HB-2924: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain costs incurred while a chronically ill Medicaid recipient who is a child receives hospital care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons
Read First Time on 03/19/2025
You have voted HB-2924: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain costs incurred while a chronically ill Medicaid recipient who is a child receives hospital care..
You have voted HB-2939: Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act..
You have voted HB-2886: Relating to administrative remedies for certain fraud and abuse violations under Medicaid; providing administrative penalties..
AN ACT relating to Medicaid eligibility. [HB-567]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 205.592 to extend Medicaid eligibility for new parents from 12 months to 24 months postpartum.
HB-567: AN ACT relating to Medicaid eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Watkins
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for doula services. [HB-553]
[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 whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for doula services; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Doula Advisory Council, council membership, and council duties; 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-553: AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for doula services.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to psychotropic drugs. [HB-572]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; require Medicaid-enrolled providers prescribing psychotropic drugs to children to provide an FDA Medication Guide to parents or legal guardians; require medical care providers prescribing psychotropic drugs to children covered by Medicaid to obtain signed informed consent from a parent of guardian; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and maintain an adverse drug reaction online reporting system; require the cabinet to compile and submit an annual report of the adverse
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HB-572: AN ACT relating to psychotropic drugs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to prepayment review of Medicaid claims. [SB-153]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms and to establish standards for the utilization of prepayment claims review in the Medicaid program; 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.
SB-153: AN ACT relating to prepayment review of Medicaid claims.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Recommitted To Health Services (h) on 03/14/2025
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AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. [HB-495]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against mental health care professionals, mental health care institutions, and ordained ministry for providing protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against individuals for offering information, training, and referrals for protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against parents and guardians who consent to their child receiving protected counseling services; prohibit reporting of a mental health care professional or mental health care
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HB-495: AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 107) on 03/27/2025
AN ACT relating to chronic pain treatments. [HB-506]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Insurance ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discuss and refer or prescribe alternative chronic pain treatments before
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HB-506: AN ACT relating to chronic pain treatments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Moore
To Health Services (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT relating to Medicaid copayments for nonemergent emergency room visits. [HB-461]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 205.6312 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to impose a cost sharing requirement on Medicaid beneficiaries for nonemergent services provided in a hospital emergency department; 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-461: AN ACT relating to Medicaid copayments for nonemergent emergency room visits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna L. Frazier Gordon
To Health Services (h) on 02/14/2025
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AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings. [HB-421]
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[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-257 to require coverage for all colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests specified in the United States Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer guidelines for certain covered persons; require coverage for all United States Food and Drug Administration-approved bowel preparation prescribed in connection with a colorectal cancer examination or test; prohibit prior authorization requirements for colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests; provide an exemption from the cost sharing prohibition for Health Savings
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HB-421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 158) on 04/02/2025
You have voted HB-2677: Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for the treatment of obesity and certain diabetes prevention program services..
AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [HB-423]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to define terms; prohibit insurers of health benefit plans from requiring prior authorization for a health care service for which the provider has an exemption; require insurers of health benefit plans to establish a program under which participating providers may qualify for exemptions from prior authorization; establish mandatory and permitted provisions of an insurer's prior authorization exemption program; establish requirements for sending forms and notices; require the commissioner of the
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HB-423: AN ACT relating to prior authorization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Passed Over And Retained In The Orders Of The Day on 03/28/2025