You have voted HB-3216: Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain working parents for whom federal matching money is available..
You have voted HB-3151: Relating to expedited credentialing of certain federally qualified health center providers by Medicaid managed care organizations..
HB-3121: Relating to maternal mortality and morbidity in this state and Medicaid eligibility of and coverage for certain services provided to pregnant women.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Collier
Scheduled For Public Hearing In S/c On . . . on 04/24/2025
You have voted HB-3121: Relating to maternal mortality and morbidity in this state and Medicaid eligibility of and coverage for certain services provided to pregnant women..
HB-3105: Relating to establishing a minimum base wage for certain personal attendants under Medicaid and other programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eugene Wu
Read First Time on 03/20/2025
You have voted HB-3105: Relating to establishing a minimum base wage for certain personal attendants under Medicaid and other programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission..
You have voted SB-1500: Relating to written protocols for certain nonprescription drugs under Medicaid and civil liability related to those protocols..
SB-1467: Relating to death records maintained by the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services and provided to certain hospitals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa
Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025
You have voted SB-1467: Relating to death records maintained by the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services and provided to certain hospitals..
AN ACT relating to reproductive health services. [HB-793]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; provide rights related to access to contraception; create private right of action; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exclude contraception from cost defrayal requirements; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured
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HB-793: AN ACT relating to reproductive health services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Stalker
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children. [HB-691]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; to suspend the the coverage requirement for certain formulas as applied to qualified health plans if cost defrayment required by the state; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require coverage for breastfeeding and lactation services without a prescription and in conjunction with the birth of each child; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid to comply with the coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.560 to conform;
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HB-691: AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Stevenson
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/26/2025
SB-1443: Relating to the continuation and operation of a health care provider participation district created by certain local governments to administer a health care provider participation program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/05/2025
You have voted SB-1443: Relating to the continuation and operation of a health care provider participation district created by certain local governments to administer a health care provider participation program..
AN ACT relating to mental health parity and declaring an emergency. [HB-748]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-661 to require that annual mental health parity reports be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission on or before June 1 of each year for referral to certain committees and be published by the insurance commissioner on the Department of Insurance's website; authorize the Attorney General to enforce the mental health parity law; establish duties, remedies, and penalties for enforcement by the Attorney General; authorize a private cause of action by any person directly injured by a violation or likely violation of the mental
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HB-748: AN ACT relating to mental health parity and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Grossl
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for doula services. [HB-814]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with which the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for doula services; establish training and education requirements for doulas; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary and comply with KRS 205.525.
HB-814: AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for doula services.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency. [HB-695]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
Retain original provisions, except delete Medicaid coverage limitations for psychoeducational services; establish that changes to the Medicaid program necessitated by requirements imposed by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or related to payment programs for university hospitals shall be exempt from the requirement that the change be authorized by the General Assembly; amend KRS 205.5371 to establish that the community engagement program shall be a mandatory waiver program; locate the Kentucky Medicaid pharmaceutical rebate
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HB-695: AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 110) on 03/27/2025
AN ACT relating to public health and safety. [HB-745]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Amend KRS 214.450 to define "autologous donation" and "directed donation"; amend KRS 214.452 to require blood establishments to test for spike proteins, antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and synthetic mRNA; provide that a person shall not be compelled to donate blood; require blood establishments to inform donors of the potential uses for donations; require blood to be sold to hospitals before any other entity; prohibit blood from sale for pharmaceutical production if there is a hospital blood shortage; amend KRS 214.454
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HB-745: AN ACT relating to public health and safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
To Health Services (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care organizations. [HB-787]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Amend KRS 205.533 to require Medicaid managed care organizations to include certain information for providers on their websites; amend KRS 205.534 to require managed care organizations to allow providers 120 days to file an appeal or grievance related to a reduction of denial of a claim; establish penalties for a managed care organization's failure to ensure the timely disposition of any appeal or grievance; require payment of any amount owed to a provider following an appeal to be paid within 30 days; require payments made following an appeal to
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HB-787: AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care organizations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Health Services (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program. [HB-785]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Insurance ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish limitations on material changes to contracts between Medicaid managed care organizations and Medicaid-participating providers; require contracts between the Department for Medicaid Services and a managed care organization to comply with federal laws related to mental health parity; require behavioral health programs to be accredited and narcotic treatment programs to be licensed in order to be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid
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HB-785: AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/07/2025
AN ACT relating to boards of the Kentucky General Assembly and declaring an emergency. [HB-9]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to define terms; establish the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the Kentucky General Assembly to review, analyze, study, evaluate, provide legislative oversight, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding any aspect of the Kentucky Medicaid program; establish board membership, authority, and duties; amend KRS 7A.010, 7A.140, 7A.150, and 7A.180 to conform; EMERGENCY.
HB-9: AN ACT relating to boards of the Kentucky General Assembly and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Rules (h) on 03/13/2025