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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for cancer detection. [HB-52]
Creates a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define “cancer screening, test, or procedure,” and to require coverage for certain cancer screenings, tests, and procedures; and amends KRS 18A.225, 164.2871, and 205.522 to require Medicaid, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the cancer coverage requirement, to provide that various sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 75) on 04/04/2024
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AN ACT relating to school funding. [HB-504]
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 157.320, 157.069, 157.200, 157.350, 157.360, 157.370, 157.390, 157.420, 157.621, 157.660, 158.030, 158.070, 159.035, 159.075, 159.090, 160.107, 160.345, 160.486, 160.593, 160.6152, 160.644. and 164.380 to transition the school funding model from using average daily attendance to average daily membership; make conforming changes; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for cranial conditions. [HB-589]
Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for the treatment of plagiocephaly; prohibit certain restrictions on coverage for the treatment of plagiocephaly; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for cranial banding when prescribed by a health care provider; prohibit certain restrictions on coverage for cranial banding; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer plans offered by state postsecondary education institutions,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Department of Public Advocacy. [HB-580]
Amend KRS 18A.115 to exclude attorneys in the Department of Public Advocacy from classified service; amend KRS 31.010 to delete references to legal representation for persons with disabilities and make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to establish an independent division of the Department of Public Advocacy, the Division of Protection and Advocacy, to provide the protection of rights for persons with disabilities; amend KRS 31.015 to add a member to the Public Advocacy Commission; provide that the Public Advocacy Commission
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Introduced In House on 02/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to post-retirement options for state and local employees. [HB-506]
Amend KRS 61.635 to establish a partial lump sum option (PLSO), with and without survivor rights, as a payment option for retiring members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS), County Employees Retirement System (CERS), or State Police Retirement System (SPRS); provide that the PLSO shall include a lump-sum payment of 12, 24, 36, 48, or 60 months of payments and a lifetime benefit that is actuarially reduced to reflect the lump-sum payment; require the systems to develop information to assist the member in evaluating the PLSO as a
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 71) on 03/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the public defender system. [HB-568]
Amend KRS 31.030 to remove references to local plans and local counsel; amend KRS 31.211 to remove references to public advocate fees being held in a local public advocate fund; require that the funds be deposited with the Department of Public Advocacy; amend KRS 31.215 to remove references to attorneys participating in a public advocacy plan; amend KRS 31.219 to remove reference to public advocacy plans; amend KRS 31.235 to remove references to district plans; repeal KRS 31.050, 31.060, 31.065, 31.071, and 31.085; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 144) on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motorboats and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-496]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the waterway usage fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky lakes and rivers tourism fund; require grants of money from the fund to go to marinas qualifying through an application process; amend KRS 235.990 to establish a penalty for nonpayment of the waterway usage fee; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for cancer detection. [HB-495]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require coverage for screenings, tests, and procedures performed for the purpose of detecting cancer that occur prior to diagnosis; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 and amend KRS 205.522, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, Medicaid, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan
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Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 03/02/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public contracts. [SB-246]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to collect and maintain race and ethnicity data for certain contracts; establish standards for race and ethnicity data collection; require a business to self-report race and ethnicity data; prohibit race and data collected from being used in the process to award state contracts listed under KRS 45A.075; require that race and data collected from businesses shall only be used for reporting requirements; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to submit
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for breast examinations. [HB-462]
Amend KRS 304.17-316 to define terms; make technical corrections; prohibit cost-sharing requirements for any covered diagnostic breast examination or supplemental breast examination; provide for additional coverage if required under federal law; provide exemption to Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plans under certain circumstances; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-133, 304.18-098, 304.32-1591, and 304.38-1935 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured employer group
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-475]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," and "ammunition sellers"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to non-motorized vehicles. [HB-415]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to define nonmotorized vehicle and require registration for all nonmotorized vehicles operated on public highways; require display of a registration plate on the rear of all nonmotorized vehicles; set forth procedures for issuing registration for nonmotorized vehicles and direct the cabinet to administer regulations and establish forms and procedures; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to radon safety and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-244]
Repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of KRS Chapter 309 as new sections of KRS Chapter 198B to redefine terms; define new terms; attach the Kentucky Radon Safety Board to the Department of Housing, Buildings, and Construction; increase members of the board and establish new criteria for board members; require board members to comply with KRS Chapter 11A in the conduct of their duties as board members; limit reimbursement amount for the board members; require the board to make available group general liability and workers' compensation insurance
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Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children. [HB-408]
Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of children. [HB-470]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; state that the provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years by a health care provider or mental health care provider is unethical and unprofessional conduct; require an investigation of any report of provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years; require revocation of the provider's license if confirmed and termination of public funding for a public employee; require that providers be jointly and severally liable for all damages
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Laid On Clerk's Desk on 03/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to positron emission tomography scans. [SB-284]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish coverage requirements for positron emission tomography scans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to prohibit hospitals from requiring patients to be discharged prior to receiving a positron emission tomography scan ordered by a health care provider; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 and amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured
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Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for diabetes treatment. [HB-376]
Amend KRS 304.17A-148 to require that cost sharing for noninsulin drugs and certain equipment and supplies for the treatment of diabetes not exceed certain cost-sharing thresholds; allow the equipment and supplies cost-sharing limit to be adjusted annually; prohibit insurers from conducting or imposing utilization review for diabetes treatment prescribed by a health care provider; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2024; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 02/17/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Medicare supplement insurance. [HB-345]
Create a new section of KRS 304.14-500 to 304.14-550 to prohibit certain trade practices relating to the sale of Medicare supplement policies to certain applicants; amend KRS 304.14-520 to conform; apply provisions to Medicare supplement policies available, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024; require insurers and the Department of Insurance to take regulatory actions necessary to ensure applications are available on or before January 1, 2024; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 182) on 04/06/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a statewide reading research center. [SB-156]
Amend KRS 164.0207 to establish a statewide reading research center; direct the center and the Kentucky Department of Education to establish annual goals and performance objectives; require KDE to make annual programming and funding recommendations for the center; require KDE to select the center through a competitive proposal process by July 1, 2024, for a five-year contract; amend KRS 151B.406, 151B.409, 154A.130, 156.553, 158.305, 158.792, 158.840, and 164.035 to conform; make Sections 1 through 9 of the Act take effect July 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 55) on 03/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient access to pharmacy benefits. [HB-350]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on health plan insureds; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish prohibited practices for pharmacy benefit managers; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts, and limited health service organizations; establish when legislation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/23/2023