House Bill 79 passes Kentucky House, aiming to improve healthcare data

One House bill geared toward healthcare workforce data collection has passed through the Kentucky House.

Here’s how it could impact you.

House Bill 79 would create uniform data collection standards for the state’s professional licensing boards relating to healthcare.

This data would allow for more accurate counts of which providers are available in which areas.

Right now, Kentucky is facing healthcare workforce shortages, and lawmakers for the bill say that this legislation would make the data more clear and allow some of those workforce gaps to be filled.