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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to health care services agencies."
description: "Amend KRS 216.718 to define \"permanent direct care staff\" and \"temporary direct care staff\"; amend KRS 216.772, 216.724, 216.726, and 216.728 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 502"
citation: "Kentucky HB 502 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Nurses", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07999b8a-3551-4bb4-a90a-bef65fae7492"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb502.html"
source_hash: "c2df828dd29b9d3613dcbc92887d28fc468ad28b5f67e7e33e74bcbbdaf84cdf"
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 502 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to health care services agencies.
Amend KRS 216.718 to define "permanent direct care staff" and "temporary direct care staff"; amend KRS 216.772, 216.724, 216.726, and 216.728 to conform.
## 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/hb502/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0061.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb502/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- FOR CONSENT — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 502 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (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`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 61) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07999b8a-3551-4bb4-a90a-bef65fae7492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).