Kentucky
General Assembly

01/07/25	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/04/25	to Health Services (H)
03/05/25	taken from Health Services (H) 1st reading returned to Health Services (H)
03/06/25	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
03/11/25	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/12/25	floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendment (1) floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Delete original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow skilled nursing facilities and hospitals to provide nonemergency medical transportation services to residents; prohibit any contract between the Department for Medicaid Services, any other state agency, and transportation brokers from being renewed or extended beyond July 1, 2027; require the Department for Medicaid Services to submit a report on Medicaid-covered nonemergency medical transport services to the Legislative Research Commission no later than December 1, 2025.
Index Headings	Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Provision of nonemergency medical transportation services, allowance Public Assistance - Medicaid, nonemergency medical transportation services, contract extension, prohibition State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, nonemergency medical transportation services, report mandated State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, transportation services, contract extension, prohibition Transportation - Medicaid, nonemergency medical transportation services, contract extension, prohibition Medicaid - Nonemergency medical transportation services, contract extension, prohibition Medicaid - Nonemergency medical transportation services, report mandated Reports Mandated - Department for Medicaid Services, nonemergency medical transportation services

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Bratcher
Summary	Delete the new section of KRS Chapter 205 that allowed skilled nursing facilities and hospitals to provide nonemergency medical transportation services to residents.
Index Headings	Transportation - Provision of nonemergency medical transportation services, allowance Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Provision of nonemergency medical transportation services, allowance State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, nonemergency medical transportation services, allowance

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	S. Bratcher
Summary	Delete original provisions; establish that nonemergency medical transportation service contracts shall not be renewed beyond July 1, 2027; direct staff of the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a comparative analysis study of various delivery and financing models for nonemergency medical transportation services; require report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission no later than December 1, 2025.
Index Headings	Legislative Research Commission - Nonemergency medical transport, study directed State Agencies - Legislative Research Commission staff, nonemergency medical transport, study directed Studies Directed - Legislative Research Commission staff, nonemergency medical transport, study directed Transportation - Legislative Research Commission staff, nonemergency medical transport, study directed