Kentucky Senate Bill 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: Passed on April 13 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-13 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 157)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to directly administer all outpatient pharmacy benefits; prohibit renewal or negotiation of new contracts to provide Medicaid managed care that allow administration of outpatient benefits by any entity but the Department for Medicaid Services; reduce costs of future Medicaid managed care contracts by costs of all outpatient pharmacy benefits as they existed on January 1, 2017; allow the department to utilize managed care principles and techniques to assist with member medication adherence and cost control; require the department to establish a reasonable dispensing fee pursuant to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program.

Sen. George Wise [R]	Sen. Ralph Alvarado [R]	Sen. Joe Bowen [R]	Sen. Jared Carpenter [R]
Sen. Danny Carroll [R]	Sen. C.B. Embry [R]	Sen. Rick Girdler [R]	Sen. Paul Hornback [R]
Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]	Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]	Sen. Steve West [R]	Sen. Mike Wilson [R]

2018-04-02 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/HCS 1, HFA 2 CONCUR HCTA 2 RSN# 700 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-03-20 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 365 (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2018-03-20 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 364 (Y: 87 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2018-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/SCS 1, SFA 1 RSN# 487 (Y: 32 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-13	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 157)
2018-04-02	Senate	delivered to Governor
2018-04-02	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2018-04-02	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2018-04-02	Senate	Bill passed 37-0
2018-04-02	Senate	Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1), committee amendment (2-title) and floor amendment (2)
2018-03-29	Senate	passed over and retained in the Concurrence Orders of the Day
2018-03-27	Senate	passed over and retained in the Concurrence Orders of the Day
2018-03-22	Senate	posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, committee amendments (2-title) & floor amendment (2)
2018-03-21	Senate	received in Senate
2018-03-20	House	3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (2-title), and floor amendment (2)
2018-03-20	House	floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
2018-03-19	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
2018-03-16	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2018-03-16	House	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendments (1) and (2-title)
2018-03-15	House	returned to Banking & Insurance (H)
2018-03-15	House	1st reading
2018-03-15	House	taken from Banking & Insurance (H)
2018-03-13	House	posted in committee
2018-03-06	House	to Banking & Insurance (H)
2018-03-02	House	received in House
2018-03-01	Senate	3rd reading, passed 32-4 with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1)
2018-02-28	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 1, 2018
2018-02-16	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2018-02-15	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-02-14	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2018-01-03	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2018-01-02	Senate	introduced in Senate
2017-09-25	Senate	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB5.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB5/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB5/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB5/SFA1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB5/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB5/HCA1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB5/HCA2.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB5/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB5/HFA2.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/18RS/SB5/FN.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB5/vote_history.pdf