Kentucky House Bill 273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 22 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-24 - to Banking & Insurance (S)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to annually obtain charges billed by all air ambulance providers licensed and operating in the state; deem the information provided as proprietary and not subject to the Open Records Act, KRS 61.872 to 61.884; require the board to determine the average cost of air ambulance services in the state which shall be subject to the Open Records Act; require the board to submit the average cost to the commissioner of the Department of Insurance; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a form to be completed by all air ambulance service providers to determine average cost of services; amend KRS 311A.190 to require any air ambulance service providers licensed and operating in the state to provide information regarding charges billed to the board; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to prominently provide a notice in each contract for coverage stating whether or not the contract covers air ambulance service and, if provided, the dollar amount of coverage; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to review all health benefit plans for compliance with the notice requirement and provide the average cost of all ambulance services to all health benefit plans every three years.

AN ACT relating to emergency air ambulance services.

Rep. Thomas McKee [D]	Rep. Mitchel Denham [D]	Rep. Hubert Collins [D]	Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]
Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Cluster Howard [D]	Rep. Martha King [D]	Rep. Terry Mills [D]
Rep. Rick Nelson [D]	Rep. Jody Richards [D]	Rep. Bart Rowland [R]	Rep. Arnold Simpson [D]
Rep. Rita Smart [D]	Rep. Wilson Stone [D]	Rep. Thomas Thompson [D]	Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-24	Senate	to Banking & Insurance (S)
2016-03-22	Senate	received in Senate
2016-03-21	House	3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2016-03-17	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 18, 2016
2016-03-17	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-16	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2016-01-27	House	floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed
2016-01-21	House	posted in committee
2016-01-20	House	to Banking & Insurance (H)
2016-01-19	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB273.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB273/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB273/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB273/HFA2.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB273/HCS1.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB273/vote_history.pdf