Kentucky House Bill 27 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2011 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-03-01 - floor amendments (1) and (2-title) withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 304.17A-500 to define "acute-care hospital" for health insurance purposes; amend KRS 304.17A-527 to require that an agreement between a managed care plan and an acute-care hospital shall include provisions for a term of not less than three years, a six-month notice to the plan and the commissioner of the Department of Insurance by the acute-care hospital prior to termination or nonrenewal, procedures to ensure continuity of care for covered persons not less than 30 days prior to termination, no less than 20 days' notice prior to termination by the managed care plan to the covered person of the procedures to follow for continuity of care, including an expedited internal appeal process and an expedited external appeal if necessary, and a requirement mediation or binding arbitration between the managed care plan and the acute-care hospital for any dispute regarding a covered person's access to continuity of care in the event of termination or nonrenewal of the provider agreement; amend KRS 304.17B-001 to conform.

AN ACT relating to continuity of health care.

Rep. Larry Clark [D]

Rep. Dennis Horlander [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-01		floor amendments (1) and (2-title) withdrawn
2011-02-23		floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
2011-02-16		to Judiciary (S)
2011-02-14		received in Senate
2011-02-11		3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute
2011-02-10		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2011
2011-02-10		2nd reading, to Rules
2011-02-09		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
2011-02-03		posted in committee
2011-01-04		to Banking & Insurance (H)
2011-01-04		introduced in House
2011-10-06		To: Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB27.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB27/bill.doc