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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the coal industry. [HB-497]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "commercial coal mining operation"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt machinery, equipment, supplies, etc. purchased or leased by a coal mining operation from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020, and require reporting of the exemption by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.110 to allow the release of information from the Department of Revenue.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/28/2020
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AN ACT relating to surprise billing. [SB-194]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-500 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 304.17A-500 to 304.17A-590 to define "covered health care services"; require health benefit plans to provide coverage and reimburse for covered health care services provided by a nonparticipating health care provider at an in-network facility; prohibit nonparticipating health care providers from attempting to collect payment from a covered person for covered health care services other than applicable cost-sharing; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to add provisions of KRS 304.17A-641 and require
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mandatory benefits for health benefit plans. [SB-181]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-200 to extend health-status eligibility rules to individual and employer-organized association markets; authorize insurance commissioner to designate additional health status-related factors; prohibit adjustment of premium or contribution amounts for group health benefit plans on the basis of genetic information; amend KRS 304.17A-220 to remove requirements relating to pre-existing condition exclusions; repeal and reenact KRS 304.17A-230 to define "pre-existing condition exclusion"; prohibit health benefit plans in any market from
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/20/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to treatment for Lyme disease. [HB-435]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to permit a physician to provide long-term antibiotic therapy for a therapeutic purpose for a patient diagnosed with Lyme disease and not be subject to punishment by the State Board of Medical Licensure; require written information on laboratory testing for Lyme disease to be provided when a test is ordered; exempt physicians from civil liability for providing information; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plan coverage of long-term antibiotic therapy for covered
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peer-to-peer car sharing. [HB-425]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to establish definitions relating to peer-to-peer car sharing; establish insurance, disclosure, recordkeeping, verification, equipment liability, and airport contracting requirements for peer-to-peer car sharing programs; establish requirements for shared vehicle owners that receive an actual notice of safety recall on a shared vehicle; establish an exemption for peer-to-peer car sharing programs and shared vehicle owners from vicarious liability; create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bart Rowland
Posted In Committee on 02/20/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to postsecondary transparency. [HB-419]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to annually compile data on in-demand jobs within the state and for each public postsecondary instruction and each campus of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System compile data relating to student success and costs; require Council on Postsecondary Education to develop delivery method to ensure access to information by prospective students; authorize Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate necessary administrative regulations; cite as
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 105) on 04/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to taxation. [HB-416]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Gaming ]
[Healthcare ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Property Tax ]
Amend KRS 132.020 to freeze the state property tax rate and eliminate the tax rate reduction for qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, and tobacco products; and to remove the discount for modified risk tobacco products; amend KRS 138.143 to require a floor stock tax; amend KRS 138.510 to impose specific surtax amounts on horse racing wagers and to require the revenue generated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy or pharmacist services. [HB-398]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A, KRS Chapter 304 to define "health plan," "insurer," "pharmacy benefit manager," and "pharmacy or pharmacist services"; provide exceptions for federal laws that conflict with legislation; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to effectuate legislation; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define "pharmacy affiliate"; prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on patients covered under a health plan; create
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy audits. [HB-399]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-740 to insert and amend definitions; provide exceptions to pharmacy audit laws; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to effectuate legislation; amend KRS 304.17A-741 to require auditing entities to provide at least 90 days' notice for on-site audits; require that notices provide detailed information about each claim being audited; require that audits involving clinical or professional judgment be conducted in consultation with Kentucky-licensed pharmacists; require that audits involving compounded
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy referral practices. [HB-400]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS 304.17A-165 to 304.17A-166 to define "insurer," "pharmacy affiliate," "pharmacy benefit manager," "pharmacy or pharmacist services," and "referral to a pharmacy affiliate"; require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits to file an annual disclosure statement with the insurance commissioner that identifies pharmacy affiliates; prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from transferring or sharing certain Kentucky pharmacy records
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the registration of farmers for sales and use tax exemption purposes. [SB-148]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to require persons engaged in farming to obtain an agriculture exemption number to claim an exemption from sales and use tax; require the Department of Revenue to develop a searchable database for sellers and retailers to verify the agriculture exemption number if the purchaser cannot produce documentation of the agriculture exemption number at the time of sale; Effective January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 38) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT creating the Classification of Workers in the Construction Industry Task Force. [HB-397]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Unemployment ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to provide definitions; set forth determination of misclassified workers; set forth investigation process and violations; establish court remedies; require notice by an employer; grant the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards authority to promulgate administrative regulations; require agencies to share the information of a misclassifying employer to other interested state agencies; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.145 to prohibit contractors with multiple
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Economic Development, Tourism, And Labor (s) on 03/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to utilization reviews. [HB-389]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-611 to prohibit insurers from requiring or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder; amend KRS 205.536 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services or a Medicaid- managed care organization from requiring or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder; effective January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and declaring an emergency. [SB-150]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define terms; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a database of billed health care service charges; require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed as required; provide for an independent dispute resolution program to review reimbursements provided for unanticipated out-of-network care; allow unregulated health plans to opt-in to requirements; require insurers to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 73) on 03/30/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal control officers. [SB-140]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require the Department of Agriculture to provide continuing education on criminal and law enforcement procedures and investigatory practices to animal control officers; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Agriculture (s) on 02/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the taxation of incontinence products. [HB-372]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 139.472 to exempt prescription incontinence products when sold to a person with a medical diagnosis of incontinence and a prescription for the product; amend KRS 139.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report the exemption to the Legislative Research Commission by October 1 each year; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/05/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes. [HB-358]
[Taxes ]
[Telecommunications ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "affiliate"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt certain tangible personal property from sales and use tax if purchased by providers of communications services, multichannel video programming services, internet access, or any combination, thereof, and require yearly report of the exemption to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the report from the Department of Revenue, and reorder the; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/03/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the natural resources severance and processing tax. [HB-339]
[Taxes ]
[Mining ]
Amend KRS 143A.010 to change the definition of "processing" to include the act of loading or unloading limestone that has not otherwise been severed or treated in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 143A.035 to allow a credit for substantially identical severance or processing taxes paid to another state or political subdivision thereof; provide that no taxpayer may claim a total amount of credit that exceeds his or her tax liability; allow the Department of Revenue to report tax credit information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/30/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription insulin. [SB-118]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 304-17A.148 to cap the cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin at $100 per 30-day supply; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 02/19/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax. [SB-117]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Taxes ]
Amend KRS 139.472 to delete the words "in humans" and "human" from the definition of "drug"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt drugs and over-the-counter drugs that are purchased by a farmer and used in the treatment of certain farm animals; apply to sales made after August 1, 2020, but before August 1, 2024; require the Department of Revenue to report the claimed exemptions to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to give the department the authority to report the information to the Legislative Research Commission;
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/29/2020