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Health And Medical Services

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HR-135	State (Kentucky)	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. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Diseases Drugs And Medicines Emergency Medical Services Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Legislative Research Commission Local Government Mental Health Nurses Pharmacists
HR-126	State (Kentucky)	Encourage Kentucky institutions such as colleges, universities, and hospitals to create tuition benefit, loan forgiveness, or other incentivizing programs in order to improve health care in critical care access and health professional shortage areas. Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1) 50% Republican support 50% Democrat support	Education, Higher Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Nurses Physicians And Practitioners Public Health Workforce
SB-274	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require out-of-network coverage of air ambulance claims; require program for payment of out-of-network air ambulance claims; require mediation process for out-of-network claims; deem compliant payments as full and final payments by the covered person; require the Department of Insurance to report health facilities that do not provide required disclosures; require that the Department of Insurance publish on its Web site participating provider status information of air ambulance providers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require health care providers to make certain disclosures to a covered person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to prohibit an air ambulance provider or its agent from selling subscription services; amend KRS 216B.990 to establish fines for health facilities failing to provide required disclosures; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-527 to require a compliance clause in participating provider agreements; amend KRS 304.99-020 to establish penalties for certain violations; amend KRS 311A.060 to require the Board of Emergency Medical Services to report certain violations to the commissioner of insurance; amend KRS 367.990 to establish penalties for provider violations; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Effective Dates, Delayed Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Insurance, Health Physicians And Practitioners Attorney General Boards And Commissions
SB-265	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require health care providers to provide good faith estimates to patients for scheduled health care services; require health care providers and insurers to disclose certain information for scheduled health care services that are covered under a covered person's health plan; prohibit balance billing for certain nonparticipating providers that fail to provide a good faith estimate; prohibit balance billing for certain emergency services; prohibit insurers and health facilities from representing that a health facility is a participating provider under certain circumstances; establish penalties and enforcement by the Attorney General; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to require health plans to cover certain emergency services; establish reimbursement requirements for certain emergency services provided by a nonparticipating provider at an out-of-network facility; amend KRS 304.12-020 to provide that it shall be an unfair or deceptive trade practice for an insurer to violate Section 1 of the Act; state that certain contracts that are contrary to the Act shall be unenforceable and void. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Insurance, Health Physicians And Practitioners Attorney General Consumer Affairs
SJR-246	State (Kentucky)	Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assess Kentucky’s preparedness to address the corona virus and report to the General Assembly. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Diseases Emergency Medical Services Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Nurses Pharmacists Physicians And Practitioners Public Health State Agencies Public Safety
SJR-246	State (Kentucky)	Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assess Kentucky’s preparedness to address the corona virus and report to the General Assembly. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Diseases Emergency Medical Services Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Nurses Pharmacists Physicians And Practitioners Public Health State Agencies Public Safety
SB-284	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 304.17-316 to require health insurance policies offering coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical benefits for a mastectomy to provide coverage for annual breast cancer screenings for persons 35 years of age or older; amend KRS 304.17A-133 to prohibit health benefit plans from imposing cost sharing for annual breast cancer screenings; require that coverage be provided regardless of whether the health benefit plan provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical services for a mastectomy; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.18-098, 304.32-1591, and 304.38-1935 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Section 2 of the Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Effective Dates, Delayed Health And Medical Services Insurance, Health State Employees
SB-284	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 304.17-316 to require health insurance policies offering coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical benefits for a mastectomy to provide coverage for annual breast cancer screenings for persons 35 years of age or older; amend KRS 304.17A-133 to prohibit health benefit plans from imposing cost sharing for annual breast cancer screenings; require that coverage be provided regardless of whether the health benefit plan provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical services for a mastectomy; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.18-098, 304.32-1591, and 304.38-1935 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Section 2 of the Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Effective Dates, Delayed Health And Medical Services Insurance, Health State Employees
HB-578	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 216B.400 to require that every hospital that provides emergency services have a sexual assault nurse examiner on duty 24 hours each day. Democrat: 100% (11) 100% Democrat support	Crimes And Punishments Emergency Medical Services Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Nurses Public Health Women Public Safety
HJR-123	State (Kentucky)	Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to gather data from all licensed healthcare facilities, healthcare workers and healthcare professional associations to assess the status of health workplace safety in the Commonwealth and policies and programs currently in place to create and maintain safe and nonviolent health workplace settings; require reports to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Occupational Safety And Health State Agencies Reports Mandated
