---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to healthcare workers and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Healthcare Worker Loan Relief Program for qualifying healthcare workers; establish the guidelines for operating the program; create the healthcare worker loan relief fund; APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Kentucky HB 573 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Economic Development", "Education", "Finance", "Fiscal Note", "Health and Medical Services", "Nurses", "Occupations and Professions", "Optometrists", "Pharmacists", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Universities and Colleges", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Frazier Gordon", "K. Banta", "K. Fleming", "K. King", "K. Moser", "M. Prunty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0815da5c-da16-4516-94e7-16d96446f2c0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb573.html"
source_hash: "dee4c97d640b572dc360f0f31d30360a377a9b080e42d5324bde3cfe7027cd76"
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 573 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to healthcare workers and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Healthcare Worker Loan Relief Program for qualifying healthcare workers; establish the guidelines for operating the program; create the healthcare worker loan relief fund; APPROPRIATION.

## 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/hb573/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 226** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0226.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb573/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 573 w/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-3 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (4-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, April 14, 2022
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title) withdrawn
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-2 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 226) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0815da5c-da16-4516-94e7-16d96446f2c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).