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type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver for individuals with severe mental illness and declaring an emergency."
description: "Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver targeting individuals with severe mental illness to provide for supported housing, including respite care, and supported employment; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SJR 72"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 72 (2022RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Diseases", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Health and Medical Services", "Medicaid", "Mental Health", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Alvarado"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8964d738-ec30-41ae-b627-04dc166c8890"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sjr72.html"
source_hash: "effbaac11f52fc90b975c7522dff4600b339d951aeaef7aab7a94b8464b812e2"
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 SJR 72 (2022RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver for individuals with severe mental illness and declaring an emergency.
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver targeting individuals with severe mental illness to provide for supported housing, including respite care, and supported employment; EMERGENCY.
## 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/sjr72/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0059.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sjr72/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Adopt — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt SJR 72 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SJR 72 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 07, 2022
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 36-0 `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+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 with Committee Substitute (1) `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, adopted 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 59) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8964d738-ec30-41ae-b627-04dc166c8890`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).