Abandoned newborn infant, establish location signage - HB 167: HCS, SCS

Abortion,

• 24 hour information period, elimination of - HB 235
• dismemberment, prohibition of - HB 454
• Down syndrome, prohibition of - HB 455
• physician present in same room, performance of - SB 112: SFA (3)
• prohibition of - SB 164
• ultrasound requirements - HB 103

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Day, February 7, 2018 - HR 139; SR 156

Cannabidiol, permit recommendation - SB 23

Certificate

• of need, elimination of - HB 85
• of need, outpatient facilities, exempting - HB 444

Cesarean delivery, need to lower rate of - SCR 215

Children's Health Insurance Program, urging reauthorization of - SCR 106

Chiropractic profession, recognize and honor - HR 91; SR 95

Chiropractors, recognizing - HR 153

Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, rename - SB 132

Community pharmacy medication-assisted treatment pilot program, establish - HB 246; HB 246: HCS

Contact

• lenses and visual aid glasses, prescribing and dispensing - HB 191; HB 191: HCS, HFA (1), HFA (4), HFA (5), SCS, SFA (1), SFA (2), SFA (3), SFA (4), SFA (5)
• lenses, prescribing and dispensing - HB 191: HFA (2), HFA (3)

Controlled

• substances, employer investigations - SB 94
• substances, end-of-life disposal - HB 148: HCS
• substances, physician assistants to prescribe, authority for - HB 228

County tobacco cessation, establish fund for - SB 29

Coverage

• for standard fertility preservation services, providing for - SB 95
• for standard fertility preservation services, provision for - SB 95: HFA (1)
• for standard fertility preservation services, provision of - SB 95: HCS

Data

• collection, new requirements, establishing - HB 444
• reporting, pharmacy pick-up - HB 231

District health departments, target funding - HB 190

Do not resuscitate orders, hospital setting, implementing - HB 238

Early periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment, requiring - SB 163

Eligible veterans, hyperbaric oxygen treatment - HB 64

Emergency

• air ambulance service, billing dispute resolution program, establishment of - HB 135; SB 261; HB 395
• health care services, insurance coverage, requiring - SB 143
• medical services, update certification and licensure - HB 279

Fee disclosure posting by ambulance providers, require - HB 176; HB 176: HCA (1)

Fees and expenses, medical review panel, payment of - SB 141

Gender neutral language, including - SB 192; SB 193; HB 485

Health

• benefit plan, definition, reformatting of - SB 220
• care coverage, child support enforcement - SB 108
• facility, amending definition - HB 444
• insurance, autism coverage, requirement of - HB 218

Hearing Awareness Day, recommending regular visits to healthcare professionals - HR 201; SR 232

Hepatitis

• C, pregnant woman screening, requiring - SB 250
• C screening testing, require referral - SB 263

Hospice programs, controlled substances, disposal of - HB 148

Income

• tax credit for voluntary preceptors, creation - SB 52
• tax credit for voluntary preceptors, creation of - HB 199

Infertility treatment, insurance coverage, requirement of - HB 493

Interstate medical licensure compact, enacting - SB 153

KASPER, data-sharing agreements, authorizing smaller jurisdictions - HB 213

Kentucky

• Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service, renaming of - SB 132: HCS
• Health Facilities and Health Services Certificate of Need and Licensure Board, rename - SB 7: SCS

Kidney dialysis drugs and devices for treatment, allowing for - HB 509

Legalized abortions, Roe v. Wade, memorialization of - HR 96

Local

• school boards, human sexuality education - SB 71: HFA (2)
• school disricts, human sexuality education - HB 80

Long-term-care staffing ratios, implementation of - HB 573

Managed care networks, credentialing, network adequacy, appeals - HB 69; HB 69: HCS, HFA (1), SCS, SFA (1)

