---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to dental benefit plans."
description: "Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply to policies, plans, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 210"
citation: "Kentucky HB 210 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Insurance", "Health", "Local Mandate", "Physicians and Practitioners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9923626-27d5-4d5b-a719-009d22e81575"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb210.html"
source_hash: "e4c43a9aa4695ca96b590bcfb86b4ac70119ad57aa15f7b381e2666aa4628511"
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 210 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to dental benefit plans.

Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply to policies, plans, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.

## 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/25RS/hb210/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0147.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb210/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 210 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Banking & Insurance (H)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Banking & Insurance (H)
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Banking & Insurance (H)
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Banking & Insurance (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendments (2-title), (3) and (4) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2025
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 147) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9923626-27d5-4d5b-a719-009d22e81575`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).