| Last Action | 02/23/22: to Health & Family Services (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to exemptions from prior authorization requirements. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 814 |
| Sponsors | K. Moser, J. Raymond, S. Santoro |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to KRS 304.17A-633 to establish eligibility criteria and requirements relating to prior authorization exemptions; establish requirements for rescinding prior authorization exemptions; set forth requirements relating to external reviews of prior authorization exemption determinations and denials; prohibit the retrospective denial, reduction in payment, and review of health care services for which a health care provider has a prior authorization exemption and establish exceptions; provide that nothing shall be construed to authorize a health care provider to act outside the provider's scope of practice or require an insurer or private review agent to pay for a health care service performed in violation of law; amend KRS 304.17A-600 to conform; amend KRS 304.17A-605 to establish applicability of provisions relating to prior authorization exemptions to certain insurers and private review agents; amend KRS 304.17A-621 to conform; amend KRS 304.17A-627 to prohibit conflicts of interest with independent review entities and reviewers of prior authorization exemption determinations and denials; require independent review entities and reviewers of prior authorization exemption determinations and denials to submit an annual report to the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 304.17A-633 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to report on external reviews of prior authorization exemptions determinations and denials; amend KRS 205.536 to require the Department for Medicaid Services, or managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits, to comply with the sections on prior authorization exemptions; apply the provisions to contracts delivered, entered, renewed, extended, or amended on or after the effective date of the Act; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Effective Dates, Delayed - Prior authorization exemptions, January 1, 2023 Health and Medical Services - Prior authorization exemptions Insurance, Health - Prior authorization exemptions Physicians and Practitioners - Prior authorization exemptions State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Medicaid, waiver application, prior authorization exemptions State Agencies - Department of Insurance, prior authorization exemptions Medicaid - Prior authorization exemptions Conflict of Interest - Independent review entity, external review, prior authorization exemptions Reports Mandated - Commissioner, Department of Insurance, external reviews, prior authorization exemptions Reports Mandated - External review entity, prior authorization exemptions |
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