Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
9.3 KiB
type: "Bill" title: "AN ACT relating to emergency medical services." description: "Amend KRS 311A.015 to create the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services as an independent agency of state government; change membership of the board; amend KRS 311A.020 to change complaint investigations of ambulance services; delete language relating to transfer of the board to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; amend KRS 311A.025 to permit hospitals exempt from certificate of need to provide transport services; amend KRS 311A.030 require distinguishing between emergency-only transportation and scheduled ambulance transportation; amend KRS 311.035 to require the board to carry out functions; amend KRS 311A.055 to make technical corrections and add complaint action language; amend KRS 311A.190 to require the board to publish a report; add compliance with HIPAA; require the board to give the Cabinet for Health and Family Services access to all data; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require the Cabinet for Health and Family services to investigate and hold hearings on ambulance complaints; amend KRS 216B.020 to add conditions for ambulance services to be exempt from certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.095 to conform; amend KRS 189.910 to add vehicles operated by organ procurement organizations to the definition of emergency vehicles; amend KRS 189.940 to add vehicles operated by organ procurement organizations; amend KRS 324B.030 to add the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to the Department of Professional Licensing; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require the transfer of all board employees, funds, and equipment of the board from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; make provisions for employee retirement transfer; amend KRS 61.510 to conform; amend KRS 205.590 to establish a new technical advisory committee on emergency medical services; establish membership; add noncodified sections to set board appointments and term limits; set effective date of transfer of the board of September 1, 2022; require the board to establish a special committee to study the boardâs problems and make recommendations by December 1, 2022; permit the board and the cabinet to promulgate emergency regulations to implement changes; create a legislative task force to study the provision of emergency medical services in Kentucky; require findings and recommendations by December 1, 2022." jurisdiction: "us/states/ky" legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly" session: "2022RS" identifier: "HB 777" citation: "Kentucky HB 777 (2022RS)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Boards and Commissions", "Cities", "Counties", "Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Emergency Medical Services", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Personnel and Employment", "Public Health", "Public Medical Assistance", "Public Safety", "Reports Mandated", "Retirement and Pensions", "State Agencies", "Studies Directed", "Task Forces", "Legislative Branch"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "M. Hart", "W. Lawrence"] version_count: 3 action_count: 26 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b4c8d26-75e0-46f6-9e5d-744f121be257" source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb777.html" source_hash: "cbec159e5c35413b8442e62bea044d237e4af8e97fd534550c5fca21a213a068" 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 777 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.
Amend KRS 311A.015 to create the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services as an independent agency of state government; change membership of the board; amend KRS 311A.020 to change complaint investigations of ambulance services; delete language relating to transfer of the board to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; amend KRS 311A.025 to permit hospitals exempt from certificate of need to provide transport services; amend KRS 311A.030 require distinguishing between emergency-only transportation and scheduled ambulance transportation; amend KRS 311.035 to require the board to carry out functions; amend KRS 311A.055 to make technical corrections and add complaint action language; amend KRS 311A.190 to require the board to publish a report; add compliance with HIPAA; require the board to give the Cabinet for Health and Family Services access to all data; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require the Cabinet for Health and Family services to investigate and hold hearings on ambulance complaints; amend KRS 216B.020 to add conditions for ambulance services to be exempt from certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.095 to conform; amend KRS 189.910 to add vehicles operated by organ procurement organizations to the definition of emergency vehicles; amend KRS 189.940 to add vehicles operated by organ procurement organizations; amend KRS 324B.030 to add the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to the Department of Professional Licensing; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require the transfer of all board employees, funds, and equipment of the board from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; make provisions for employee retirement transfer; amend KRS 61.510 to conform; amend KRS 205.590 to establish a new technical advisory committee on emergency medical services; establish membership; add noncodified sections to set board appointments and term limits; set effective date of transfer of the board of September 1, 2022; require the board to establish a special committee to study the boardâs problems and make recommendations by December 1, 2022; permit the board and the cabinet to promulgate emergency regulations to implement changes; create a legislative task force to study the provision of emergency medical services in Kentucky; require findings and recommendations by December 1, 2022.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 126 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 777 w/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower
- Pass — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Family Services (H)
referral-committee - 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
- 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 77-15 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Health & Welfare (S)
referral-committee - 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill
committee-passage - 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 34-2 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules (H)
- 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed 87-7
passage - 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 126)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b4c8d26-75e0-46f6-9e5d-744f121be257. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).