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KY HB403

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/15/2026

Primary Sponsor

Alan Gentry

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends KRS 342.610 to create a special exception for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in workers' compensation drug testing cases
  • Employees testing at 5 nanograms or more of THC per milliliter (with no other substances present) lose the presumption that THC caused their injury; the employer must prove the THC proximately caused the injury
  • Employees testing below 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter (with no other substances present) receive an irrebuttable presumption that THC did not cause their injury, occupational disease, or death
  • Current law presumes any illegal or non-prescribed substance detected in an employee's blood caused a workplace injury, barring compensation; this bill carves out an exception specifically for THC

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Drugs and Medicines

Last Action

to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

1/23/2026

Committee Referrals

Economic Development & Workforce Investment1/23/2026
Committee On Committees1/15/2026

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