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Acupuncture, regulation of practice - HB 566; HB 566: HCS

Adequate number of surveyors for long-term care facilities, funding for - SR 41; HR 91

Adult

Day Association, task force membership to include - SCR 39: SFA(1)

day health care programs, delete description of individuals served by - SB 98: SCS

day health care programs, limitation of services by - SB 98: SCS

day health care programs, provision of services by - SB 98, 99, 100; HB 368; SB 100: SCS

Advance directive, requirement for - HB 657

Advisory Council on the Prevention of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use by Youth, establishment of - HB 617: HFA(6)

Anatomical

gift, organ procurement organization policies related to - HB 255

gifts, prohibition of family and surrogate denial of - HB 208

Assisted living communities, requirements for certification of - HB 148

Auditory screening for births outside of institutions, notification of - HB 706: SFA(1)

Blood testing, corrections and jail populations, requirements and procedure for - HB 429

Boarding homes, residents, needs exceeding definition of boarder, retention, agreement - HB 753

Brain injury trust fund, add qualifications and services for - HB 497: SFA(1)

Cabinet for Health services, Inspector General, subpoena powers - HB 670

Center of Excellence in rural health, maintenance of - SB 321

Certificate

of need applications, extended reserve period for - SB 387: SFA(1)

of need, applications for - SB 387

of need, deleted exemption from - HB 452: HCS

of need, study of - HCR 119; HCR 119: SCS

Certified

surgical assistant, health benefit plans, services provided coverage under - SB 335: SFA(1),(2),(3)

surgical assistant, heath benefit plans, services provided coverage under - SB 335

Charitable

health care providers, definition - HB 218: HFA(1)

health care providers, malpractice insurance, reimbursement for - HB 218; HB 218: HCS

health care providers, registration of - HB 218; HB 218: HCS

Children's Dental Health Month, proclaiming February, 2000, as - HR 94

Chiropractic services, Medicaid reimbursement for - SB 294; SB 245: HFA (1); SB 248: HFA (1)

Commission on mental health and substance abuse, regional councils, creation of - HB 843; HB 843: HCS, HCA (1)

Companionship service, minimum wage, exemption for - SB 382: SFA(2)

Compulsive

Gamblers Assistance Fund, creation of - HB 711

Gamblers Assistance Fund, funding for FY's 2001 and 2002 from grants & private sources - HB 711: HFA(1)

Continuing care retirement communities, exemption from certificate of need of - HB 452

Critical access hospital, qualification as - SB 305: HFA(2)

Culturally competent care, Medicaid requirements for - HB 762

Dentistry, application, licensing, and examination fees, board compensation - SB 121: SFA(1)

Dentists,

advertising services, change in - SB 121

Medicaid reimbursement rate - HB 267: HCS, HCA (1)

Medicaid reimbursement rates for - HB 267

Denturitry program, removal of - SB 121: HFA(2)

Department

for Public Health, diabetic program by - HB 907

of Corrections, required report of HIV/AIDS management plans by - SB 227: HFA(3)

Determination

of death by registered nurses, conditions required for - HB 186: HCS

of death, registered nurses may make - HB 186

Disabled adults, services provide for - HB 213: HCA(1)

Disease, defendant, testing for - SB 227: SFA(4)

Dispensing of nonlegend drugs, definition of - HB 274: SCA(1)

Emergency

medical services board, composition and terms changed for - HB 405: HCS(1)

medical services, creation of a board of - HB 405

medical services, motor vehicle coverage for - HB 405: HFA(1),(2),(3),(4)

medical services, omnibus changes - HB 370

medical services, regulation of - HB 405: HCS(2)

medical services, reimbursement rates, requirements for - HB 405

medical technicians, certification requirements for - HB 312

medical technicians, income tax credit for - HB 30

room care, prudent layperson standard - HB 757

Exemption from compulsory school attendance, authorization by chiropractor - HB 58

Health

insurance claims, prompt payment by insurers - SB 279

insurance coverage of city pension fund retirees - HB 189

insurance, contraceptive devices and services, coverage for - HB 450; HB 450: HFA (1)

insurance, contraceptive services, religious employer, exemption for - HB 450: HFA(2)

insurance, regulation of - HB 390: HCS(2)

Services Cabinet for, waiver for Medicaid copayments, requirement to request - SB 383

Services, Inspector General, power to issue subpoenas for review by - HB 570

Healthy Babies Work Group, creation of - HB 706: SFA(1)

HIV,

informed consent, patient to give - SB 227: SFA(5),(6)

reporting of - SB 227: HFA(4)

unique code reporting of - SB 227: SFA(2),(3), HFA (1),(2)

