Affairs Medical Centers into the Center for Compassionate Innovation, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program enabling the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment for veterans with a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Urge Kentucky's Congressional delegation to include Kentucky's Veterans Affairs Medical Centers into the Center for Compassionate Innovation, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program enabling the use of hyperbaric oxygen treatment for veterans with a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.

## 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/hcr40/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0060.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hcr40/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HCR 40 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Hatton — primary (person)
- A. Tackett Laferty — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Graham — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 28, 2022
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 97-0 `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+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** 3rd reading, adopted 38-0 `reading-3`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 60) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c45e4db-34b7-4496-9b4e-5dff44ccf098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).