Abortion,

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

Advanced

• practice registered nurses, collaborative agreement - SB 260
• practice registered nurses, prescribing authority, controlled substances - SB 89; HB 445

Air

• ambulance, balance billing, prohibition of - HB 135; SB 261; HB 395
• ambulance providers, insurance coverage, requirements for - HB 135; SB 261; HB 395

Cancer Screen Week, Kentucky observance - SR 138; HR 177

Cannabidiol, permit recommendation - SB 23

Certificate of need, elimination of - HB 85

Certified

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

Cesarean delivery, need to lower rate of - SCR 215

Chiropractors, recognizing - HR 153

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

Confidentiality of peer review panels, remove provisions relating to - SB 20: SFA (1)

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 disposal compositions, sale or distribution of, requirement for - SB 6; SB 6: HCS, SCA (1), SCS (1), SCS (2), SFA (1)
• substances, employer investigations - SB 94

Conversion therapy, prohibition of - HB 258

District health departments, target funding - HB 190

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

Eating

• Disorder Awareness Week, Kentucky observance - SR 88
• Disorder Awareness Week, Kentucky observance of - HR 171

Emergency

• health care services, post stabilization treatment, prior authorization for - SB 143
• medical services, concurrent review denial, prohibition of - HB 576; HB 582
• medical services, retrospective review denial, prohibition of - HB 576; HB 582
• medical services, update certification and licensure - HB 279

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

Female

• genital mutilation, Class A felony - SB 46
• genital mutilation, establish as Class A felony - HB 397

Gender neutral language, including - SB 193

Health

• benefit plan, definition, reformatting of - SB 220
• care transparency tools, posting of notice, requiring - SB 154; SB 154: SCS
• insurance, autism coverage, requirement of - HB 218

Hepatitis

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

Hormonal contraceptive, twelve-month supply, dispensing of - HB 249

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for traumatic brain injury, use by veterans - HB 64

Income

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

Insurance claims, reimbursement of health care services, establishing remedies for untimely payment - HB 506

Interstate medical licensure compact, enacting - SB 153

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

Lyme disease, information on the effectiveness of tests for - SB 170

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

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

Medical

• and nursing schools, ceasing training by - HB 234
• cannabis program, establish - HB 166
• cannabis program, establishment - SB 118
• expense, reparation benefits, billed charges, restriction of - SB 121; SB 121: SFA (1), SFA (2), SFA (3), SFA (4), SFA (5)
• malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of - SB 20
• 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

Most common health care services, prices for, require disclosure of - SB 154; SB 154: SCS

Nonemergency health care services, price transparency for, requiring - SB 154; SB 154: SCS

Nonparticipating

• health care providers, billing restrictions for - SB 235; SB 236
• providers, nonemergency services, coverage for - SB 154; SB 154: SCS

Nurses, licensure requirements - HB 427; HB 427: HCS, SCS

Occupational boards, appointment of executive director by - HB 465: HFA (2)

Opioids, tax imposed - HB 337

Out-of-network health care services, balance billing, prohibition against - SB 79

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

Participating provider agreement, voiding provisions of - HB 582

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)

Physical therapists, criminal background investigation required for licensure - HB 398

Physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances, authority for - HB 228

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

Prescription to terminate pregnancy, physician report - HB 115

Prior authorization, time span of authorization, establishing - SB 143

Qualified mental health professional, inclusion of physician assistants - HB 497; HB 497: HCS, SCS

Rare

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

Sexual violence, training in awareness of - SB 238

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

Surgical assistants, licensing of - HB 555

Urgent health care services, prior authorization, time frame, establishing - SB 143