Kentucky
General Assembly

02/13/13	introduced in House
02/14/13	to Health & Welfare (H)
02/20/13	posted in committee posting waived
02/21/13	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
02/22/13	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2013 floor amendment (1) filed
02/25/13	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
02/27/13	3rd reading, passed 99-0 with floor amendment (1)
02/28/13	received in Senate
03/05/13	to Health & Welfare (S) taken from Health & Welfare (S) 1st reading returned to Health & Welfare (S)
03/06/13	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent Bill
03/07/13	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2013 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute
03/11/13	received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute
03/12/13	received in Senate posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
03/25/13	Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report in Senate Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate Bill passed 34-0 received in House
03/26/13	posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report Free Conference Committee report adopted in House Bill passed 96-0 enrolled, signed by each presiding officer delivered to Governor
04/04/13	signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 118)

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	M. Marzian
Summary	Retain original provisions and amend to add three new members to the advisory committee to review Kentucky’s system of perinatal care.
Index Headings	Diseases - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Health and Medical Services - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Health and Medical Services - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established Women - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established Children and Minors - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Children and Minors - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established State Agencies - Health and Family Services, perinatal care, advisory committee

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions except remove the requirement to promulgate suggested standards; remove a requirement to address all components of suggested perinatal care; remove 1 official from advisory panel and add representatives from certain non-university hospitals with Level II or III NICUs and the President of the Kentucky Hospital Association; add a new section to make all information reported pursuant to the bill privileged and confidential and not subject to Kentucky's Open Records Act; prohibit disclosure to any person or entity and make information reported or furnished to committee not subject to subpoena, court order, or discovery; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 defining terms used in the Health Access Nurturing Development Services program and requiring agencies that receive state funds for the purpose of this program to abide by these definitions, demonstrate that it is part of a system of care, and report data to the Department for Public Health.
Index Headings	Diseases - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Health and Medical Services - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Health and Medical Services - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established Women - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established Children and Minors - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Children and Minors - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established State Agencies - Health and Family Services, perinatal care, advisory committee

Amendment	Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Cannot agree.
Index Headings	Diseases - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Health and Medical Services - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Health and Medical Services - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established Women - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established Children and Minors - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Children and Minors - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established State Agencies - Health and Family Services, perinatal care, advisory committee

Amendment	Free Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Delete original provisions; amend KRS 309.325 to establish definitions for apprentice diabetes educator and master licensed diabetes educator; create new sections of KRS 309.325 to 309.339 to establish the permit and licensure requirements for apprentice diabetes educators and master licensed diabetes educators; amend KRS 309.327 to establish that permit and licensure requirements are in effect July 1, 2014; amend KRS 211.400, relating to the Kentucky Physicians Care Program, to include underinsured individuals and the Kentucky Free Health Clinic Association and require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to set eligibility criteria; amend KRS 205.560 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to require provider credentialing to be completed within 15 days and declare an EMERGENCY; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define the IMPACT Plus program; permit providers to deliver services to children after the children leave the IMPACT Plus program and outside their region of residence if the provider is appropriately credentialed; require Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) that contract with the Department for Medicaid Services, to the extent possible under the Title V agreement, to manage aspects of the IMPACT Plus program; prohibit requirement for providers to have a medical assistance identification number; permit MCOs to identify gaps in services; permit the cabinet to fill verified gaps in service; create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to exempt licensed health-care providers from disciplinary action for prescribing or dispensing naloxone for an opioid overdose; create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to allow a prescription for naloxone to be written with an authorization for a third-party individual to administer the drug; provide that the third-party individual who administers naloxone in good faith is immune from criminal and civil liability; amend KRS 304.17A-139 to require coverage of one hundred percent human diet for extremely low birth weight, premature infants under a health benefit plan's prescription drug coverage; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish an advisory committee to review Kentucky’s system of perinatal care and make recommendations for the improvement of perinatal outcomes within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish definitions, duties, and membership of the committee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish that instances of neonatal abstinence syndrome that are diagnosed among Kentucky resident births shall be reported to the Kentucky Department for Public Health; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to make all information reported to the advisory committee to review Kentucky’s system of perinatal care privileged and confidential and not subject to Kentucky's Open Records Act; prohibit disclosure to any person or entity and make information reported or furnished to committee not subject to subpoena, court order, or discovery; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 defining terms used in the Health Access Nurturing Development Services program and requiring agencies that receive state funds for the purpose of this program to abide by these definitions, demonstrate that it is part of a system of care, and report data to the Department for Public Health; create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to allow the Secretary of State to expand the established address confidentiality program; and declare an emergency.
Index Headings	Diseases - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Health and Medical Services - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Health and Medical Services - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established Women - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established Children and Minors - Newborn screening program, congenital heart disease, included in Children and Minors - Perinatal care, advisory committee, established State Agencies - Health and Family Services, perinatal care, advisory committee