KY HB408 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 1 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-04 - to Health Services (S)
Pending: Senate Health Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to require treatment centers or programs licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to provide transportation services to residents who wish to leave the program if the resident's family, guardian, or emergency contact does not agree to transport them; outline transportation service responsibilities; provide restrictions on where a resident can be taken; require that the facilities conduct a search of any outstanding warrants; exempt all facilities not licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service pursuant to KRS 216B.042; require the facility to notify family members, the county attorney, local law enforcement, and the court that a resident left the treatment facility in violation of a court order; allow a peace officer or a probation officer to arrest a resident without a warrant for violating the terms of the resident's conditional discharge or court order; prohibit treatment centers or programs licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to recruit out of state residents into their facility if the out of state resident is dependent on Medicaid and require the treatment center or program licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to submit to the Department for Medicaid Services the recipient's proof of residency when submitting a request for Medicaid reimbursement; require any out-of-state resident found to be ineligible for Medicaid services in Kentucky as a result of failing to establish Kentucky as his or her domicile to reimburse any Medicaid fees and to be fined; and amend KRS 205.200, relating to residency requirements for Medicaid, to prohibit relocation to Kentucky solely for receiving medical services using Medicaid and require proof of residency.

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Title

AN ACT relating to health services.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 183 (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-04Senateto Health Services (S)
2024-03-01Senateto Committee on Committees (S)
2024-03-01Senatereceived in Senate
2024-02-29House3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2024-02-28Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 29, 2024
2024-02-23House2nd reading, to Rules
2024-02-22Housereported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2024-02-20Houseto Health Services (H)
2024-01-30Houseto Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-30Houseintroduced in House

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