Kentucky House Bill 179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-07 - to Banking & Insurance (H)
Pending: House Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "balance billing," "cost sharing," and other terms; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the insurance commissioner or a designated nonprofit organization to establish and maintain a database of billed health care services charges collected from insurers; define "unanticipated out-of-network care," "covered person" and "usual and customary rate"; require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care at the lower of the billed amount or the usual and customary rate less any cost sharing owed by the covered person; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed as required; allow a provider to bill for any applicable cost-sharing requirements owed by the covered person; amend KRS18A.225, 304.17A-0954, 304.17A-096, 304.17A-500, 304.17A-580, 304.17A-649, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

AN ACT relating to surprise billing.

Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. John Sims [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Charles Booker [D]
Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Thomas Burch [D]	Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]	Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]
Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. James Glenn [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]
Rep. Joe Graviss [D]	Rep. Chris Harris [D]	Rep. Angie Hatton [D]	Rep. Kathy Hinkle [D]
Rep. Cluster Howard [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]
Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]	Rep. Russ Meyer [D]	Rep. Charles Miller [D]	Rep. Patti Minter [D]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Rick Rand [D]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Dean Schamore [D]
Rep. Maria Sorolis [D]	Rep. Wilson Stone [D]	Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]
Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]	Rep. Robert Wiederstein [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-07	House	to Banking & Insurance (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-12-13	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb179.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb179/orig_bill.pdf