States / Kentucky / HB 278

HB 278 In Committee

AN ACT relating to hospital price transparency.

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require hospitals to maintain a publicly available chargemaster of all standard charges, in dollar amounts, and descriptions for all standard facility items or services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a template for each facility to use to create the chargemaster, monitor each facility's compliance, and provide administrative penalties; prohibit collective action of debt for noncompliant facilities.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Last action
Jan 15, 2026 — to Health Services (H)
Session
2026RS
Momentum
27 · Low