HB 289 Kentucky House · 2018 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to disproportionate share hospital payments and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 205.639 to establish definitions; amend KRS 205.640 to specify the process for submitting Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) surveys; specify the process by which initial and final DSH payments are calculated; provide for the distribution of DSH funds; require the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations to provide hospitals with a paid claims list within 90 days of the end of each hospital's fiscal year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a penalty for managed care organizations that do not provide hospitals with a paid claims list by the required deadline; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to permit the Department for Medicaid Services to promulgate administrative regulations to comply with changes in federal law regarding DSH payments and to make DSH payments contingent upon receipt of federal funds, the availability of state funds, and approval of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid; repeal KRS 205.641; APPROPRIATION.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
Signed into Law
Apr 2018
Introduced Jan 31, 2018 Signed Apr 2, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 2, 2018
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 76)
lower
Feb 23, 2018
Committee
To Health & Welfare (S)
upper
Feb 21, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed 84-11
lower
Feb 15, 2018
Introduced
Floor amendment filed
lower
Feb 13, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted in committee
lower
Feb 6, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted in committee
lower
Feb 2, 2018
Committee
To Health and Family Services (H)
lower
Jan 31, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of D.J. Johnson
D.J. Johnson
RRepublican
KY
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