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HB 131 (BR 236) - Dw. Butler, C. Hoffman
AN ACT relating to public employee health insurance.
Amend KRS 18A.225 to delete reference to dental insurance coverage and prepaid dental plan coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to procure a comprehensive dental insurance plan or plans and a vision plan or plans for state employees; require certain dental insurance and vision insurance benefits; allow dental insurance and vision insurance to be available to all state employees on a voluntary payroll deduction basis; require state employee to bear the entire cost of the policy premium for dental insurance and vision insurance.
HB 131 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, D. Butler) - Clarify requirements for dental and vision insurance offered to state employees; require compliance with KRS 304.17A-270.
SCS/LM/HM - Retain original provisions; require state employee health insurance plan, health benefit plans, Kentucky Access health benefit plans, and limited health service benefit plans that provide coverage for services rendered by physicians or osteopaths to provide same payment for coverage for services rendered by optometrists, if services may be rendered by optometrists; require state employee plan to comply with KRS 304.17A-270 and KRS 304.17A-525; require state employee self-insured plan to include a mail-order drug option for maintenance drugs, prohibit self-insured plan from discriminating against retail pharmacy located in geographic coverage area of plan; prohibit retail pharmacy from being required to dispense by mail; prohibit net cost to the plan for quantity of maintenance drugs dispensed by mail to exceed net cost to the plan for same quantity of same drug dispensed by retail pharmacy.
SFA (1, E. Harris) - Retain original provisions; require Finance and Administration Cabinet to procure dental and vision health discount plans for state employees; require plans to be voluntary and at employee's cost.
SFA (2, G. Tapp) - Retain original provisions; amend to require fully insured health benefit plan and self insured plan issued to public employees to comply with KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633, KRS 205.593, KRS 304.17A-700 to 304.17A-730, KRS 304.14-135, KRS 304.17A-580 to 304.17A-641, and KRS 304.99-123.
SFA (3, E. Harris) - Retain original provisions; require Finance and Administration Cabinet to procure dental and vision health discount plans for public employees; require plans to be voluntary and at employee's cost.
SFA (4/Title, D. Thayer) - Make title amendment.
SFA (5, R. Roeding) - Retain original provisions; delete sections 6 through 8; make technical corrections.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 3-introduced in House; to State Government (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 7-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 8-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Feb 22-floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 100-0 with floor amendment (1)
Mar 2-received in Senate
Mar 6-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 20-floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 21-floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4-title) filed
Mar 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 22, 2006; floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute ; 3rd reading; floor amendment (1) ruled out of order ; passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) (3) and (4-title)
Mar 23-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 24-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) (3) and (4-title) for Friday, March 24, 2006; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) (3) and (4-title) ; passed 97-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Apr 5-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 164)
Vote History
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