Kentucky

Reported in the House on February 27, 2008, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar.

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Introduced by Rep. Bob M DeWeese on January 31, 2008, to tighten disclosure requirements on an insurance company who contracts with a certain medical professionals to provide healthcare services.

Referred to the House Banking and Insurance Committee on February 1, 2008.

Reported in the House on February 27, 2008, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar.

Substitute offered in the House on February 27, 2008, to change references to "physician" and "provider" to include a licensed optometrist in Sections 1 and 3 of the Act.

The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on March 10, 2008.

Amendment offered by Rep. Bob M DeWeese on February 28, 2008, to change the maximum age of an unmarried dependent child from age 26 to age 25 in Sections 7 and 8 of the Act.

Amendment offered by Rep. Mary Lou Marzian on March 6, 2008, to include advanced registered nurse practitioners and psychologists in the provisions of the bill.

The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 10, 2008.

Amendment offered by Rep. Bob M DeWeese on March 6, 2008, to require proof of licensure and require insurers to provide information upon request of the provider.

The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 10, 2008.

Passed in the House (97 to 0) on March 10, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]

Received in the Senate on March 11, 2008.

Referred to the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on March 13, 2008.

Reported in the Senate on March 18, 2008, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar.

Substitute offered in the Senate on March 18, 2008, to require an insurer issuing a managed care plan to notify an applicant for credentialing of its determination within 90 days of receipt of application and provide that following credentialing and upon signing of the contract the insurer must make payments to the applicant for services rendered during the credentialing process in accordance with reimbursement procedures for participating providers.

Amendment offered by Sen. Dorsey Ridley on March 19, 2008, to add to the definitions of "applicant," "nonparticipating provider," and "participating provider" a "provider as defined in KRS 304.17A-005(23)".