Kentucky House Bill 177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-30 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 205.5514 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish and implement a preferred drug list, reimbursement methodologies, and dispensing fees for Medicaid managed care organizations and the state pharmacy benefit manager within 30 days after the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 205.5518 to require Medicaid managed care organizations and pharmacy benefit managers to use reimbursement methodologies and dispensing fees established by the department for all Medicaid pharmacy benefit claims submitted on or after January 1, 2021; EMERGENCY.

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

Rep. Steve Sheldon [R]	Rep. Randy Bridges [R]	Rep. Derek Lewis [R]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]
Rep. Shawn McPherson [R]	Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]	Rep. Scott Sharp [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-30	House	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2021-03-30	House	taken from Rules
2021-02-25	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-24	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-02-22	House	posted in committee
2021-02-10	House	to Health & Family Services (H)
2021-01-06	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-01-06	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb177.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb177/orig_bill.pdf