---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to enhanced standards and criteria for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and programs and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to complete a comprehensive review of all current state licensure and quality standards for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and programs; specify that licensure and quality standards be based on nationally recognized and evidence-based standards, standardized outcome measures, a reporting process, and conditions for reimbursement; permit fees for licensure; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the licensure and quality standards by January 1, 2019, repeal KRS 222.037 and 222.212; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to enhanced standards and criteria for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and programs and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to complete a comprehensive review of all current state licensure and quality standards for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and programs; specify that licensure and quality standards be based on nationally recognized and evidence-based standards, standardized outcome measures, a reporting process, and conditions for reimbursement; permit fees for licensure; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the licensure and quality standards by January 1, 2019, repeal KRS 222.037 and 222.212; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 124"
citation: "Kentucky HB 124 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Wuchner", "K. Moser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e4c916-a340-4bec-9a1f-d6ee2a10c207"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB124.htm"
source_hash: "ef1bcacdf621042dfc940f8908ef9ce52b7e9a20be0f51f3071981295babce31"
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 124 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to enhanced standards and criteria for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and programs and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to complete a comprehensive review of all current state licensure and quality standards for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and programs; specify that licensure and quality standards be based on nationally recognized and evidence-based standards, standardized outcome measures, a reporting process, and conditions for reimbursement; permit fees for licensure; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the licensure and quality standards by January 1, 2019, repeal KRS 222.037 and 222.212; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 124 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB124/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB124/HCS1.pdf)
3. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB124/HFA1.pdf)
4. **HFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB124/HFA2.pdf)
5. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB124/bill.pdf)
6. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB124/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Wuchner — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-05** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-18** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-01-19** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 25, 2018
- **2018-01-25** Floor amendment (1) to Bill, floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30** 3rd reading, passed 85-2 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-31** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-01** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-16** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Received in House
- **2018-03-19** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Taken from Rules
- **2018-03-21** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-21** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-03-21** Passed 93-0
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 61) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35e4c916-a340-4bec-9a1f-d6ee2a10c207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).