2020 REGULAR SESSION |
INSURANCE |
TRACKING SHEET |
UPDATED WITH APRIL 15, 2020 ACTIONS (You can access a summary & text of the bill by clicking on the Bill Number) |
Bill Number | Bill Sponsor | Summary | Last Action |
SENATE BILLS | |||
R. Alvarado | Require property and casualty insurers to notify insureds and agents of changes in the terms and conditions offered in a renewal policy. | 01/08/20 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Require payments made by or on behalf of an insured for health care services, and the usual and customary rate of health care services received at a no or reduced cost health care facility, to apply toward any cost-sharing requirements under a health benefit plan | 01/08/20 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Constitutional amendment to allow the General Assembly the power to limit noneconomic damages | 01/08/20 - to State & Local Government (S) | |
R. Girdler | Amend KRS 15.753 to provide that the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall reimburse the Attorney General, a Commonwealth`s attorney, or a county attorney for fees or judgments after being sued for an act or omission in the course of his or her duties and AMENDED to add provisions extending statutes of limitations in civil cases related to child sexual abuse | 04/15/20 - to Rules (S) | |
P. Wheeler | Regulation of off-highway vehicles | 04/01/20 - to Transportation (H) | |
S. Meredith | Require the use of bicycle helmets | 01/13/20 - to Transportation (S) | |
R. Girdler | Provide that an alteration of terms shall not be considered a refusal to renew | 01/13/20 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
S. Meredith | Limit the amounts recoverable for medical costs in tort actions | 01/31/20 - reassigned to Judiciary (S) | |
M. McGarvey | Statewide fairness law | 02/03/20 - to Judiciary (S) | |
R. Mills | Originally dealt with home health care aides and was amended in the process to add language for taxation of disaster relief workers and to address COVID matters including getting advice from health care workers, impact state government contracting, and to extend various administrative actions during state of emergency | 04/15/20 - to Rules (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Originally relating to out-of-network billing, House added COVID-19 Relief provisions | 03/30/20 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 73) | |
R. Alvarado | Regulate advertising for legal services. | 03/12/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
R. Thomas | Adopts federal health care reform provisions on pre existing conditions | 02/20/20 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
T. Buford | Relating to salvage titles, exempt clerks from immunity and exempt from notarization provisions | 02/24/20 - to Transportation (S) | |
P. Hornback | require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a restriction category on the motorcycle operator`s license to operation of 3-wheeled motorcycles only | 03/18/20 - returned to Transportation (H) | |
J. Carpenter | NCOIL model on auto towing and storage | 02/27/20 - to Transportation (S) | |
P. Wheeler | Eliminate B readers for workers compensation | 02/27/20 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) | |
G. Neal | Reforms to driver education. | 03/05/20 - to Education (S) | |
P. Wheeler | Set forth the process to refund excess assessments to coal employers from coal workers worker comp fund | 04/15/20 - delivered to Governor | |
M. McGarvey | Technical corrections to notary statutes | 03/06/20 - to Judiciary (S) | |
SENATE RESOLUTIONS | |||
SJr35 | J. Adams | Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Task Force on Services for Persons with Brain Injuries; establish duties of the task force; establish members of the task force; require a report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020; cease the task force by December 31, 2020, unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly. | 03/17/20 - posted in committee |
SR263 | T. Buford | Confirm the appointment of Sharon P. Clark as commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Public Protection Cabinet. | 04/15/20 - adopted 34-0 |
HOUSE BILLS | |||
C. McCoy | Related to comparative fault actions | 03/19/20 - to Judiciary (S) | |
J. Nemes | Require an employer intending to relocate a call center from Kentucky to a foreign country to notify the secretary of the Labor Cabinet at least 120 days prior to such relocation | 01/07/20 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
M. Prunty | Regulate professional employer organizations | 02/04/20 - recommitted to Small Business & Information Technology (H) | |
R. Huff | Prohibiting the use of a personal electronic device while driving | 01/07/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
R. Rothenburger | Allow a fiscal court to levy a fee on certain units for the provision of emergency medical services; define units subject to fee; require fee to be placed on tax bill; | 01/15/20 - posted in committee | |
J. Fischer | Provide that a statement of law in the American Law Institute`s Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance does not constitute the law of the Commonwealth when in conflict with listed authority | 04/14/20 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 86) | |
C. Massey | Adopts provisions of the Uniform Powers of Appointment Act, amended to make changes to the power of attorney uniform law including removing requirement of two disinterested witnesses | 03/27/20 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 41) | |
M. Cantrell | Add property damage to uninsured motorists coverage under auto insurance policies | 01/16/20 - posted in committee | |
J. Blanton | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 relating to qualified and complete immunity from civil liability for a law enforcement officer`s operation of a vehicle when responding to an emergency or pursuing a suspect. | 01/07/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
M. Cantrell | Require notification of accidents and wrecked vehicles | 01/09/20 - to Transportation (H) | |
K. Moser | Require vision testing for operator`s license renewal; | 01/10/20 - to Transportation (H) | |
A. Tackett Laferty | Require an employer to pay for medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks | 01/10/20 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
M. Marzian | Statewide fairness ordinance | 01/13/20 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
A. Hatton | Workers Comp, eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers` Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be B readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists | 01/14/20 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
D. Elliott | Require local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction to investigate all traffic accidents involving a fatality that occur on state-maintained highways | 03/02/20 - to Transportation (S) | |
