---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to health facilities."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish that a Level II verified trauma center that partners with a public or private university to establish a medical residency program shall be entitled to the university hospital reimbursement rate for any services delivered as part of that residency program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Kentucky SB 280 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Medicaid", "Public Medical Assistance", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Wheeler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1242b859-bf1b-4243-9212-6b738daf7d70"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb280.html"
source_hash: "069062b849313ff60e8b58f77091e1ba124813234a896b6ecc2909ca293a587b"
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 280 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to health facilities.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish that a Level II verified trauma center that partners with a public or private university to establish a medical residency program shall be entitled to the university hospital reimbursement rate for any services delivered as part of that residency program.

## 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/24RS/sb280/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0090.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb280/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASS SB 280 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 280 w/ SCS1, SFA1, SCTA1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- P. Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (H)
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (H)
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1242b859-bf1b-4243-9212-6b738daf7d70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).