| Last Action | to Health & Welfare (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to insurance coverage of dialysis treatments. |
| Bill Documents |
Bill
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| Impact Statements |
Fiscal Note
Health Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 448 |
| Sponsor | T. Buford |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "provider"; limit patient travel for dialysis to 30 miles from patient's home or the nearest dialysis facility if more than 30 miles from patient's home; prohibit specified actions by the insurer that would result in a shift in primary responsibility for reimbursement to any governmental program; require advance written notice of any proposed decrease in reimbursement rates; prohibit consideration of governmental reimbursement in determining out-of-network reimbursement; requirement reimbursement for dialysis treatment be made to the provider and not the patient; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to impose monetary penalties for violation of this Act. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Health and Medical Services - Dialysis, insurance coverage for Insurance, Health - Dialysis coverage, prohibit actions to shift reimbursement responsibility Insurance, Health - Dialysis coverage, limit patient travel Insurance, Health - Dialysis coverage, require notice of decrease for out-of-network reimbursement Insurance, Health - Dialysis coverage, prohibit consideration of government reimbursement Insurance, Health - Dialysis coverage, require reimbursement to provider rather than patient Insurance, Health - Dialysis coverage, penalty Medicaid - Dialysis coverage, penalty Public Medical Assistance - Dialysis coverage, penalty Fiscal Note - Dialysis coverage, require reimbursement to provider rather than patient Health Benefit Mandate - Dialysis coverage, limit patient travel |
| 01/06/09 |
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| 01/08/09 |
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