HIV/AIDS continuing education for licensed and certified professionals - HB 1030

HIV/AIDS,

Cabinet for Health Services, services provided by - SB 227: SCS

updated professional education relating to - SB 390

Home health aides, abuse registry for - HB 421; HB 421: HFA (1)

Hospital licensure, off-campus outpatient services included in - SB 330; SB 330: SCS

Hospitals and long-term care facility licensure, acuity-based staffing plan - HB 661

Hospitals,

disproportionate share payments to - SB 339

licensure and reporting of - SB 339: SCS

Hypodermic syringes and needles, sale and disposal, regulation, repeal of - HB 601

Ileostomy supplies, tax exemption for - SB 86: SFA(1)

Immunization, hepatitis B, school age children - HB 564

Individuals

with a disability, admission to medical school - HJR 144; HR 173

with Disabilities Education Act, participation in - HB 51

Infusion supplies, sales tax exemption for - SB 380

Inherited metabolic disease, medical formulas, removal of cap for - SB 195: HFA(3); HB 202: HCS

Kentucky

Access, creation of - HB 202: SFA(3); HB 517: SFA (1); HB 608: SFA (1),(3); HB 617: HFA (3)

Board of Nursing, delete advanced registered nurse practitioner from - HB 676: HFA(1)

Health Insurance Program, establishment of - HB 997

Racing Health & Welfare Fund, Inc., retirement plan for personnel, allow creation of - HB 625

Racing Health and Welfare Fund, Inc., funds to standardbred tracks for personnel, require - HB 625: HFA(1)

Licensed

family care homes, delete increase in number of residents of - HB 262: HCS

family care homes, eligibility for and number of residents of - SB 60; HB 262

Licensing of optometrists, omnibus bill - HB 886

Lifesaving devices, standards for use - HB 49

Long-term

care facilities, increase in salary for direct care personnel - SJR 40; HJR 90; HJR 90: HCS

care facilities, staff salary increase - HJR 90: HCA(1)

Low-income families, Medicaid expansion for - HB 1009; SB 232: HFA (1); HB 617: HFA (1),(14)

Mammograms, insurance coverage of - HB 9

Managed

care plan, added requirement of medical directors of - HB 525: HFA(1),(2)

care plans, deleted requirement of medical directors of - HB 525: HFA(3)

care plans, information on providers and services, formats permitted - SB 341: SFA(1)

care plans, provider and service information formats, permitted - SB 341

health care system option, eliminated in workers' compensation - HB 531

Master

Settlement Agreement funds, use by the Kentucky youth tobacco control foundation - SB 327

Settlement Agreement funds, use of - HB 583: HFA(1)

Settlement Agreement, Kentucky health care improvement fund - HB 583: HCA(1)

Settlement Agreement, Kentucky health care improvement fund, creation of - HB 583

Settlement Agreement, oversight subcommittee - HB 611: FCCR

Medicaid

contracts, nondiscrimination standards added for - HB 762: HCS

coverage, extend to family at 150% of federal poverty level - HB 996: HFA(13)

drug study, added required component for - SB 343: SFA(2)

drug study, components required for - SB 343; SB 343: SFA (1)

drug study, report prior to data collection and analysis required for - SB 343

eligibility, set at 150% of federal poverty level - HB 996: HFA(9)

managed care, pharmacy exclusion and transportation inclusion - HB 74

services, adjust eligibility to 150% of federal poverty level - HB 996: HFA(8)

transportation, clarify payment schedule to brokers and subcontractors - HB 488: SFA(2)

Medicaid,

critical access hospitals, payments at Medicare rate to - SB 305

dental fees for - SB 294: SFA(1)

managed care partnerships, expense reimbursement of - SB 304

optometrist's dispensing fee for - SB 294: SFA(1)

premiums and copayments for - HB 628

telehealth consultations, reimbursement for - HB 177: SCS

working parent coverage under - SB 361

Medical licensure, postgraduate training for - SB 45; HB 310; HB 310: SCS

Mental

health conditions, treatment for - HB 268

patient, release of - SB 344

Multiple sclerosis, resolution in support of awareness of - HR 137

Naturopaths, prohibitions on practice - SB 306

Nondiscrimination

standards for Medicaid contracts and providers, gender added to - HB 762: HFA(1),(2)

standards for Medicaid contracts and providers, geographic location added to - HB 762: HFA(1),(2)

standards for Medicaid contracts and providers, monitoring & enforcing of - HB 762: HFA(1)

standards for Medicaid contracts and providers, monitoring and enforcing of - HB 762: HFA(2)

