2019 REGULAR SESSION |
HEALTH INSURANCE |
TRACKING SHEET |
UPDATED WITH MARCH 12, 2019 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 | |||
J. Adams | Establish the Kentucky Rare Disease Advisory Council | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
R. Alvarado | Adopt the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact | 03/07/19 - floor amendments (1), (2) and (3-title) filed | |
R. Alvarado | The NCOIL model for out-of-network balance billing | 01/10/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Mandate insurance coverage for genetic testing related to cancer prevention | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
S. Meredith | Requires disclosure of Medicaid MCO payment schedules to the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee | 01/09/19 - to Health & Welfare (S) | |
S. Meredith | Limit Medicaid MCOs to three and establish selection process | 01/11/19 - to Health & Welfare (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Omnibus changes to prior authorization of medical procedures | 03/12/19 - 3rd reading, passed 97-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1) | |
M. Wise | Allow a student of chiropractic to engage in clinical practice under the supervision of a licensed chiropractor | 03/12/19 - 3rd reading, passed 100-0 | |
J. Adams | Allow for income tax donation for colon cancer screening fund | 01/10/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
D. Seum | Authorizes and regulates marijuana | 01/10/19 - to Health & Welfare (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Relates to employees that work at sheltered employers and the supports they receive from Medicaid | 01/11/19 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) | |
G. Neal | Require that dental and optometric services be provided to Medicaid eligible recipients ages 21 and establish minimum requirements for dental services provided to all age groups and require coverage of nonemergency medically necessary transportation for eligible recipients | 01/11/19 - to Health & Welfare (S) | |
T. Buford | Licenses and regulates midwives | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) withdrawn | |
M. McGarvey | Establish a process for out of network air ambulance claims | 02/19/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
A. Kerr | Mandated coverage for medically necessary fertility preservation services. | 02/08/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
S. Meredith | Amend the definition of credentialing verification organization. | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
S. Meredith | Prohibit Medicaid copayments or cost sharing | 02/08/19 - to Health & Welfare (S) | |
P. Hornback | Expand prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses. | 03/01/19 - recommitted to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) | |
R. Girdler | Apply Workers Comp fee schedule for PIP | 02/08/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
J. Higdon | Omnibus regulation of PBMs related to networks, claims and payments | 02/25/19 - returned to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
S. Meredith | Allows for multiple external review claims be combined | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
J. Adams | CHFS reorganization | 03/12/19 - 3rd reading, passed 76-16 | |
R. Mills | CHFS Housekeeping bill | 03/12/19 - posted in committee | |
A. Kerr | CHFS reorganization | 03/12/19 - received in House | |
S. Meredith | Require the CHFS to establish secure connections between KASPER and a prescribing or dispensing health care practitioner�s electronic health recordkeeping system. | 02/19/19 - to Health & Welfare (S) | |
SENATE RESOLUTIONS | |||
SCr5 | R. Alvarado | Direct a study of community paramedicine pilot programs in Kentucky and emergency medical services reimbursement concerns related to non-transport patients. | 01/08/19 - to Health & Welfare (S) |
SCr6 | R. Alvarado | Urge all private health insurance providers doing business in Kentucky to study the potential impacts of implementing programs similar to the Kentucky Employees` Health Plan`s Diabetes Value Benefit plan and Diabetes Prevention Program and to implement similar programs if the results of their studies indicate a likelihood of cost savings or improved client health outcomes. | 01/08/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) |
SJr7 | R. Alvarado | Direct the Department for Medicaid Services to study the potential impacts of implementing programs similar to the Kentucky Employee Health Plan`s Diabetes Value Benefit plan and Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicaid beneficiaries in the Commonwealth; direct the department to submit a written report of its findings to the IJC on Health and Welfare and Family Services. | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor |
HOUSE BILLS | |||
D. Osborne | Medicaid and Public Assistance reforms, including drug testing | 02/26/19 - posted in committee | |
D. Bentley | Permit pharmacists to dispense a prescription refill without authorization by the prescribing practitioner in emergency situations | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
R. Rothenburger | Require ground ambulance service providers to pay a Medicaid ambulance service provider assessment | 01/10/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
D. Elliott | Mandated health insurance benefit for infertility treatment coverage. | 01/10/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
D. Elliott | Provide additional license renewal requirements for physician assistants with controlled substances prescriptive authority | 02/26/19 - posted in committee | |
R. Rothenburger | Omnibus changes to emergency medical services | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day | |
K. Moser | Prohibit insurers and MCOs from setting requirements or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat opioid use disorde | 02/14/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