Medicaid and KCHIP, premiums and copayments allowed - HB 366; HB 366: FCCR, SCS

Medicaid,

• external reviews, multiple claims, administrative hearing, allow for - SB 259
• external reviews, multiple claims, allow for - SB 259

Medicaid

• service improvements and MCO limitations, establish - SB 53
• tobacco-related illness reimbursement, establish fund for - SB 29

Medical

• and nursing schools, refering to state legislators - HB 234
• cannabis program, establish - HB 166
• cannabis program, establishment - SB 118
• expense, motor vehicle insurance, reparation benefits, billed charges, restriction of - SB 121; SB 121: SFA (1), SFA (2), SFA (3), SFA (4), SFA (5)
• malpractice actions, filing requirements and limit attorney fees - SB 20
• malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of - SB 20
• marijuana, advocate for safety and efficacy standards - HCR 34
• marijuana program, establishment - SB 272
• records, amount of fee for reproduction - SB 20
• review organizations, confidentiality of information on staff with privileges - HB 4; HB 4: HCS, HFA (1), HFA (2); SB 49

Medically fragile individuals with neurological behavioral disorders, service expansions for - SB 251

Meningococcal vaccination, encourging the use of - HR 217; SR 297

Midwifery,

• certification and administrative regulations for - SB 134: SFA (1)
• certification and regulations for - SB 134; SB 134: SCS

Newborn safety device, establishing - HB 167

Nonparticipating health care providers, billing restrictions for - SB 235; SB 236

Opioid

• overdose, assessment detention following - HB 428
• overdose, immediate detention and treatment following - HB 428: HCS, HFA (1)
• use, stewardship of dentists and oral surgeons, recognition of - HR 216

Opioids, tax imposed - HB 337

Outpatient pharmacy benefits, direct administration by Department for Medicaid Services - SB 5; SB 5: SCS, SFA (1)

Palliative

• care, council and program, establishing - SB 149; SB 149: HCS
• care, council and program, establishment - HB 58

Perinatal

• palliative care and neonatal palliative and hospice care, recognize importance of - HCR 209
• palliative care and neonatal palliative and hospice care, recognizing importance of - HR 234

Pharmacy benefit managers, transparency requirements for - SB 5: HCA (1), HCS, HFA (1), HFA (2), SCS, SFA (1)

Postmortem examination results, requirement for release - HB 84

Pregnant woman screening, requiring - HB 364; HB 364: HFA (1)

Prescription to terminate pregnancy, physician report - HB 115

Public

• assistance eligibility, enhanced data tracking for - HB 363; HB 363: HFA (1), HFA (2)
• assistance, substance abuse screening - HB 35

Rare

• disease advisory council, establish - SB 7; SB 7: SCS
• disease advisory council, establishing - HB 165

Self-Care Month, February 2018, recognizing - SR 165

Smoking

• cessation treatment and programs, eliminate from scope of care covered by Medicaid - SB 96: HCS, SCS
• cessation treatment and programs, Medicaid coverage, elimination of - SB 96

State Sickle Cell Registry, establishment of a - HR 169

Substance

• use disorder in aging populations, encouraging study of - HR 283
• use disorder, licensure and quality standards for treatment and recovery services - HB 124; HB 124: HCS, HFA (1), HFA (2), SCS
• use disorder treatment and recovery services, mothers and children, grant program - HB 423; HB 423: HCS

Technical Advisory Committee on Consumer Rights and Client Needs, delete - SB 7: SCS

Telehealth, requiring coverage of - HB 12; SB 112; SB 112: HFA (1), HFA (2), SCS, SFA (1), SFA (2)

Telephone CPR, telecommunicators, training for - SB 142; HB 265; HB 265: HCS

Tobacco use in schools and on school property, prohibition - SB 51; HB 318

Transitional care facitilies, limit pilot applications - SB 123; SB 123: HCS

Vaccines, encouraging the use of - HR 278

Veterans' caregiver benefits, expansion of, petition for - HR 249