Kentucky Senate Bill 81 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 5 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-11 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define "breach of a contract"; provide that if any breach of a contract occurs or has occurred between a Medicaid managed care organization and any agency, department, or cabinet of the Commonwealth, then dental services to the Medicaid members served under the contract shall immediately cease and members shall be transitioned to a Medicaid fee-for-service dental program; clarify that any provider of dental services who is due funds as a result of a contract between a Medicaid managed care organization and the Commonwealth will still be able to recover them; exempt any Medicaid managed care organization operating in the Commonwealth pursuant to a Section 1115 waiver on January 1, 2011; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to Medicaid dental services and declaring an emergency.

Sen. Julie Denton [R]

Sen. Walter Blevins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-11	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2013-02-05	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB81.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB81/bill.doc