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HB 174/LM/AA (BR 820) - J. Jenkins, J. Adams, P. Bather, L. Clark, P. Clark, J. Draud, C. Embry Jr, J. Gooch, K. Hall, J. Haydon, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, C. Miller, L. Napier, R. Rand, T. Riner, J. Stacy, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance.
Amend KRS 18A.225 to direct the Personnel Cabinet to establish negotiating procedures, quality standards, and cost goals to guide it in the active negotiation and purchase of health insurance for the state group; prohibit any entity participating in the state group from retaining any forfeitures from flexible spending accounts; provide for payment of a per-participant actuarial difference charge for employers whose retirees participate in the state group but whose active employees do not; require dependent health insurance premiums to be subsidized at a rate of 75% of the premium charged; direct the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to develop, maintain, and implement a program and procedures to join a multistate pooling initiative in which two or more states work together to reduce the cost of pharmaceuticals; direct the Personnel Cabinet to actively pursue the consolidation of state employees into one preferred provider organization (PPO) plan, fully insured and self-funded, and include a report on the status of such pursuit in the October 2003 annual report, submitted pursuant to KRS 18A.226.
HB 174 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Retain the following provisions of the bill: direct the Personnel Cabinet to establish negotiating procedures, quality standards, and cost goals to guide it in the active negotiation and purchase of health insurance for the state group; prohibit any entity participating in the state group from retaining any forfeitures from flexible spending accounts; direct the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to develop, maintain, and implement a program and procedures to join a multi-state pooling initiative in which two or more states work together to reduce the cost of pharmaceuticals.
SCS/LM/AA - Require the Personnel Cabinet to pursue consolidation of state employees into a single self-funded PPO plan; require a report on the progress by October 2003; make participation in a multi-state pooling initiative to lower pharmaceutical costs contingent upon consolidation into the state-wide PPO plan.
SFA (1, T. Buford) - Require the Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board to study the feasibility of a multistate purchasing initiative to reduce the cost of prescription drugs; direct the board to include the findings of the study in the board's 2003 annual report; allow the Personnel Cabinet, upon the commencement of a self-insured health insurance program, to implement cost-containment features which may include joint purchasing initiatives and specialized care programs.
Jan 8-introduced in House
Jan 9-to State Government (H)
Feb 6-posted in committee
Feb 18-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 19-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2003
Feb 21-3rd reading, passed 81-9 with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 26-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 5-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 10-floor amendment (1) withdrawn
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