Kentucky House Bill 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-4)
Status: Passed on March 22 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-22 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 67)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish minimum standards to telehealth; reestablish the requirement for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and managed care organizations to study the impact of telehealth on the state's health care delivery system; prohibit certain practices in telehealth; authorize health practitioner licensure boards to promulgate administrative regulations related to telehealth; amend KRS 205.510 to revise definitions; amend KRS 205.559 to require reimbursement rates for telehealth to be equivalent to reimbursement rates for the same service provided in person, permit the Department for Medicaid services to approve additional telecommunication technologies for telehealth, and to delete the requirement for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and managed care organizations to study the impact of telehealth on the state's health care delivery system; amend KRS 205.5591 to require telehealth coverage and reimbursement rates to be equivalent to coverage requirements and reimbursement rates for the same service provided in person; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to delete the definition of "telehealth"; amend KRS 304.17A-138 to define "telehealth" and to require that telehealth coverage and reimbursement rates be equivalent to coverage and reimbursement for the same service provided in person; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; and certain sections EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.

AN ACT relating to telehealth.

Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon [R]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Ryan Dotson [R]
Rep. Ken Fleming [R]	Rep. Regina Huff [R]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. Jerry Miller [R]
Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Killian Timoney [R]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]

2021-03-15 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 315 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2021-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 1658 (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 85 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-22	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 67)
2021-03-15	House	delivered to Governor
2021-03-15	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2021-03-15	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2021-03-15	House	passed 91-0
2021-03-15	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
2021-03-12	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
2021-03-11	House	to Rules (H)
2021-03-11	House	received in House
2021-03-05	Senate	3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute
2021-03-04	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2021
2021-03-04	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-03-03	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2021-02-25	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2021-02-23	Senate	received in Senate
2021-02-22	House	3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendments (1) and (4)
2021-02-11	House	floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute
2021-02-10	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
2021-02-09	House	floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
2021-02-09	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-04	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2021-02-02	House	posted in committee
2021-01-13	House	to Health and Family Services (H)
2021-01-05	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-01-05	House	introduced in House
2020-12-11	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb140.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb140/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb140/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb140/vote_history.pdf