republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-470.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to behavioral health services and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 222.233 to require behavioral health multi-specialty groups or any entity that bills for peer support services to only employ specifically qualified alcohol and drug peer support specialists until January 1, 2028; extend the time period in which other alcohol and other drug treatment entities and behavioral health service organizations may only employ specifically qualified alcohol and drug peer support specialists to January 1, 2028; remove references to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; amend KRS 309.0805 and 309.0813 to remove references to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; repeal KRS 309.0836, relating to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; establish the Peer Support Professionals Work Group to submit recommendations to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services regarding the creation of a board of peer support professionals to develop statewide requirements for licensed peer support professionals; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 470	Kentucky HB 470 (2026RS)	bill	Effective Dates Emergency Licensing Mental Health Occupations And Professions Public Health Substance Use	enacted	K. Moser	3	24	3	2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9a2547b4-7eb3-4208-9946-c222b591f19e	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb470.html	ff4b02ac1719381b5f44169ed0fd202ce333c0608cf024d0d3ae2f5067979e30	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 470 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to behavioral health services and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 222.233 to require behavioral health multi-specialty groups or any entity that bills for peer support services to only employ specifically qualified alcohol and drug peer support specialists until January 1, 2028; extend the time period in which other alcohol and other drug treatment entities and behavioral health service organizations may only employ specifically qualified alcohol and drug peer support specialists to January 1, 2028; remove references to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; amend KRS 309.0805 and 309.0813 to remove references to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; repeal KRS 309.0836, relating to temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialists; establish the Peer Support Professionals Work Group to submit recommendations to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services regarding the creation of a board of peer support professionals to develop statewide requirements for licensed peer support professionals; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 80 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 470 w/ SCS 1, SCA 1 (T) — 35–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• K. Moser — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 09 2026
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing & Occupations (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 91-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 80) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a2547b4-7eb3-4208-9946-c222b591f19e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).