Kentucky 2023 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 29 — AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program.

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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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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Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish eligibility criteria for Medicaid managed care organizations and limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 385 AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 29/GA AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program.
(2) If at any time on or after the effective date of this Act, the Department for Medicaid Services chooses to utilize a Medicaid managed care model for the administration of any part of the state's Medicaid program, the Department for Medicaid Services shall not:
(2) If at any time on or after January 1, 2024, the Department for Medicaid Services chooses to utilize a Medicaid managed care model for the administration of any part of the state's Medicaid program, the Department for Medicaid Services shall not award a contract for the delivery of Medicaid services to more than three (3) Medicaid managed care organizations or other entities seeking to provide Medicaid benefits under this chapter.
(a) Enter into a contract with a Medicaid managed care organization or other entity seeking provide Medicaid benefits under this chapter unless the managed care organization or entity offers, or agrees to offer, a qualifying health plan in the same geographic areas in which the managed care organization or entity would be contracted by the department to delivery Medicaid services.
As used in this paragraph, "qualifying health plan" means a health plan that is offered on the state-based exchange operated by the state, or a federally facilitated exchange operated by the federal government, that serves the individual health insurance market in Kentucky in accordance with state and federal law;
or (b) Award a contract for the delivery of Medicaid services to more than three (3) Medicaid managed care organizations or other entities seeking to provide Medicaid benefits under this chapter.
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Action History

  1. to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. received in House

  4. 3rd reading, passed 36 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)

  5. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 01, 2023

  6. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

  7. 2nd reading, to Rules

  8. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

  9. to Health Services (S)

  10. to Committee on Committees (S)

  11. introduced in Senate

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (138)

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Votes

PASS SB 29 W/ scs1 sfa1

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 2000
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 21000
Total 36000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (36)
Member Party Vote
Turner — Yea
Schickel — Yea
Smith — Yea
Southworth — Yea
Westerfield — Yea
Meredith — Yea
Williams — Yea
Thayer — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Thomas — Yea
Nemes — Yea
Yates — Yea
Harper Angel — Yea
Gerald A. Neal Democrat Yea
Karen Berg Democrat Yea
Amanda Mays Bledsoe Republican Yea
Brandon J. Storm Republican Yea
Christian McDaniel Republican Yea
Danny Carroll Republican Yea
David P. Givens Republican Yea
Donald Douglas Republican Yea
Gary Boswell Republican Yea
Jared Carpenter Republican Yea
Jason Howell Republican Yea
Jimmy Higdon Republican Yea
Julie Raque Adams Republican Yea
Lindsey Tichenor Republican Yea
Matthew Deneen Republican Yea
Max Wise Republican Yea
Phillip Wheeler Republican Yea
Rick Girdler Republican Yea
Robby Mills Republican Yea
Robert Stivers Republican Yea
Robin L. Webb Republican Yea
Shelley Funke Frommeyer Republican Yea
Stephen West Republican Yea

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 29 do?
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish eligibility criteria for Medicaid managed care organizations and limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
What is the current status of SB 29?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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.
Where can I track SB 29?
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