Senate Bill 18

Actions | Amendments
Last Action floor amendment (3) filed
Title AN ACT relating to medical review organizations.
Bill Documents Current/Final
Introduced
Bill Request Number 39
Sponsor R. Alvarado
Summary of Original Version Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence, in any civil action in any court.
Index Headings of Original Version Courts - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Health and Medical Services - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Occupations and Professions - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Physicians and Practitioners - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Proposed Amendments House Floor Amendment 1
House Floor Amendment 2
House Floor Amendment 3
Votes Vote History

Actions

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12/07/16
  • Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/03/17
  • introduced in Senate
  • taken from Committee on Committees (S)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Committee on Committees (S)
01/04/17
  • taken from Committee on Committees (S)
  • 2nd reading
  • returned to Committee on Committees (S)
01/07/17
  • to Health & Welfare (S)
02/08/17
  • reported favorably, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 9, 2017
02/09/17
  • 3rd reading, passed 22-12
02/10/17
  • received in House
02/14/17
  • to Judiciary (H)
02/27/17
  • posted in committee
03/01/17
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
  • floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed
03/02/17
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
03/03/17
  • floor amendment (3) filed

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor C. McCoy
Summary Allow discovery and disclosure of statements of fact.
Index Headings Courts - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Health and Medical Services - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Occupations and Professions - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Physicians and Practitioners - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges

Amendment House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor C. McCoy
Summary Make title amendment.
Index Headings Courts - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Health and Medical Services - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Occupations and Professions - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Physicians and Practitioners - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges

Amendment House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor C. McCoy
Summary Amend KRS 311.377 to provide that a statement of fact made by any person involved in the review process is not confidential and privileged; clarify that statements of fact, statements of opinions, and recommendations made by peer reviewers, who were not otherwise a witness to the event or a health care provider involved in the patient's care, are privileged.
Index Headings Courts - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Health and Medical Services - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Occupations and Professions - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges
Physicians and Practitioners - Medical review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges

Last updated: 1/16/2019 3:02 PM (EST)