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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to telehealth."
description: "Amend KRS 205.559 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services and any Medicaid managed care organization from requiring that a health professional or medical group maintain a physical location or address in this state to be eligible for enrollment as a Medicaid provider if the provider or group exclusively offers services via telehealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Kentucky HB 311 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicaid", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Medical Assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/065622a3-5bd7-40d8-80cb-656484ef7080"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb311.html"
source_hash: "675bbe2b17bd12d630f6d74a3bc0236a5f7820096929ebd2211e34b582135a30"
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 311 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to telehealth.
Amend KRS 205.559 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services and any Medicaid managed care organization from requiring that a health professional or medical group maintain a physical location or address in this state to be eligible for enrollment as a Medicaid provider if the provider or group exclusively offers services via telehealth.
## 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/23RS/hb311/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0181.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb311/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS HB 311 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 181) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/065622a3-5bd7-40d8-80cb-656484ef7080`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).