| Last Action | to Banking & Insurance (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to emergency air ambulance services. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Bill Request Number | 1166 |
| Sponsors | T. McKee, M. Denham, H. Collins, J. Donohue, D. Hale, C. Howard, M. King, T. Mills, R. Nelson, J. Richards, B. Rowland, A. Simpson, R. Smart, W. Stone, T. Thompson, B. Yonts |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to annually obtain charges billed by all air ambulance providers licensed and operating in the state; deem the information provided as proprietary and not subject to the Open Records Act, KRS 61.872 to 61.884; require the board to determine the average cost of air ambulance services in the state which shall be subject to the Open Records Act; require the board to submit the average cost to the commissioner of the Department of Insurance; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a form to be completed by all air ambulance service providers to determine average cost of services; amend KRS 311A.190 to require any air ambulance service providers licensed and operating in the state to provide information regarding charges billed to the board; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to prominently provide a notice in each contract for coverage stating whether or not the contract covers air ambulance service and, if provided, the dollar amount of coverage; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to review all health benefit plans for compliance with the notice requirement and provide the average cost of all ambulance services to all health benefit plans every three years. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Insurance - Air ambulance services, notification of average cost, health benefit plans Insurance - Health benefit plans, compliance with notice requirements, average cost of air ambulance services Insurance, Health - Air ambulance coverage, notice requirement, cost of coverage if provided Emergency Medical Services - Board of Emergency Medical Services, requirements concerning cost of air ambulance services Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Emergency Medical Services, average cost of air ambulance services |
| Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 01/19/16 |
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| 01/20/16 |
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| 01/21/16 |
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| 01/27/16 |
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| 03/16/16 |
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| 03/17/16 |
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| 03/21/16 |
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| 03/22/16 |
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| 03/24/16 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Delete original provision; direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Emergency Medical Air Transportation Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues of emergency air transportation and to develop consensus legislative recommendations to address those issues; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet monthly and to submit its legislative recommendations; require its legislative recommendations to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016; provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof. |
| Index Headings |
Insurance - Air ambulance services, notification of average cost, health benefit plans Insurance - Health benefit plans, compliance with notice requirements, average cost of air ambulance services Insurance, Health - Air ambulance coverage, notice requirement, cost of coverage if provided Emergency Medical Services - Board of Emergency Medical Services, requirements concerning cost of air ambulance services Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Emergency Medical Services, average cost of air ambulance services |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | R. Crimm |
| Summary | Keep original provisions; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to include the emergency transport in required emergency coverage. |
| Index Headings |
Insurance - Air ambulance services, notification of average cost, health benefit plans Insurance - Health benefit plans, compliance with notice requirements, average cost of air ambulance services Insurance, Health - Air ambulance coverage, notice requirement, cost of coverage if provided Emergency Medical Services - Board of Emergency Medical Services, requirements concerning cost of air ambulance services Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Emergency Medical Services, average cost of air ambulance services |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | R. Crimm |
| Summary | Make title amendment. |
| Index Headings |
Insurance - Air ambulance services, notification of average cost, health benefit plans Insurance - Health benefit plans, compliance with notice requirements, average cost of air ambulance services Insurance, Health - Air ambulance coverage, notice requirement, cost of coverage if provided Emergency Medical Services - Board of Emergency Medical Services, requirements concerning cost of air ambulance services Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Emergency Medical Services, average cost of air ambulance services |
Last updated: 1/16/2019 3:08 PM (EST)