KY HB376 | 2013 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 4 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-06 - returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Pending: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Status: Engrossed on March 4 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-06 - returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Pending: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Summary
Create new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover the most technologically advanced prosthetic leg or arm available, including repairing and replacing, as determined by the insured's physician and provided by a person accredited or qualified under Medicare Part B; require health benefit plan coverage equal to Medicare Part B; create new sections of Subtitle 18 of KRS Chapter 304 to require group or blanket insurance to cover the most technologically advanced prosthetic leg or arm available, including repairing and replacing, as determined by the insured's physician and provided by a person accredited or qualified under Medicare Part B, and require coverage equal to Medicare Part B; create new sections of KRS Subtitle 32 of KRS Chapter 304 to require any nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical and health services corporations subject to subtitle 32 to cover the most technologically advanced prosthetic leg or arm available, including repairing and replacing, as determined by the insured's physician and provided by a person accredited or qualified under Medicare Part B, and require coverage equal to Medicare Part B; create new sections of Subtitle 38 of KRS Chapter 304 to require any health maintenance organization to cover the most technologically advanced prosthetic leg or arm available, including repairing and replacing, as determined by the insured's physician and provided by a person accredited or qualified under Medicare Part B, and require coverage equal to Medicare Part B.
Title
AN ACT relating to insurance coverage of prosthetics.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-06 | Senate | returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| 2013-03-06 | Senate | 2nd reading |
| 2013-03-06 | Senate | taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| 2013-03-05 | Senate | returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| 2013-03-05 | Senate | 1st reading |
| 2013-03-05 | Senate | taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| 2013-03-05 | Senate | to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| 2013-03-04 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2013-03-01 | House | 3rd reading, passed 82-7 with Committee Substitute |
| 2013-02-28 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1, 2013 |
| 2013-02-28 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2013-02-27 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute |
| 2013-02-19 | House | posting waived |
| 2013-02-14 | House | to Banking & Insurance (H) |
| 2013-02-13 | House | introduced in House |
