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KY HB177

Bill

Status

Failed

1/9/2026

Primary Sponsor

Kimberly Moser

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Kentucky nursing licensure requirements to require the Board of Nursing to issue temporary work permits and licenses to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses licensed in other states who are in good standing, and removes the exception for nurses with multistate compact licenses

  • Requires collaborative agreements (CAPA-NS and CAPA-CS) for advanced practice registered nurses prescribing medications to be with physicians who have "active and unrestricted" licenses in Kentucky, and removes outdated date references from existing requirements

  • Reduces the timeframe for persons under the Board of Nursing's jurisdiction to report criminal convictions from 90 days to 30 days after entry of an order or judgment

  • Authorizes state licensing boards to query the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for validated substantiated findings of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation against individuals under their jurisdiction

  • Expands school medication administration provisions to cover students with any "documented medical condition" (including diabetes, hypoglycemia, and adrenal crisis), allows schools to stock and trained individuals to administer undesignated glucagon in emergencies, and provides civil liability immunity for good faith administration of emergency medications

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to health care.

Civil Actions

Last Action

WITHDRAWN

1/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Committee On Committees1/7/2026

Full Bill Text

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