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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky HB 811 authorizes the health secretary to employ personnel and accept property for health services
Last action · March 9, 2026: to Health Services (H)Sponsor: David Meade
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky HB 811 authorizes the secretary for health and family services to hire personnel, procure equipment and property, accept gifts and grants, and issue rules for health programs, requiring program beneficiaries to have been state residents for at least 12 months.
Residents seeking specific state health services must now meet a 12-month continuous residency requirement to be eligible for benefits.
- The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the state legislature responsible for enacting laws relating to health services. context
- KRS 211.160 is an existing Kentucky statute concerning the administrative powers of the secretary for health and family services. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
The cabinet and its secretary are granted specific authorities to employ personnel, acquire property, accept donations, issue regulations, and request inter-agency assistance.
State residents applying for health benefits
Applicants must meet a mandatory 12-month continuous residency requirement to be eligible for program benefits.
Key Facts
- The secretary for health and family services may employ medical, clinical, and technical personnel by contract or otherwise.
- The secretary may procure property, equipment, services, facilities, and supplies through purchase, lease, or other means.
- The secretary is authorized to accept gifts, grants, devises, and property on behalf of the Commonwealth for maintaining health services and facilities.
- All funds received by the secretary must be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to a trust and agency fund account.
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- Applicants for health program benefits must be, and have been continuously for at least 12 months, actual residents of the state.
- The secretary may delegate any authority and duties to any division of the cabinet or its director.
- Other state agencies, cabinets, or commissions must furnish services and facilities without cost to the cabinet upon request of the secretary and written approval of the Governor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible to receive benefits under these health services?
What happens to monetary gifts and donations received for these health services?
Can other state agencies be required to help the cabinet?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseCommitteeto Health Services (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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