Senate Bill 59

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Last Action reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Title AN ACT relating to health insurance coverage for dialysis patients.
Bill Documents Bill
Impact Statements Health Mandate
Bill Request Number 1026
Sponsor T. Buford
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health benefit plan with a provider network to provide coverage for the dialysis provider of the insured's choice; prevent restriction of the dialysis benefit during open enrollment; define "unreasonable distance" and prohibit travel of such distance for in-network dialysis service; provide coverage for out-of-network dialysis if the distance for in-network dialysis is unreasonable; require written notice of any change to a health plan with a provider network that would affect a dialysis patient's coverage or benefit level concerning out-of-network coverage; require payment directly to the dialysis provider and not to the patient; require the executive director of the Office of Insurance to conduct a review of all filings to determine compliance within 120 days of the effective date of the Act; require insurers to notify the office of any violations; authorize the office to promulgate necessary regulations to implement the provisions of the Act; provide that the new sections may be cited as the Dialysis Patients' Bill of Rights; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish fines for violations; amend KRS 304.17A-550 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version Health Benefit Mandate - Dialysis, insurance coverage
Diseases - Dialysis, insurance coverage
Insurance - Dialysis, coverage out-of-network
Insurance, Health - Dialysis, coverage out-of-network

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01/08/08
  • introduced in Senate
01/09/08
  • to Banking & Insurance (S)
03/24/08
  • reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)


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