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HB 236KENTUCKYSession 2026RSState BillSigned into law
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Kentucky updates emergency medical services and proprietary school regulations, creates EMS education grants and district task force

Original title: AN ACT relating to medical services.

Last action · April 13, 2026: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 105)Sponsors: Jared Bauman and 2 others

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What This Bill Does

Kentucky enacted House Bill 236 to modify regulatory standards for emergency medical services (EMS), s, and EMS training institutes. The law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Education Grant Program, adjusts licensing exemptions, and creates a legislative task force to study overlapping fire and ambulance district jurisdictions.

Why it matters

The measure directly alters licensing, training requirements, and grant funding eligibility for emergency medical responders, ambulance providers, and proprietary educational institutions across the Commonwealth.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Emergency medical services personnel

Personnel are subject to updated board regulations, certification levels, training standards, and continuing education requirements.

Directly affected

Class I ground ambulance providers

Providers are eligible for wage reimbursement grants for employees seeking initial paramedic certification and participate in grant-funded training support.

Directly affected

Proprietary schools

Proprietary educational institutions are subject to commission oversight, licensing fee structures based on gross revenue, and public disclosure rules.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the purpose of the newly created Emergency Medical Services Education Grant Program?
The program is designed to increase the number of persons seeking paramedic initial certification, provide more training facilities, and encourage employment with Class I ground ambulance providers in Kentucky through student tuition support, agency support, and training program support.
What does the newly established task force study?
The Chapter 75 Fire District and Chapter 108 Emergency Ambulance Service District Task Force studies jurisdictional issues in service provision and taxing issues where fire and ambulance service districts have overlapping territories.
Are emergency medical services training and education institutes considered colleges under state law?
No, they are explicitly excluded from the definition of a college under KRS 164.945 unless they elect to be governed as s.

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Where This Stands

Current status: Signed into law.

Procedural history

13 actions
  1. Apr 13, 2026HouseEnrolled
    signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 105)
  2. Apr 1, 2026HouseEnrolled
    enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
  3. Mar 31, 2026HouseFloor
    reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) received in House to Rules (H) posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) passed 86-0
  4. Mar 27, 2026SenateFloor
    taken from Licensing & Occupations (S) 2nd reading returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
  5. Mar 26, 2026SenateCommittee
    taken from Licensing & Occupations (S) 1st reading returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
  6. Mar 20, 2026SenateCommittee
    to Licensing & Occupations (S)
Show 7 earlier actions
  1. Mar 18, 2026SenateIntroduced
    received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
  2. Mar 17, 2026HouseFloor
    3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
  3. Mar 16, 2026House
    floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17 2026
  4. Mar 4, 2026HouseFloor
    2nd reading, to Rules
  5. Mar 3, 2026House
    reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  6. Jan 15, 2026HouseCommittee
    to Postsecondary Education (H)
  7. Jan 8, 2026HouseIntroduced
    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

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Sponsors

Jared BaumanHouse · District 28RepublicanPrimary sponsor
Mark HartHouse · District 78RepublicanCosponsor
Bill WesleyHouse · District 91RepublicanCosponsor

Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

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policy shift95% confidence

Integration of EMS Training Oversight

The legislation clarifies the jurisdictional boundary between the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services and the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education regarding EMS training institutes.

Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical ServicesKentucky Commission on Proprietary Education

Connected Entities

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education, Bill Wesley and 7 more
OrganizationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration“Federal agency certifying entry level driver training providers”Map →
OrganizationKentucky Commission on Proprietary Education“Independent agency created as an independent agency of the Commonwealth and atta”Map →
PersonBill Wesley“Cosponsor of House Bill 236”Map →
OrganizationLegislative Research Commission“Required to establish the Chapter 75 Fire District and Chapter 108 Emergency Amb”Map →
OrganizationGeneral Assembly“Enacted House Bill 236”Map →
PersonMark Hart“Cosponsor of House Bill 236”Map →
OrganizationKentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services“Independent agency of state government responsible for regulating the emergency ”Map →
OrganizationCabinet for Health and Family Services“Cabinet that issues certificates of need and licenses emergency medical faciliti”Map →
OrganizationEducation and Labor Cabinet“Cabinet to which the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education is attached”Map →
PersonJared Bauman“Primary sponsor of House Bill 236”Map →

Sources

Open source document

apps.legislature.ky.gov

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  • Controversy15
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