AN ACT relating to Medicaid, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.
     Create new sections of KRS 205.510 to 205.630 to authorize the Cabinet for Health Services to implement a Medicaid disease management program for individuals with health care utilization patterns which are not cost-effective; require the program to encourage the use of evidence-based medicine; identify components of the program; authorize the Department for Medicaid Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program; require the department to report to the Legislative Research Commission regarding the strategies implemented and the outcomes of the program; authorize the cabinet to explore partnerships with private organizations in implementing the program; fund the disease management program with supplemental rebates; authorize the Cabinet for Health Services to establish a preferred drug formulary and negotiate supplemental rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers for consideration of a drug being on the formulary; appropriate supplemental rebates to the Medicaid program for disease management and Medicaid benefits; EMERGENCY.

     Jan 13-introduced in House
     Jan 14-to Health and Welfare (H)