AN ACT relating to Medicaid ordering, referring, and prescribing providers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish that the Department for Medicaid Services and any Medicaid managed care organization shall not prohibit a Medicaid beneficiary from entering into a direct primary care membership agreement or penalize a Medicaid beneficiary for receiving primary care services under a direct primary care membership agreement; establish that the department and any Medicaid managed care organization shall require a primary care provider who enters into a direct primary care membership agreement with a Medicaid beneficiary to enroll in the state Medicaid program as an ordering, referring, and prescribing provider for screening purposes only; permit the department to promulgate administrative regulations.