Rep. Ashley Laferty

Primary HB 90

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to coverage for diabetes treatment.

Amend KRS 304.17A-148 to require that cost sharing for noninsulin drugs and certain equipment and supplies necessary for the treatment of diabetes not exceed certain cost-sharing thresholds; prohibit insurers from conducting or imposing utilization review for diabetes treatment prescribed by a health care provider; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

In committee Jan 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 163

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the taxation of retirement distributions.

Amend KRS 141.019, relating to the individual income tax, to increase the retirement distribution exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022.

In committee Jan 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 162

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Amend KRS 342.020 to require an employer to pay for medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks; amend KRS 342.990 to conform.

In committee Jan 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 167

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to paramedic education and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish a coal-county paramedic scholarship to be administered by KHEAA; establish a fund in the State Treasury to be administered by KHEAA for providing coal-county paramedic scholarships; APPROPRIATION.

In committee Jan 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 42

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency.

Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Urgent-Need Insulin Program and the Continuing Access to Insulin Program; establish eligibility guidelines; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the board; require the board to report certain information to the General Assembly upon request; establish penalties; EMERGENCY.

In committee Jan 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 165

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to occupational disease claims.

Amend KRS 342.125 to remove the requirement that an affected employee previously diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to coal dust must have an additional two years of employment in the Commonwealth wherein the employee was continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease in order to reopen a claim.

In committee Jan 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 166

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of "board-certified pulmonary specialist" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified "B" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists.

In committee Jan 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1

Signed into law · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and care for children and declaring an emergency.

Signed into law Sep 9, 2021 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and care for children and declaring an emergency.

In committee Sep 9, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to COVID-19 emergency actions and declaring an emergency.

In committee Sep 9, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track