Physicians And Practitioners
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of chronic pain treatments. [HB-198]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
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Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 01/09/2020
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AN ACT relating to Medicaid payments. [SB-29]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-527 to require Medicaid managed care organizations to provide all payment schedules utilized to reimburse health care providers with whom they have maintained a contractual relationship for the previous three months to the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee on a quarterly basis for the committee's review; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require that services provided in rural counties be reimbursed at least at the median amount paid to an urban health care provider within the nearest metropolitan statistical area;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/16/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to licensees of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. [HB-135]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 311.842 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations relating the prescribing of controlled substances by physician assistants; amend KRS 311.844 to establish continuing education requirements for physician assistants who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances; amend KRS 311.850 to permit the board to take action against the license of a physician's assistant for certain sexual offenses, for being unable to practice medicine due to physical or mental illness, or for engaging in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 39) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to physician employment contracts. [HB-86]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS 311.530 to 311.620 to make non-compete provisions in physician and osteopath employment contracts void and unenforceable, except in limited circumstances when the contract is for the sale of a practice or for employment as a faculty member at a medical school.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hearing officers. [HB-94]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 311.591 to require the executive director of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to request a hearing officer for administrative hearings relating to discipline of physicians or doctors of osteopathic medicine; require the hearing officer to be randomly selected by the Attorney General or his or her designee from a pool of qualified hearing officers; require the hearing officer to have at least five years of experience in the practice of law; require the hearing officer to be familiar with the law relating to licensure, qualifications,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
To Judiciary (s) on 02/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to maternal health. [HB-138]
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[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; amend KRS 211.684 and KRS 211.686 to require the existence of the state and local child and maternal fatality review teams; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights; define terms; require health facilities licensed under KRS 216B to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health providers involved in the perinatal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient safety by requiring Kentucky hospitals to annually survey employees regarding patient safety culture and practices with the results to be publicly reported on a Web site maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. [HB-74]
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[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Create a new section of KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929 to require all hospitals to annually survey employees on patient safety culture; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to design, collect, analyze, and publish survey data; list requirements for the survey design; list requirements for the survey content; require the survey design to be completed by October 30, 2020, and the survey results to be made available by June 30 each year beginning with June 30, 2021, on the cabinet's Web site and reported to the Interim Joint Committee on Health,
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care contracts and declaring an emergency. [SB-30]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organization (MCO) contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Taken From Health And Family Services (h) on 03/19/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to enact the Lower Health Care Costs Act. [HCR-4]
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Urge the United States Congress to enact the Lower Health Care Costs Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to low-volume surgery requirements. [HB-144]
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a low-volume surgery requirement and registry for hospitals and surgeons in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to non-compete agreements with health-care providers. [SB-41]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 372 to prohibit non-compete agreements for certain health-care providers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Judiciary (s) on 01/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elimination of the certificate of need and declaring an emergency. [HB-83]
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[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 13B.020 to delete reference to certificate of need hearings; amend KRS 194A.010 to delete reference to the certificate of need and the state health plan; amend KRS 194A.030 to delete reference to the certificate of need; amend KRS 211.192 to correct a statutory citation; amend KRS 205.634 to delete requirement for certificate of need; amend KRS 216.361 to delete requirement for certificate of need; amend KRS 216.380 to delete requirement for certificate of need and reference to the state health plan; amend KRS 216.560 to correct a statutory
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to voluntary non-opioid directives. [HB-11]
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[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and to establish a voluntary non-opioid directive form to inform practitioners that an opioid drug shall not be prescribed, ordered, or administered to a patient who has filed the form with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 218A.172 to require a practitioner to determine if a patient has filed a voluntary non-opioid directive and to provide the patient with a copy of the form prior to prescribing an opioid drug; amend KRS 218A.202 to establish that the electronic monitoring
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to controlled substances. [HB-71]
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[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require a practitioner to offer a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression when prescribing an opioid drug and to provide education on overdose prevention and on use of an opioid depression reversal drug; amend KRS 218A.172 to delete reference to Schedule III controlled substances containing hydrocodone and to add issues that a practitioner is required to discuss with a patient prior to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). [SB-60]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 214.155 to add spinal muscular atrophy to the list of heritable conditions tested at birth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 55) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation and declaring an emergency. [SB-72]
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[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define "female genital mutilation" and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on female genital mutilation; amend KRS 311.595 to require a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 74) on 04/02/2020