---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to health care services agencies."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to define and establish registration of health care services agencies; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations for registration; require health care services agencies to retain documentation of direct care staff credentials and establish other requirements; require quarterly reports to the cabinet; amend KRS 367.374 to add direct care staff services to emergency price gouging limitations; and amend KRS 45A.690, 216.785, 216.787, 216.789, 216.793, and 216B.020 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "Kentucky HB 282 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Contracts", "Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Licensing", "Nurses", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "M. Prunty", "R. Huff", "S. McPherson", "S. Miles", "S. Riley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d43a58a0-bd42-4943-af28-e19867dcc4b9"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb282.html"
source_hash: "f91f64758da480cb065d3ef1315ea483335825f1d43a7fd3dd8cacadfaded71b"
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 282 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to health care services agencies.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to define and establish registration of health care services agencies; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations for registration; require health care services agencies to retain documentation of direct care staff credentials and establish other requirements; require quarterly reports to the cabinet; amend KRS 367.374 to add direct care staff services to emergency price gouging limitations; and amend KRS 45A.690, 216.785, 216.787, 216.789, 216.793, and 216B.020 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/22RS/hb282/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 110** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0110.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb282/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 282 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2022
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 70-20 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 17, 2022
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed 80-11 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d43a58a0-bd42-4943-af28-e19867dcc4b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).