---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to certified stroke centers."
description: "Amend KRS 216B.0425 to change \"primary stroke center\" to \"certified stroke center\"; add thrombectomy capable stroke centers to the required list of certified acute stroke ready hospitals; amend KRS 211.575 to change \"primary stroke center\" to \"certified stroke center.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Kentucky SB 55 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "R. Alvarado"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a555ef7-b512-40a2-852e-c03ea58d2be8"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb55.html"
source_hash: "9c4bde575f1fcbbec3c1391d78ec53948a0a00b800d880df3da29945381ebdae"
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 SB 55 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to certified stroke centers.

Amend KRS 216B.0425 to change "primary stroke center" to "certified stroke center"; add thrombectomy capable stroke centers to the required list of certified acute stroke ready hospitals; amend KRS 211.575 to change "primary stroke center" to "certified stroke center."

## 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/sb55/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0033.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb55/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 55 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 18, 2022
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2022
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 33) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a555ef7-b512-40a2-852e-c03ea58d2be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).