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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to health care for inmates."
description: "Amend KRS 441.053, relating to jail health care operations, to remove the prohibition that an entity that provides medical, dental, psychological, or pharmacy services to the Department of Corrections and local jails cannot also provide claims management or plan evaluation services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 475"
citation: "Kentucky HB 475 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Corrections Impact", "Counties", "Drugs and Medicines", "Health and Medical Services", "Jails and Jailers", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "M. Imes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdca8f88-12e7-4388-9ea0-90aac2714cac"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb475.html"
source_hash: "4217bd0ade12711da24d054558cad23d273aca4a794ae5b70a13c26fc2aa9419"
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 475 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to health care for inmates.
Amend KRS 441.053, relating to jail health care operations, to remove the prohibition that an entity that provides medical, dental, psychological, or pharmacy services to the Department of Corrections and local jails cannot also provide claims management or plan evaluation services.
## 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/24RS/hb475/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0036.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb475/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 475 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- M. Imes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 01, 2024
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.36) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdca8f88-12e7-4388-9ea0-90aac2714cac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).