Kentucky Senate Bill 50 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Passed on March 27 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-27 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 70)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Amend KRS 205.647 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish and directly administer an outpatient pharmacy benefit program for all Medicaid beneficiaries; permit the department to contract with a third-party administrator on a fee-for-service reimbursement basis; require a third-party administrator to utilize the outpatient pharmacy benefit program established by the department; exempt outpatient pharmacy services provided by a health care facility that is registered as a covered entity pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 256b from the provisions of this section; EMERGENCY; effective July 1, 2020.

AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency.

Sen. George Wise [R]	Sen. Ralph Alvarado [R]	Sen. Tom Buford [R]	Sen. Danny Carroll [R]
Sen. C.B. Embry [R]	Sen. Jimmy Higdon [R]	Sen. Robert Mills [R]	Sen. Johnny Turner [D]

2020-03-18 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/hcs1, hca 1T, FINAL PASSAGE RSN# 1373 (Y: 30 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2020-03-12 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 224 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 1243 (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-27	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 70)
2020-03-18	Senate	delivered to Governor
2020-03-18	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2020-03-18	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2020-03-18	Senate	passed 30-1
2020-03-18	Senate	Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
2020-03-18	Senate	posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and House committee amendment (1-title)
2020-03-17	Senate	received in Senate
2020-03-12	House	3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
2020-03-11	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12, 2020
2020-03-11	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-10	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
2020-03-02	House	posted in committee
2020-02-24	House	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2020-02-20	House	received in House
2020-02-20	Senate	3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-02-20	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2020
2020-02-20	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-02-19	Senate	recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)
2020-02-18	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2020
2020-02-06	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-02-05	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2020-01-31	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2020-01-28	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb50.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb50/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb50/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/sb50/FN.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb50/vote_history.pdf