Kentucky Senate Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-22 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 62)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 205.6312 to prohibit the cabinet or a managed care organization contracted to provide services from instituting copayments, cost sharing, or similar charges to be paid by any medical assistance recipients, their spouses, or parents, for any assistance provided pursuant KRS Chapter 205, federal law, or any federal Medicaid waiver; amend KRS 205.6485 to prohibit copayments to be charged in the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program; amend KRS 205.5591 to delete language permitting the application of deductible, copayment, and coinsurance requirements to Medicaid telehealth services.

AN ACT relating to copayments by medical assistance recipients.

Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]

Sen. Ralph Alvarado [R]

2021-03-16 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 360 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 1548 (Y: 34 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-22	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 62)
2021-03-16	Senate	delivered to Governor
2021-03-16	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2021-03-16	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2021-03-16	Senate	received in Senate
2021-03-16	House	3rd reading, passed 95-0
2021-03-12	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
2021-03-12	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-03-11	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-03-02	House	posted in committee
2021-03-01	House	to Health & Family Services (H)
2021-02-23	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-02-23	House	received in House
2021-02-22	Senate	3rd reading, passed 34-1
2021-02-11	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 16, 2021
2021-02-10	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-09	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-01-11	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2021-01-05	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-01-05	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb55.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb55/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb55/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/sb55/FN.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb55/vote_history.pdf