republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/sb-55.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to certified stroke centers.	Amend KRS 216B.0425 to change "primary stroke center" to "certified stroke center"; add thrombectomy capable stroke centers to the required list of certified acute stroke ready hospitals; amend KRS 211.575 to change "primary stroke center" to "certified stroke center."	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	SB 55	Kentucky SB 55 (2022RS)	bill	Health and Medical Services Hospitals and Nursing Homes Public Health	enacted	D. Douglas R. Alvarado	3	19	2	2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9a555ef7-b512-40a2-852e-c03ea58d2be8	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb55.html	9c4bde575f1fcbbec3c1391d78ec53948a0a00b800d880df3da29945381ebdae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 55 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to certified stroke centers.

Amend KRS 216B.0425 to change "primary stroke center" to "certified stroke center"; add thrombectomy capable stroke centers to the required list of certified acute stroke ready hospitals; amend KRS 211.575 to change "primary stroke center" to "certified stroke center."

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 33 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 55 — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• D. Douglas — primary (person)
• R. Alvarado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 18, 2022
• 2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 32-0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+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 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2022
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 33) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a555ef7-b512-40a2-852e-c03ea58d2be8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).