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Reports Mandated

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
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
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-637	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 304.50-160 to change the Governor's reporting duties of the status of workers' compensation self-insured groups from the Labor and Industry Interim Joint Committee to the Economic Development and Workforce Investment Interim Joint Committee. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Economic Development Insurance Labor And Industry Technical Corrections Workers' Compensation Public Protection Reports Mandated
HB-553	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to define terms; provide for a refund of taxes paid to providers of communications service, Internet access, and multichannel video programming services, or any combination thereof; require yearly report of refunds to the Legislative Research Commission for the effective calendar years of 2021 through 2024; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the report from the Department of Revenue; make technical changes. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Taxation Taxation, Sales And Use Telecommunications Reports Mandated
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-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-497	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 139.010 to define "commercial coal mining operation"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt machinery, equipment, supplies, etc. purchased or leased by a coal mining operation from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020, and require reporting of the exemption by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.110 to allow the release of information from the Department of Revenue. Republican: 100% (3) 100% Republican support	Effective Dates, Delayed Minerals And Mining Taxation Taxation, Sales And Use Coal Reports Mandated
HB-502	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. Republican: 100% (2) 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
HCR-111	State (Kentucky)	Create the Task Force on Alternative Reimbursement Payment Models for Rural Hospitals to consider alternative methods of helping rural hospitals in Kentucky address the challenges they face in continuing to provide access to health care services to their communities, improving health care outcomes, and increasing financial sustainability; establish membership and duties of the task force; submit any findings by December 1, 2020. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Health And Medical Services Hospitals And Nursing Homes Physicians And Practitioners Public Health Studies Directed Reports Mandated Task Forces, Legislative Branch Legislative Research Commission
HJR-108	State (Kentucky)	Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create the Task Force on Exceptional Support Waiver Services; require a report to the Governor, General Assembly, and the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services by August 1, 2021. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Housing, Building, And Construction Public Assistance State Agencies Reports Mandated Task Forces, Executive Branch
HB-478	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified home modification expenses incurred by an individual equal to the actual cost of the home modifications, up to $7,500 per taxpayer per year; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report information to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue. Republican: 55% (5) Democrat: 44% (4) 55% Republican support 44% Democrat support	Disabilities And The Disabled Taxation Taxation, Income--individual Reports Mandated
SB-193	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 158.849 to establish a goal of increasing participation in computer science courses by underrepresented groups; require the Department of Education to submit an annual report on public school students participating in computer science courses. Republican: 100% (4) 100% Republican support	Education, Elementary And Secondary Science And Technology State Agencies Reports Mandated
SJR-173	State (Kentucky)	Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create the Task Force on Exceptional Support Waiver Services; require a report to the Governor, General Assembly, and the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services by August 1, 2021. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Housing, Building, And Construction Public Assistance State Agencies Reports Mandated Task Forces, Executive Branch
HB-448	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 342.120 to require the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds to engage in a program to resolve outstanding indemnity liabilities through lump-sum payments beginning January 1, 2021; amend KRS 342.122 to set the special fund assessment rate at no less than 6.29 percent; to cap funding for financing the expenditures for certain programs in the Labor Cabinet; and to reduce the assessment rate to 1 percent for funding the Labor Cabinet through the provisions of KRS 342.122 once the special fund balance has reached a balance sufficient to produce enough revenue to amortize the remaining claims and fund the operations of the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; amend KRS 342.1223 to require the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission to produce and submit a biennial financial audit and management review to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by December 31 of odd-numbered years; amend KRS 342.1224 to change the membership of the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Insurance Labor And Industry Workers' Compensation Reports Mandated
HJR-82	State (Kentucky)	Direct the commissioner of education to convene a strategic assessment and accountability committee; establish minimum requirements for the composition of the committee; establish the duties of the committee; require the commissioner to report the findings of the committee to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2020, and December 1, 2021. Democrat: 76% (36) Republican: 23% (11) 76% Democrat support 23% Republican support	Education, Elementary And Secondary State Agencies Reports Mandated
SB-165	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 367.4903 to define "positive response," "unique identification number", and "locator"; amend KRS 367.4909 to require operators to update the positive response system documenting the status of marking the approximate location of its underground facilities and to require excavators to give additional time to operators of underground facilities transporting gas or hazardous liquids or transmitting electricity; amend KRS 367.4911 to require excavators that find evidence of an unmarked underground facility to notify the protection notification centers and give the operators 6 hours to identify the facility; provide that if an operator of underground facilities other than one transporting gas or hazardous liquids or transmitting electricity fails to respond to locate requests and to update the positive response system the excavator shall not be liable for damages resulting from the operator's failure to comply with the duties provided in the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994; amend KRS 367.4913 to clarify the duties of the protection notification centers and to require the centers to maintain certain information for 5 years and file an annual report with the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission. Republican: 100% (4) 100% Republican support	County Clerks Energy Environment And Conservation Hazardous Materials Local Government Oil And Natural Gas Public Utilities Safety Sewer Systems Waterways And Dams
SB-156	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS 158.810 to 158.818 directing the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a plan to transition all state-operated secondary vocational education centers to local school districts by July 1, 2024; require the Commissioner of Education to establish and appoint members to a workgroup to help develop and implement the plan; describe what the plan shall include; require the Kentucky Board of Education to approve the plan; require the department to provide an annual report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education. Republican: 100% (5) 100% Republican support	Education, Elementary And Secondary Education, Vocational State Agencies Teachers Reports Mandated
