KY HB435 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-17 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 18 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-17 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to permit a physician to provide long-term antibiotic therapy for a therapeutic purpose for a patient diagnosed with Lyme disease and not be subject to punishment by the State Board of Medical Licensure; require written information on laboratory testing for Lyme disease to be provided when a test is ordered; exempt physicians from civil liability for providing information; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plan coverage of long-term antibiotic therapy for covered persons with Lyme disease under certain circumstances; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.
Title
AN ACT relating to treatment for Lyme disease.
Sponsors
Rep. Steve Sheldon [R] | Rep. Danny Bentley [R] | Rep. Kim King [R] | Rep. Chad McCoy [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-03-17 | House | recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
2020-03-17 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
2020-03-12 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
2020-03-10 | House | posted in committee |
2020-02-20 | House | to Health and Family Services (H) |
2020-02-18 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Boards and Commissions
Diseases
Drugs and Medicines
Effective Dates, Delayed
Health and Medical Services
Health Benefit Mandate
Insurance, Health
Physicians and Practitioners
Public Health
Diseases
Drugs and Medicines
Effective Dates, Delayed
Health and Medical Services
Health Benefit Mandate
Insurance, Health
Physicians and Practitioners
Public Health
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb435.html |
Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb435/orig_bill.pdf |