HB-571	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 311.6201 and 314.199 to allow for Medicaid recipients to be able to have a direct primary care membership agreement. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Nurses Physicians And Practitioners Medicaid
HB-590	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to directly administer behavioral health services benefits; prohibit the Department of Medicaid Services from entering into or renewing contracts that allow any entity other than the department to administer behavioral health service benefits to recipients; reduce costs of future Medicaid managed care contracts by costs of all behavioral health service benefits as they existed on January 1, 2019; amend KRS 205.527, 205.560, 205.6311, and 304.38-240 to conform. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Health And Medical Services Mental Health Public Medical Assistance State Agencies Medicaid
SB-233	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish academic requirements for instruction on organ procurement and tissue donation designed to develop a knowledge of the potentially life-saving achievement involved in organ and tissue transplantation. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Education, Elementary And Secondary Health And Medical Services Public Health Children And Minors Circuit Clerks
HB-573	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to define "health care facility," "health care worker," "workplace safety," and "'workplace violence"; to require a health care facility to annually perform workplace safety and workplace violence assessments; and have a workplace safety and workplace violence education program and reporting process for health care workers; bar retaliation or discrimination against health care workers who report workplace safety incidents. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Nurses Occupations And Professions Personnel And Employment
HJR-121	State (Kentucky)	Direct all hospitals offering emergency services, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, and the Kentucky Office of Victim Advocacy to report information relating to sexual assault nurse examinations and sexual assault medical-forensic examinations to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services by October 1, 2021; permit the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services to send the data to be analyzed and reported on by December 1, 2021. Democrat: 100% (11) 100% Democrat support	Crime Victims Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Nurses Physicians And Practitioners Public Health State Agencies Attorney General Reports Mandated
HB-549	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 311B.020 to change the definition of "limited X-ray machine operator" and "medical imaging technologist." Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Licensing Occupations And Professions Workforce
SB-236	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 319 to enact and enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; allow a psychologist to hold one or more compact state licenses at a time; recognize the right of a psychologist licensed in the compact to practice telepsychology in other compact states the psychologist is not licensed; establish conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in compact state can practice telepsychology; establish the conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in a compact state may be granted a Temporary Authorization to Practice; authorize a home state to take adverse action against a psychologist's licensed issued by the Home State; allow a receiving state to take adverse action on a psychologist's Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology within that receiving state; Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Interstate Cooperation Licensing Occupations And Professions Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Compacts, Interstate
HB-620	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish the Controlled Substance Prescribing Review and Enforcement Advisory Council to provide advice, guidance, and recommendations to state licensing boards charged with enforcing and reviewing prescribing practices; establish membership, terms of office, and duties of the council; require the council to work in cooperation with affected entities; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide staff, facilities, and resources for the meetings of the council; require other entities to cooperate with the council; amend KRS 218A.205 to require every state licensing board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to reviewing, investigating, and enforcing violations of prescribing practices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the State Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations relating to approving licenses and reviewing, investigating, and enforcing violations of prescribing practices of advanced practice registered nurses; amend KRS 314.011 to refine"advanced practice registered nurse" and "advanced practice registered nursing"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to require approval of a license and reviewing, investigating, and enforcing violations of prescribing practices for an advanced practice registered nurse by the State Board of Medical Licensure; make it unlawful for an advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe without State Board of Medical Licensure approval. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Drugs And Medicines Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Licensing Nurses Pharmacists Physicians And Practitioners Public Health State Agencies Substance Abuse
HB-532	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 304, Subtitle 17A to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices; amend KRS 304.17A-515 and 304.17A-254 to require health benefit plans to provide access to health care providers that practice in the area of prosthetics and orthotics and professionals that provide prosthetic and orthotic devices and services; amend KRS 18A.225 to require prosthetic and orthotic device coverage for the state employee health plan; amend KRS 205.560 to include prosthetic and orthotic device coverage in the scope of care for the Kentucky Medical Assistance Program; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	State Employees Medicaid Health Benefit Mandate Effective Dates, Delayed Health And Medical Services Insurance, Health Public Medical Assistance
HB-534	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to 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; include payment practice exceptions; establish violations as Class D, Class C, and Class B felonies and associated fines; permit a party bringing action to seek to recover reasonable expenses; provide that the provisions in this section are in addition to any other actions that may be taken. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Crimes And Punishments Drugs And Medicines Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Insurance, Health Nurses Pharmacists Physicians And Practitioners

Title: A RESOLUTION encouraging the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Emergency Preparedness Task Force.