Last Action | 02/07/22: to Banking & Insurance (S) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. |
Bill Documents | Introduced |
Fiscal Impact Statement | Health Mandate |
Bill Request Number | 1317 |
Sponsors | S. Meredith, R. Alvarado, D. Carroll |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to establish cost-sharing requirements for prescription drugs; require rebates to be passed through; establish confidentiality requirements for the rebate information; create a new section of KRS 365.880 to 365.900 to provide that the actual amount of rebates received is a trade secret; provide that compliance with the prescription drugs cost-sharing and rebate requirements shall not be in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to apply the cost-sharing and rebate requirements for prescription drugs to limited health service benefit plans and limited health service contracts; create a new section of Subtitle 38A of KRS Chapter 304 and amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require limited health service organizations, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the cost-sharing and rebate requirements for prescription drugs; apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Health Benefit Mandate - Self-insured group health plan, prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebate requirements Drugs and Medicines - Prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebate requirements Education, Higher - Self-insured group health plan, prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebate requirements Effective Dates, Delayed - Prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebate requirements Insurance, Health - Prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebates requirements Pharmacists - Prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebates requirements State Agencies - Department of Insurance, commissioner, prescription drug coverage, cost sharing and rebates State Employees - Health plan, prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebate requirements |
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Last updated: 2/8/2023 2:57 PM (EST)