---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to physician wellness programs."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define \"physician wellness program\" and \"career fatigue\"; establish protections for physicians who participate in a physician wellness program; and affirm physician obligation to report impaired physicians to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Kentucky SB 12 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Insurance", "Health", "Mental Health", "Physicians and Practitioners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd956ef1-a824-40b9-bcc5-bd1ed4c227b4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb12.html"
source_hash: "dde37c2e07cbae6964d95a24b559deb2e8da484bf3c80f95cbfaf1e46aa5b02b"
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 12 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to physician wellness programs.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define "physician wellness program" and "career fatigue"; establish protections for physicians who participate in a physician wellness program; and affirm physician obligation to report impaired physicians to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.

## 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/sb12/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0014.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb12/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 12 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd956ef1-a824-40b9-bcc5-bd1ed4c227b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).