March 12, 2019  A special Legislative Alert was distributed to members yesterday regarding unfriendly floor amendments that have been attached to Senate Bill 22. SB22 would allow Kentucky to enter the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) and would provide an...

March 12, 2019 House Bill 121, sponsored by Rep. Kim Moser, would increase access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) as well as prohibit commercial insurers, the Department of Medicaid Services, and Medicaid MCOs from setting requirements or using certain utilization...

March 12, 2019 KMA priority Senate Bill 54, sponsored by Sen. Ralph Alvarado passed the House this afternoon by a vote of 97-1. The bill addresses a number of prior authorization issues, including enhancing access to prior authorization information, establishing one-year...

March 12, 2019 After weeks awaiting a vote on the House floor, House Bill 11, sponsored by Rep. Kim Moser, passed the House by a vote of 85-11. It now moves on to the Senate. HB11 would prohibit use of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, by students, school...

March 12, 2019 Senate Bill 30, sponsored by Sen. Ralph Alvarado, passed the House last week by a vote of 98-1 and has been delivered to the Governor for final signature. The bill would require health benefit plans to cover any genetic tests for cancer risk that are...

February 12, 2019 On Thursday, a Concurrent Resolution regarding medical cannabis passed favorably from the House Health and Family Services Committee. HCR5, sponsored by Rep. Danny Bentley, supports the notion that marijuana should be thoroughly studied prior to its...

March 5, 2019 House Bill 225, sponsored by Rep. Kim Moser, received a hearing in the House Health and Family Services Committee last week. While the legislation was placed on the committee agenda for “discussion only” and did not receive a vote, the testimony by...

February 26, 2019 Senate Bill 84, sponsored by Sen. Tom Buford, pertains to midwifery and the delivery of babies in out-of-hospital settings. It passed the Senate last week by a vote of 32-4. This legislation is being promoted by the Kentucky Home Birth Coalition, an...

February 26, 2019 Senate Bill 22, also sponsored by Sen. Alvarado, unanimously passed the full Senate last Tuesday. The bill would allow Kentucky to enter the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) and would provide an expedited, multistate licensure procedure for...

January 15, 2019 Insurance companies are increasingly narrowing their physician networks by offering physicians reimbursement contracts that are not financially sustainable. As a result, more physicians are being forced out of network and issues regarding patients'...

March 5, 2019 House Bill 429, sponsored by Rep. Chad McCoy, would require medical malpractice plaintiffs to include with their lawsuit a certificate of merit declaring that they have consulted with a qualified expert and, based on the expert’s review, there is a...