Physicians And Practitioners
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers. [SB-67]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed; exempt a center from certificate-of-need
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Reported Favorably, To Rules With Committee Substitute (1) on 03/07/2023
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AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency. [HB-162]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define "sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts," "mental health professional," and "public funds"; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age, a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020, or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children and declaring an emergency. [HB-177]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish definitions; provide for parental rights; establish that no governmental entity shall substantially burden the rights of parents unless required by a compelling governmental interest of the highest order and in the least restrictive means; establish specific rights of parents, with some limitations; provide that specific governmental employees shall not encourage or coerce a child to withhold information from a parent; recognize additional rights beyond those enumerated; require local boards of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Judiciary (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to assignment of benefits for dental services. [HB-154]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers providing coverage for dental services to honor assignments; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply to policies, plan, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Reed
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [HB-134]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to establish eligibility criteria and requirements for prior authorization exemptions; establish requirements for rescinding prior authorization exemptions; set forth requirements for external reviews of prior authorization exemption denials and rescissions; establish requirements for sending forms and notices to health care providers; prohibit the retrospective denial, reduction in payment, and review of health care services for which a health care provider has a prior authorization exemption
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/24/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children's health. [HB-120]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of the child before the child attains the age of 18 years and by the child within 30 years of the child attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; require conditions for actions and damages; prohibit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-107]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis from the excise tax on controlled substances; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis. [SB-47]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Health ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 146) on 03/31/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-122]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists;
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers. [HB-129]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed; exempt a center from certificate-of-need
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Taken From Rules (h) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the right to refuse medical treatment. [HB-57]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to recognize a competent adult's right to bodily autonomy and inherent and absolute right to refuse medical treatment; prohibit any person, employer, entity, or health care provider from mandating medical treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public utilities. [HB-66]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is exceeded; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection of service on holidays and weekends
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to physician wellness programs. [SB-12]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define "physician wellness program" and "career fatigue"; establish protections for physicians who participate in a physician wellness program; and affirm physician obligation to report impaired physicians to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 14) on 03/17/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of chronic pain treatments. [HB-67]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
[Insurance ]
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 refer
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to protecting the exercise of medical ethics within the medical profession. [HB-58]
[Healthcare ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations of these provisions; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient medical records. [HB-51]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 422.317 to establish standards and procedures for access to copies of patient medical records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Health Services (h) on 02/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program. [SB-29]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish eligibility criteria for Medicaid managed care organizations and limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/10/2023
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion. [SB-321]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS 311.781 to 311.786 to include declarations of the General Assembly; amend KRS 311.781 to define "gestational age" and "probable gestational age" and redefine "pain-capable unborn child" to change the age from 20 weeks or more 15 weeks or more; create a new section of KRS 311.781 to 311.786 to authorize the Attorney General and the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure on its own behalf to file an action to enforce or for violation of KRS 311.781 to 311.786; amend KRS 311.782 to prohibit abortion when the probable gestational
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
3rd Reading, Passed 31-6 on 03/16/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to payments from insureds. [SB-286]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
Create new sections of Subtitles 17A and 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to permit insureds to engage in self-pay negotiations with health care providers; amend KRS 304.17A-254, 304.17A-527, and 304.17C-060 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 03/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a tax credit for primary care preceptors. [HB-718]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable, nontransferable primary care preceptor tax credit that is available for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2027; provide that the credit is based on the Kentucky-licensed medical practitioner providing supervision and the amount of core clinical rotations completed per year; require that rotations be completed in a primary care health professional shortage area designated by the United States Health Resources and Services Administration;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022