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SB 72

Kentucky Senate bill in Session 26RS.

Status: passed_upper. Latest action: February 17, 2026.

AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency.

Bill ID KY-26RS-SB-72
Session 26RS
Status passed_upper
Committee Committee on Committees
Senate passed_upper 2026-02-17
Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.

Sponsor
Donald Douglas
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-12 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-02-17 Status passed_upper
2026-02-17 Latest Action 02/17/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
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