Kentucky Senate Bill 265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-06 - to Banking & Insurance (S)
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require health care providers to provide good faith estimates to patients for scheduled health care services; require health care providers and insurers to disclose certain information for scheduled health care services that are covered under a covered person's health plan; prohibit balance billing for certain nonparticipating providers that fail to provide a good faith estimate; prohibit balance billing for certain emergency services; prohibit insurers and health facilities from representing that a health facility is a participating provider under certain circumstances; establish penalties and enforcement by the Attorney General; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to require health plans to cover certain emergency services; establish reimbursement requirements for certain emergency services provided by a nonparticipating provider at an out-of-network facility; amend KRS 304.12-020 to provide that it shall be an unfair or deceptive trade practice for an insurer to violate Section 1 of the Act; state that certain contracts that are contrary to the Act shall be unenforceable and void.

AN ACT relating to consumer protections in health care.

Sen. Wil Schroder [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-06	Senate	to Banking & Insurance (S)
2020-03-04	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb265.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb265/orig_bill.pdf