D. St. Onge | Authorization and regulation of medical marijuana | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute | |
J. Sims Jr | Dealing with surprise billing by out of network providers | 01/10/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
J. Sims Jr | Require vision exams for kids in K and 6th grades | 01/11/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
J. Fischer | Makes several amendments to insurance fraud statutes | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
D. Lewis | Exempt certain employees of insurers from the licensure requirement for insurance adjusters | 03/11/19 - signed by Governor | |
J. Carney | Require employees in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Inspector General, to sign a Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Statement | 02/06/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
S. Sheldon | Allow a person or pharmacy located outside this Commonwealth to sell or distribute dialysate drugs or devices necessary to perform home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patients with end-stage renal disease | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
D. Lewis | Require that a burial reserve of up to $10,000 be excluded from consideration as a resource or asset in determining a Medicaid applicant`s or recipient`s eligibility for Medicaid | 02/08/19 - posted in committee | |
D. Lewis | Makes various amendments to statutes relating to the supervision of insurance companies, DOI accreditation related bill | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
K. Moser | Requires durable medical equipment be covered and reimbursed under Medicaid. | 03/06/19 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules | |
J. Raymond | Require Medicaid to cover dentures for all Medicaid recipients | 02/06/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
B. Rowland | Amends various insurance statutes related to agent licensing, FAIR Plan governance, and captive insurer arbitration agreement | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
B. Rowland | Shell bill relating to insurance | 02/11/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
J. Carney | Allow a student of chiropractic to engage in clinical practice under the supervision of a licensed chiropractor | 02/15/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Graviss | Regulation of licensed certified professional midwives. | 02/12/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) | |
C. Harris | Create the "Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Licensing Act | 02/12/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
J. Carney | Establish hospital rate improvement programs that require hospitals to pay an assessment into a fund to be used as state matching dollars for federal Medicaid funds | 03/12/19 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) | |
S. Sheldon | Require that all prescriptions for controlled substances be submitted electronically except for certain conditions | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) | |
A. Gentry | Require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices | 02/14/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
D. Bentley | Prohibit insurers from prohibiting financial assistance for prescription drugs received by an insured from applying toward any cost sharing owed by the insured | 02/15/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
J. Fischer | Update Kentucky law to NAIC Guaranty Fund Model Act | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill | |
B. Rowland | Regulatory sandbox proposal for Insuretech | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill | |
B. Rowland | Relating to pharmacy reimbursement practices. | 03/06/19 - returned to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
A. Bowling | Conform association health plan statutes to match Federal law | 03/12/19 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) | |
C. Stevenson | Mandated health benefit plan and MCO coverage of chronic pain treatments. | 02/20/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
C. McCoy | Require plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions to file a certificate of merit; repeal the 2017 Medical Review Panel Act. | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill | |
K. Moser | Add requirements for the Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse`s Prescriptive Authority for Controlled Substances | 02/22/19 - reassigned to Health and Family Services (H) | |
R. Goforth | Places limitations on the use of prior authorizations | 02/20/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
N. Kulkarni | Require Medicaid provide dental and optometric services | 02/21/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
C. McCoy | Various changes to combat controlled substance abuse | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
D. Bentley | Related to transparency of prescription drugs related to diabetes | 02/21/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
K. Moser | Require CHFS to establish secure connections between KASPER and a prescribing or dispensing health care practitioner�s electronic health recordkeeping system. | 02/21/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
C. Booker | Relating to the safe disposal of prescription medications. | 02/21/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
N. Tate | Omnibus reforms to substance use disorder treatment and recovery services and programs. | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS | |||
HCr121 | K. Moser | Create the Medicinal Marijuana Task Force to study and make recommendations related to the medicinal use of marijuana in the Commonwealth; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least bimonthly during the 2019 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2019. | 03/04/19 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute |