Kentucky 2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 261 — AN ACT relating to emergency air ambulance coverage and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "balance bill" and "insured"; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "registered air ambulance service provider" and to require a health benefit plan to hold harmless an insured for any amount owed to a registered air ambulance provider; prohibit a health benefit plan from using an allowed amount for air ambulance services under certain conditions to determine when an air ambulance transport is medically necessary; require assumption of charges by the insurer under certain conditions; require notification to the air ambulance service of assumption by the insurer; prohibit the air ambulance provider from certain actions following receipt of notification; establish payment requirements for the insurer; establish the Independent Dispute Resolution Program for air ambulance service charges within the Department of Insurance; require reporting by registered air ambulance service providers and the department; require registration in the program; require an independent reviewer for the program; establish procedures for the Independent Dispute Resolution Program; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit an insurer from using debt owed by a consumer to an air ambulance provider in determining insurance rates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit any individual or business from considering any debt owed by a consumer to an air ambulance provider in determining whether to issue credit or determine rates of interest; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to prohibit an air ambulance provider from reporting any debt owed to it by a consumer to a consumer reporting agency; amend KRS 427.010 to set exemptions from enforcement of a judgment for debt owed by an individual to an air ambulance provider; amend KRS 426.720 to prohibit the attachment of a judgment arising out of a debt to an air ambulance provider as a lien against real property. Sections 1 to 11 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019; EMERGENCY; apply provisions of Sections 12 through 16 to prospective actions on debt owed on or after January 1, 2010.

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. To Banking & Insurance (S)

  2. Introduced in Senate

Sponsors

  • S. Humphries · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • S. Humphries

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (137)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 261?
SB 261 is sponsored by S. Humphries.
What is the current status of SB 261?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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