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SB203 • 2026
AN ACT relating to community health workers.
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AN ACT relating to community health workers.
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AN ACT relating to community health workers.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 2034 Page 1 of 2 XXXX 2/3/2026 1:47 PM Jacketed AN ACT relating to community health workers. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 Section 1. KRS 309.462 is amended to read as follows: 3 (1) A[Effective January 1, 2023, no] person shall not represent himself or herself as a 4 community health worker unless he or she is certified as such in accordance with 5 the provisions of KRS 309.460 to 309.464. 6 (2) In order to be eligible to apply for community health worker certification, an 7 individual shall: 8 (a) Be a legal United States resident; 9 (b) 1. Be a resident of Kentucky; or 10 2. Be employed as a community health worker in the state of Kentucky; 11 (c) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age; and 12 (d) 1. Complete a competency -based community health worker training and 13 mentorship program offered by an organization approved by the 14 department to provide community health worker training and 15 mentorship; or 16 2. Meet requirements established by the department through the 17 promulgation of administrative regulations, in accordance with KRS 18 Chapter 13A, for certification based on relevant and verifi able past 19 community health worker related work experience. 20 (3) Community health worker certifications shall be renewed every three (3) 21 years[annually and shall expire on October 31 of the year following the date of 22 certification or recertification]. 23 (4) In order to be eligible for recertification, a certified community health worker shall 24 annually complete continuing education, as required by the department through the 25 promulgation of administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, 26 related to the core competencies of community health work provided by an 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 2034 Page 2 of 2 XXXX 2/3/2026 1:47 PM Jacketed organization approved by the department to provide continuing education for 1 certified community health workers. Administrative regulations promulgated 2 pursuant to this subsection shall include requirements for continuing education 3 related to oral health care, infant and maternal health care, and geriatric health care. 4 (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an individual shall be 5 eligible to earn college course credit for training, mentorship, and continuing 6 education completed pursuant to subsections (2) and (4) of this section. 7