| KY | SJR54 | Pass | Direct the Department for Medicaid Services to develop a proposal to link Medicaid reimbursements to Area Deprivation Index scores; submit findings and proposals to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2023; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46) |
| KY | HB391 | Pass | Amend KRS 216.590 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and long-term care provider associations which are subject to the regulatory oversight of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to evaluate and discuss opportunities for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 60) |
| KY | HB502 | Pass | Amend KRS 216.718 to define "permanent direct care staff" and "temporary direct care staff"; amend KRS 216.772, 216.724, 216.726, and 216.728 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 61) |
| KY | HB154 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers providing coverage f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB47 | Engross
50% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB129 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB135 | Enroll
75% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make information on postpartum depression and a postpartum assessment tool available on its website; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
delivered to Governor |
| KY | HB311 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 205.559 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services and any Medicaid managed care organization from requiring that a health professional or medical group maintain a physical location or address in this state to be eligible for enrollme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
[Hearing: Mar 29 @ 9:00 am]
To Senate Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB349 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 214.430 to permit expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted infections including but not limited to trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia infection; amend KRS 311.990 to remove the penalty of a Class D felony for a person who don...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Rules Committee |
| KY | HB470 | Engross
50% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; state that the provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years by a health care provider or mental health care provider is unethical and unprofessional conduct; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
laid on clerk's desk |
| KY | SB12 | Enroll
75% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define "physician wellness program" and "career fatigue"; establish protections for physicians who participate in a physician wellness program; and affirm physician obligation to report impaired physicians to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-14
delivered to Governor |
| KY | SB94 | Enroll
75% | Amend KRS 314.042 to establish requirements related to "Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Nonscheduled Legend Drugs" (CAPA-NS) and "Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Regist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-13
delivered to Governor |
| KY | SB29 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish eligibility criteria for Medicaid managed care organizations and limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE J...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-10
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB67 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) |
| KY | HB290 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 205.529 to revise the medications that are part of the program for synchronization of medications; amend KRS 218A.172 to revise the medications regulated; amend KRS 218A.182 to revise when a an electronic prescription is required from the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB526 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 312.021 to create gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee |
| KY | HB134 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to establish eligibility criteria and requirements for prior authorization exemptions; establish requirements for rescinding prior authorization exemptions; set forth requirements for external rev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-24
To House Banking and Insurance Committee |
| KY | HB107 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB162 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define "sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts," "mental health professional," and "public funds"; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB177 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish definitions; provide for parental rights; establish that no governmental entity shall substantially burden the rights of parents unless required by a compelling governmental interest of the highest ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB283 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 49.280 to allow claims for hit-and-run accidents; amend KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amend KRS 49.310 to allow family members of the victim to file claims; amend KRS 49.330 to increase access for vic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB276 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to establish definitions for "health care practitioner" and "adverse treatment"; establish legislative findings; establish health care practitioner scope of practice requirements; and establish requirements of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To Senate Health Services Committee |
| KY | SB284 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish coverage requirements for positron emission tomography scans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to prohibit hospitals from requiring patients to be discharged prior to receiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
| KY | HB524 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 311.625 relating to medical procedures, to add gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB569 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 311.723, 311.727, 311.735, 311.7704, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when two physicians determine the unborn child has an abnormality that is incompatible with life outside the womb; allow an abortion when the pregnancy is the result of r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB521 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 508.025 to include an employee, independent contractor, volunteer, affiliated physician, or other medical professional of a licensed hospital to persons protected by enhanced penalties if assaulted while performing duties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB543 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 422 to establish standards and procedures for access to copies of patient medical records for a patient who is under the age of eighteen.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB518 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish reproductive rights and define terms; amend KRS 18A.225 to remove the prohibition of insurance coverage for abortion; amend KRS 39A.180 to allow the Governor to suspend statutes related to abortion ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HCR54 | Intro
25% | Establish the Infant Mortality Task Force; list duties and members of the task force; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2023 Interim of the General Assembly and to submit a report by December 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB489 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "pregnancy resource center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for pregnancy resource centers; provide that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB479 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 311.586 to add gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB304 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making the request; permit individual to resci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB295 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 158.832 to include a definition for "undesignated glucagon"; amend KRS 158.838 to allow health care practitioners to prescribe undesignated glucagon in the name of a school to be maintained for use by a school nurse or trained school employ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB282 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require all hospitals or alternative birthing centers offering obstetric services or licensed health care providers, including nurse midwives or certified professional midwives, to provide each maternity pat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HR41 | Intro
25% | Declare March 2023 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB271 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB51 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 422.317 to establish standards and procedures for access to copies of patient medical records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-10
To House Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB252 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "health care provider" and "health services"; establish that health care providers are immune from criminal liability for harm arising from a health services-related act or omission other than gross n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-10
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB245 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 311.844, relating to physician assistants, to revise continuing education requirements and to clarify that proof of completed course work in an individual's graduate program can qualify for pediatric head trauma requirements for licensure r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-10
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB233 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-09
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB120 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-05
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB122 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-05
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB57 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to recognize a competent adult's right to bodily autonomy and inherent and absolute right to refuse medical treatment; prohibit any person, employer, entity, or health care provider from mandating medical treat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB66 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB67 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall include coverage for chronic pain treatme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB58 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