HB-398	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of Subtitle 17A, KRS Chapter 304 to define "health plan," "insurer," "pharmacy benefit manager," and "pharmacy or pharmacist services"; provide exceptions for federal laws that conflict with legislation; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to effectuate legislation; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define "pharmacy affiliate"; prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on patients covered under a health plan; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-165 to 304.17A-166 to require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits to establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks; require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits to file an annual report describing their pharmacy networks with the insurance commissioner; require the insurance commissioner to review each report to ensure networks are reasonably adequate and accessible; provide that the insurance commissioner may review and approve the compensation programs for pharmacy or pharmacist services of insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits; provide that all information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance shall be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; define "actual overpayment"; establish requirements for contracts between a pharmacy or pharmacist and an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator of pharmacy benefits for the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services in this state; require contracts to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from engaging in certain payment and other practices relating to the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services; establish certain requirements for insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits receiving offers or applications to contract for the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services in this state; define "rebate" and "spread pricing"; establish certain requirements for insurers contracting with pharmacy benefit managers and other administrators of pharmacy benefits; prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from engaging in spread pricing in this state; require pharmacy benefit managers and other administrators of pharmacy benefits to report to the insurance commissioner, on a quarterly basis, rebates and amounts paid for pharmacy or pharmacist services; provide that certain information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance shall be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; provide that the insurance commissioner may promulgate administrative regulations establishing prohibited practices of pharmacy benefit managers and other administrators of pharmacy benefits; create a new section of Subtitle 17A, KRS Chapter 304, to establish a Pharmacy Benefits Management Advisory Council; establish duties, membership, and procedural requirements for the council; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to add pharmacy to the definition of "health care provider"; amend KRS 304.17A-708, 304.17A-712, and 304.17A-714 to conform; amend KRS 304.17A-515 to establish network adequacy requirements for pharmacy services covered under a managed care plan; create a new section of Subtitle 17C, KRS Chapter 304, and amend KRS 304.17C-040 to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts; create a new section of Subtitle 38A, KRS Chapter 304, to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service organizations; amend KRS 205.522 and KRS 205.532 to require Medicaid entities to comply with provisions of legislation; amend KRS 205.647 to establish compliance and reporting requirements for pharmacy benefit managers administering Medicaid benefits; to establish requirement that Medicaid managed care organizations and pharmacy benefit managers shall not require pharmacies to participate with a Medicaid program in order to participate with non-Medicaid programs; to establish civil penalties for failure to comply with section; amend KRS 18A.2259 and 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with provisions of legislation; provide that provisions of this Act shall be severable; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021. Republican: 100% (29) 100% Republican support	Health Benefit Mandate Drugs And Medicines Effective Dates, Delayed Federal Laws And Regulations Insurance, Health Pharmacists State Agencies State Employees Medicaid Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
HB-399	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 304.17A-740 to insert and amend definitions; provide exceptions to pharmacy audit laws; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to effectuate legislation; amend KRS 304.17A-741 to require auditing entities to provide at least 90 days' notice for on-site audits; require that notices provide detailed information about each claim being audited; require that audits involving clinical or professional judgment be conducted in consultation with Kentucky-licensed pharmacists; require that audits involving compounded medication be conducted in consultation with Kentucky-licensed pharmacists trained to compound in compliance with state and federal law and regulations; establish information that may be requested by an auditing entity from a pharmacy; provide that certain information shall not be requested, obtained, or used during an audit; prohibit auditing entities from seeking a recoupment or refund in certain circumstances; require that a preliminary audit report be delivered to a pharmacy within 90 days after the conclusion of a desk audit; prohibit auditing entities from charging a pharmacy any fees for or relating to an audit; provide for how appeals shall be conducted; establish a safe harbor for an auditing entity's confirmation of a pharmacy's receipt of notice or a request; amend KRS 304.17A-743 to require auditing entities to establish an external appeals process for pharmacy audits; require external appeals for audits other than those conducted by or on behalf of a managed care organization providing services under KRS Chapter 205 to be conducted by an independent review entity certified by the Department of Insurance; require external appeals for audits conducted by or on behalf of a managed care organization providing services under KRS Chapter 205 to be conducted by an independent third party pursuant to administrative regulations promulgated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish notice requirements for external appeals; prohibit auditing entities from charging interest on disputed funds until all appeals are final; establish requirements for pharmacies requesting an appeal; establish procedures for external appeals of audits other than those conducted by or on behalf of a managed care organization providing services under KRS Chapter 205; establish information that shall be considered by an independent review entity or third party in making an external appeal determination; establish information upon which the independent review entity or third party shall base its external appeal determination; establish requirements for the external appeal determination; establish that determination of independent review entity shall be binding on the auditing entity; provide appeal to Cabinet for Health and Family Services for external appeal determinations of an independent third party; establish appeal procedures and requirements for appeal to Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish penalties for auditing entities that fail to comply with a final determination issued in accordance with section; provide that an independent review entity or third party or any specialist the entity or third party utilizes shall not be liable for civil damages in certain circumstances; provide that appeals shall be confidential and not subject to the Open Records Act; amend KRS 304.17A-627 to establish conflict of interest requirements for external pharmacy audit appeals conducted by an independent review entity; establish reporting requirements for independent review entities conducting external pharmacy audit appeals; amend KRS 304.17A-633 to require reporting by the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance and to the Governor on external pharmacy audit appeals; amend KRS 304.17A-708, 304.17A-712, and 304.17A-714 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to require limited health service organizations to comply with Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act; repeal KRS 304.17A-745 and 304.17A-747; provide that Act applies to provider agreements or contracts issued, delivered, entered, renewed, extended, or amended on or after the effective date of Act; provide that provisions of the Act shall be severable; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021. Republican: 100% (29) 100% Republican support	Effective Dates, Delayed Federal Laws And Regulations Insurance, Health Pharmacists State Agencies State Employees Medicaid Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Audits And Auditors Reports Mandated

Title: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assess Kentucky’s preparedness to address the coronavirus and report to the General Assembly.