KY HB590 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-04 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to directly administer behavioral health services benefits; prohibit the Department of Medicaid Services from entering into or renewing contracts that allow any entity other than the department to administer behavioral health service benefits to recipients; reduce costs of future Medicaid managed care contracts by costs of all behavioral health service benefits as they existed on January 1, 2019; amend KRS 205.527, 205.560, 205.6311, and 304.38-240 to conform.

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Title

AN ACT relating to behavioral health services benefits in the Medicaid program.

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-03-04Houseto Health and Family Services (H)
2020-03-02Houseintroduced in House

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