Nursing practice and patient safety issues, subcommittee to study - HR 158

Nursing, dispensing, definition of - HB 676: SCS

Occupational

therapist and occupational therapy assistants, requirements for - HB 888

therapy services, definition of - HB 888

Organ donation, hospitals required to request in certain circumstances - HB 36

Osteopath, prohibition against discrimination against - SB 51: SCS

Overtime pay, exemption for employees who provide companionship services - SB 382; SB 382: SFA (1)

Parkinson's disease, centers for treatment and services for patients - SB 267

Perinatal transmission of HIV, prevention of - HB 558

Pharmacist, right to refuse dispensing of particular medications by - HB 489

Physical

therapists, board membership, increase in - HB 618

therapists, disciplinary actions against - HB 618: HFA(1)

therapists, impaired practitioner committee, establishment of - HB 618

therapists, licensing reciprocity, requirements for - HB 618: HCA(1)

Physician

assistant & advanced registered nurse practitioner, examinations in mental hospitals by - SB 128: HCS

assistant and advanced registered nurse practitioner, examinations in mental hosp. by - SB 128: HFA(1)

assistant and advanced registered nurse practitioner, examinations in mental hospitals by - SB 128

Pneumococcal

pneumonia and influenza, reporting outbreaks of - HB 63: HCS

pneumonia and influenze, prevention of - HB 63

Prescription drugs, exempt from sales tax - HB 793

Prompt payment by insurers - SB 279: SCS, SFA (2), HFA (4)

Providers, participation in health plans - HB 371

Provisional

licensing of denturists and advanced denturist certificate, denturity pilot project - SB 121: HCS

licensing of denturists, denturitry pilot project - HB 238; HB 238: HFA (1)

Psychiatric residential facilities for children, accreditation of - HB 449: SFA(2)

Public health departments, Medicaid managed care costs, reimbursement to - SB 6

Quality of long-term care, task force to study - SCR 39; HCR 60; SCR 39: SCS

Refusal to dispense medication, unlawful to discriminate for - SB 294: HFA(1),(2); SB 324: HFA (1)

Regional rape crisis center, creation and duties - HB 448

Registered nurse first assistant, coverage of services of - HB 281

Reorganization,

Cabinet for Health Services, Executive Order 99-80 - HB 80

secretary of health services on Advisory Comm. on Health Policy, Exec. Ord. 98-1013 - HB 83

Residential care facility, notification requirements for - HB 128

Respiratory

care practitioners, "documented competency" definition added for - SB 351: SCS

care practitioners, revision of practice related to - SB 351

Rural studies, university and college study of - SB 321: SCS

School

health care service, documentation and recordkeeping protocols for - HB 305: HFA(2)

health care services, documentation and recordkeeping protocols for - HB 305: HFA(5)

Schools,

health care services delivered in - HB 305: HCS(1)

services to students in - SB 138; HB 305; HB 305: HCS (2)

Screening for prostate, colorectal, and cervical cancer, coverage of - HB 9: SFA(1)

Senior citizens, prohibition against smoking in - HB 1020

Sexual

assault examination facility, creation of - HB 448; HB 448: HFA (1)

assault examination facility, definition of - HB 448: HCS

Smoking cessation and resistance, coordination of programs concerning - SB 293; SB 293: SCS

Social anxiety disorder, necessary treatment, coverage for - HB 144: SFA(1)

Speech-language

pathologists, teacher certification for - HB 161

pathology assistants, teacher certification for - HB 161: HCS

pathology in schools - HB 161: SCA(1)

State health plan, consistency with - SB 386

Substance abuse, coordination of programs concerning - SB 293; SB 293: SCS

Task

force on study of end of life issues, delete 2 whereas clauses - HCR 44: SFA(2)

force to study end of life and pain management issues - HCR 44: SCS

force to study end-of-life care, creation of - HCR 44

force to study quality of long-term care, added member to - SCR 39: HFA(1)

Tax credit for qualified caregiving expenses - SB 360

Telehealth, provision of services through - HB 177

Terroristic threatening, use of weapon of mass destruction - HB 47: HCS

Tobacco

Master Settlement Agreement Funds, use of - HB 583: SCS

settlement, Health Care Improvement Fund, creation of - HB 611: HFA(1)

Transcultural

assessment, deleted requirement for - HB 762: HCS

assessment, requirements for - HB 762

Traumatic brain injury trust fund, services covered by - HB 497

Unattended child or disabled person in motor vehicle, prohibition against leaving - HB 116

Urban-county health department, ad valorem tax for - SB 299

Veterans' nursing homes, Hardin and Jefferson Counties required as next locations - HB 406: HCS

Vision

examination, provision of - HB 706: SFA(1)

examination, requirement date for - HB 706: SFA(1)

examinations and auditory screening of children, requirement for - HB 706

Workers' compensation, medical providers, location of - HB 992: SFA(4)

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