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HB523 • 2026
AN ACT relating to families and children.
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AN ACT relating to families and children.
taken from Families & Children (H) 1st reading returned to Families & Children (H)
to Families & Children (H)
introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
AN ACT relating to families and children.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 1961 Page 1 of 1 XXXX 1/28/2026 2:22 PM Jacketed AN ACT relating to families and children. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 Section 1. KRS 200.470 is amended to read as follows: 3 (1) No child shall be accepted for care or treatment by the Office for Children with 4 Special Health Care Needs if his or her parents or legal guardian are able to pay for 5 such treatment, except where the child resides in an area of the state where adequate 6 care and treatment are not otherwise available, in which event referral must be 7 made by the doctor caring for the child and the parents or guardian shall reimburse 8 the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs for all cost expended by the 9 office for treatment. 10 (2) In the event the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs determines that 11 the parents or legal guardian of a child with a disability can pay only a portion of 12 the cost of treatment through their own resources or through resources available to 13 them, such parents or guardian shall pay such sums as they are able to pay and the 14 funds thus received shall be turned over to the Office for Children with Special 15 Health Care Needs and applied to the cost of treatment and care of the child. 16