D. Elliott | Require motorists to be held financial responsible for rescue from a flooded area, allow insurance policies to exclude coverage | 01/16/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
J. Tipton | Prohibit the use of a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle | 01/22/20 - posted in committee | |
S. Riley | Allows school board to determine group health insurance plans | 02/06/20 - posted in committee | |
N. Tate | Prohibit booster seats and car seats in the front seat | 01/21/20 - to Transportation (H) | |
C. Massey | Relating to creating a consolidated emergency services districts | 01/24/20 - posted in committee | |
R. Wiederstein | Make non-compete provisions in advance practice nurse practitioner, physician, and osteopath employment contracts void and unenforceable | 01/27/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
J. Fischer | Insurance fraud reporting to NICB and changes to discounts for auto security devices | 03/27/20 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 47) | |
J. Graviss | Increase claim limits for district court | 01/27/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
N. Tate | Relating to life insurance for members of the Kentucky National Guard. | 03/05/20 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
J. Fischer | County clerk fees | 03/17/20 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
R. Bridges | Establish the nonrefundable Kentucky affordable housing credit; allow the credit to be applied to the income and insurance taxes | 02/05/20 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
R. Wiederstein | Provide for an all-payer claims database | 02/06/20 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
W. Thomas | Provide that a county clerk`s reliance on salvage title application relieves county clerk from liability | 03/27/20 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 49) | |
S. Santoro | Remove time of operation restrictions for golf carts operating on city and county roads | 03/26/20 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 34) | |
S. Lewis | Increase the time limit from 1 year to 4 years that local governments may contract for ambulance services with private entities | 02/27/20 - to State & Local Government (S) | |
R. Bridges | Deals with liens filing and perfecting of liens | 04/15/20 - delivered to Governor | |
B. Rowland | Credit for reinsurance proposal from the DOI | 03/27/20 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 50) | |
B. Rowland | Peer-to-peer car sharing. | 02/20/20 - posted in committee | |
J. Fischer | Require judgment lien notices to contain the date of final judgment; establish expiration dates for judgment liens; provide that a judgment lien expiration may be postponed under certain circumstances | 03/17/20 - to Judiciary (S) | |
B. Rowland | Related to increased premiums of auto insurance for military personnel | 03/18/20 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
R. Rothenburger | Establishing standards for a certificate of need for ambulance service providers | 03/03/20 - posted in committee | |
B. Rowland | Makes changes to the WC Funding Commission on assessments and administration of claims | 02/24/20 - posted in committee | |
M. Dossett | Exemptions from income tax and permitting requirements for disaster response businesses and employees. | 04/01/20 - floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed | |
S. Santoro | Make the Transportation Cabinet the issuer of drivers license and travel identity documents | 03/27/20 - signed by Governor Acts ch. 51) | |
D. Bentley | Establish certain insurance practices relating to the reimbursement of pharmacists | 02/24/20 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
M. Cantrell | Provides parameters for dismissing abusive lawsuits including court costs awarded to prevailing party | 02/24/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
K. Moser | Regulate advertising for legal services | 02/26/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
R. Huff | Require headlights to meet US DOT standards | 02/27/20 - to Transportation (H) | |
P. Minter | Allows for punitive damages in civil rights actions | 02/27/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
M. Hart | Establish the community investment credit for financial institutions making loans to a community development financial institution | 02/27/20 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
C. McCoy | Relating to genetic and genetic-related medical testing | 03/19/20 - to Health & Welfare (S) | |
R. Heath | Require insurers to pay a fair and reasonable amount for motor vehicle repairs; prohibit insurers from relying on or considering survey data when determining the amount that shall be paid | 03/02/20 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
B. Rowland | Shell bill related to insurance | 03/02/20 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
B. Rowland | Shell bill related to service contracts | 03/02/20 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
J. DuPlessis | Relating to motor vehicles abandoned on state highways, sets maximum towing and storage charges and set up notification process for lienholders if owner not identified | 03/02/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
M. Cantrell | Establish limitations on commissions, benefits, bonuses, rebates, kickbacks and bribes relating to health care services by any person including any provider or health care facility | 03/02/20 - to Judiciary (H) | |
B. Rowland | Regulation of travel insurance | 03/04/20 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
A. Tackett Laferty | Removes two year continued employment and exposure provision related to reopening black lung claims | 03/04/20 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
L. Elkins | Require compensation for economic loss for annexed areas, including insurance taxes | 03/04/20 - to Local Government (H) | |
M. Koch | Change the Governor`s reporting duties of the status of workers` compensation self-insured groups from the Labor and Industry Interim Joint Committee to the Economic Development and Workforce Investment Interim Joint Committee. | 03/06/20 - posted in committee | |
D. Osborne | Shell bill relating to fiduciary duties | 03/05/20 - posted in committee | |
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS | |||
HCr111 | R. Wiederstein | Create the Task Force on Alternative Reimbursement Payment Models for Rural Hospitals to consider alternative methods of helping rural hospitals in Kentucky address the challenges they face in continuing to provide access to health care services to their communities, improving health care outcomes, and increasing financial sustainability; establish membership and duties of the task force; submit any findings by December 1, 2020. | 02/28/20 - to Health and Family Services (H) |
HR135 | K. Moser | Encourage the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Emergency Preparedness Task Force; establish membership and duties of the task force; require findings to be submitted by Dec. 1, 2020. | 04/15/20 - adopted by voice vote |