Kentucky - Session 26RS
Title: AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 314.041, relating to registered nurse licensure, and KRS 314.051, relating to licensed practical nurse licensure, to add credential requirements; amend KRS 314.042 to require physicians collaborating with an advanced practice registered nurse to have an active and unrestricted license in Kentucky; amend KRS 314.109 to reduce the time from 90 to 30 days for a person under the jurisdiction of the board to notify the board of a conviction of certain misdemeanors or felonies; amend KRS 209.032, relating to employees of vulnerable adult service providers, to permit a state licensing board to query the cabinet for a validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation against an individual under the licensing board's jurisdiction; create a new section of KRS 158.830 to 158.838 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good-faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies; amend KRS 158.832 to add definition of "documented medical conditions"" and medications to the definition of ""medications""; amend KRS 158.834 to add medical conditions and medications that may be self-administered in schools with parental authorization and a prescription; amend KRS 158.836 to require students to permit bronchodilator rescue inhalers, nebulizers, glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications in their possession or in the possession of school personnel; encourage schools to stock undesignated glucagon; and require policies and Good Samaritan protection for the good-faith administration of glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications for authorized school employees; EMERGENCY."
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-31 | Status | enrolled |
| 2026-03-31 | Latest Action | 03/31/26: delivered to Governor |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 281 | AN ACT relating to the donation of food. | enacted |
| HB 49 | AN ACT relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships. | enacted |
| HB 56 | AN ACT relating to programs administered by the Department of Agriculture. | enacted |
| HB 78 | AN ACT relating to firearms liability protections and declaring an emergency. | vetoed |
| HB 562 | AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas. | enacted |
| HB 111 | AN ACT relating to on-farm animal health. | enacted |
| HB 188 | AN ACT relating to public safety. | enacted |
| HB 266 | AN ACT relating to healthcare credentials eligible for the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund. | enacted |