---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to mental health services."
description: "Amend KRS 210.005 to define \"regional community services program\"; amend KRS 210.370 to establish services areas for regional community services programs and to establish the conditions under which a regional community services program may provide services outside of its service area; amend KRS 210.410 and KRS 205.560 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Kentucky HB 56 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities and the Disabled", "Medicaid", "Mental Disability", "Mental Health", "Public Medical Assistance", "State Agencies", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb0dd2bf-e73b-4967-9aae-50e8d719958a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb56.html"
source_hash: "d05993e7ad5dd2aed295309ba7971800131bf730c041b1dd61ebffd218f55263"
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 56 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to mental health services.

Amend KRS 210.005 to define "regional community services program"; amend KRS 210.370 to establish services areas for regional community services programs and to establish the conditions under which a regional community services program may provide services outside of its service area; amend KRS 210.410 and KRS 205.560 to conform.

## 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/23RS/hb56/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 184** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0184.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb56/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 56 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2023
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-4 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-7 `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 184) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb0dd2bf-e73b-4967-9aae-50e8d719958a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).