AN ACT relating to hospital rate improvement programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-75]
Amend KRS 205.6405, relating to hospital rate improvement programs, to redefine "managed care gap" and "qualifying hospital"; amend KRS 205.6406, relating to hospital rate improvement programs, to add inpatient services and include add-on amounts to the calculation of payments; modify the formula for the calculation of payments; provide that certain payments made under the programs do not count against any spending or appropriation limits; permit the Department for Medicaid Services to create a program to increase outpatient reimbursement within
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HB-75: AN ACT relating to hospital rate improvement programs and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 21) on 03/20/2023
AN ACT relating to internal police communications. [HB-207]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to allow law enforcement agencies to create their own wellness programs; establish that all proceedings, opinions, and records of a wellness program are privileged and not subject to subpoena; amend KRS 61.878 to include records confidentially maintained in accordance with a wellness program to the list of records not subject to an open records request.
HB-207: AN ACT relating to internal police communications.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 168) on 04/04/2023
AN ACT relating to the Critical Access Care Pharmacy Program. [HB-195]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish a Critical Access Care Pharmacy Program to ensure their sustainability as funds are available; define terms; set formula for calculating payments; permit the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program; prohibit the influence of any critical access care pharmacy program payments on any other payments received for pharmacy services.
HB-195: AN ACT relating to the Critical Access Care Pharmacy Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-141]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Urgent-Need Insulin Program and the Continuing Access to Insulin Program; establish eligibility guidelines; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the board; require the board to report
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HB-141: AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 01/06/2023
AN ACT relating to insurance adjusters. [HB-232]
Amend KRS 304.9-430 and 304.9-433 to increase the minimum financial responsibility requirements for independent, staff, and public adjuster licenses; amend the definition of "home state"; establish requirements for public adjuster contracts with insureds; make technical corrections; create new sections of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish requirements for public adjusters relating to notice rights, inspection and investigation of claims, and conflicts of interest; establish requirements relating to funds received, accepted, or held by public
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HB-232: AN ACT relating to insurance adjusters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 11) on 03/17/2023
AN ACT relating to the healthcare workforce, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-200]
Create new sections of KRS 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund to enable the CPE, healthcare programs, and healthcare providers and facilities to match public and private dollars for the purpose of awarding scholarships to eligible students and healthcare incentives to eligible healthcare programs; provide that the moneys in the fund appropriated by the General Assembly shall lapse after the second year in a biennium budget; direct CPE to promulgate regulations to administer the Act; require at least
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HB-200: AN ACT relating to the healthcare workforce, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 65) on 03/22/2023
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers. [HB-150]
Amend KRS 190.010 to amend the definition of "franchise" to include any agreements related to or dependent on an original franchise agreement addendum to the franchise agreement; amend KRS 190.042 to permit a new motor vehicle dealer to propose a successor agreement; amend KRS 190.045 to increase the time allowed for a dealer to respond to notice of cancellation from 15 days to 30 days; amend KRS 190.046 to limit audit and document retention requirements on recall work, and allow a manufacturer to audit a motor dealer if the manufacturer reasonably
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HB-150: AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 7) on 03/16/2023
AN ACT relating to mental health services. [HB-56]
Amend KRS 210.005 to define "regional community services program"; amend KRS 210.370 to establish services areas for regional community services programs and to establish the conditions under which a regional community services program may provide services outside of its service area; amend KRS 210.410 and KRS 205.560 to conform.
HB-56: AN ACT relating to mental health services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 184) on 04/06/2023
AN ACT relating to classified school staff and declaring an emergency. [HB-32]
Amend KRS 161.011 to allow for the hiring of classified personnel without a high school diploma or equivalent if the district provides the employee the opportunity to obtain a high school equivalency diploma at no cost to the employee; allow licenses or credentials issued by a government entity to substitute.
HB-32: AN ACT relating to classified school staff and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 68) on 03/22/2023