Senate Bills sb1 (BR427)/aa j. Bowen, R. Stivers II, C. McDaniel, D. Thayer an act relating to retirement

AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to define a "seasonal/on recall employee" and require certification for an employer with these types of employees; amend KRS 341.350 to exempt seasonal/on recall employees from the waiting week and reemployment requirements.

Nov 28, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Banking & Insurance (H)

Jan 03, 2018 - reassigned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

Feb 28, 2018 - posted in committee

HB68 (BR339)/FN - K. Fleming , J. Blanton, D. Bentley, R. Benvenuti III, M. Cantrell, T. Couch, J. DeCesare, D. Elliott, J. Fischer, C. Fugate, A. Gentry, J. Greer, R. Huff, DJ Johnson, K. King, C. McCoy, R. Meeks, M. Meredith, S. Miles, J. Miller, R. Mills, C. Morgan, R. Palumbo, J. Petrie, B. Reed, J. Richards, S. Santoro, J. Sims Jr, D. St. Onge, R. Webber

AN ACT relating to law enforcement support programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to provide a law enforcement professional development and wellness program; outline standards for program; require program to be confidential; create a fund for the program's administration; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Nov 28, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Judiciary (H)

Jan 04, 2018 - posted in committee

Jan 10, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

Jan 11, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Feb 01, 2018 - posted in committee

Feb 06, 2018 - reported favorably, to Rules

Feb 07, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 8, 2018

Feb 08, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 95-0

Feb 09, 2018 - received in Senate

Feb 12, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Feb 20, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

Feb 21, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Mar 20, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018; 3rd reading, passed 38-0

Mar 21, 2018 - received in House; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor

AN ACT relating to service delivery improvements in managed care networks.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish and require that the Department for Medicaid Services designate a single credentialing verification organization to verify credentials for DMS and all contracted Medicaid Managed Care Organizations; submit the credentialing organization to Government Contract Review Committee for comment; require providers to submit a single application to the credentialing organization; require notification within 5 days to the provider if application is complete; require verified packets be sent to the DMS and MCOs within 30 days; require DMS to enroll providers within 15 days and for the MCOs to determine if they will contract with the provider within 15 days; specify that for reimbursement of claims purposes the date of the submission of the credentialing application shall be the date of original enrollment and credentialing; address the written internal appeals process of MCOs; require 24/7 utilization reviews and daily staffing for claims resolution; establish grievance and appeal timeline and written appeal requirements; require reprocessing of incorrectly paid or erroneously denied claims; allow for in-person meetings for unpaid claims beyond 45 days and that individually or in the aggregate exceed $2,500; require consistency and timeliness between physical, behavioral, or other medically necessary services; establish timelines for preauthorization requests; require that substance use disorder be treated as an urgent preauthorization request; require a single nationally recognized clinical review criteria for both physical health and behavioral health services; establish monthly reporting requirements for MCOs relating to claims; require reporting between the DMS and the Department of Insurance; establish penalties for MCOs that fail to comply; prohibit automatic assignment of Medicaid enrollees to an MCO unless there is a participating acute care hospital within the distance requirements; allow for enrollees to change MCOs outside of the open enrollment if their hospital or PCP terminates participation with an MCO; amend KRS 304.17A-515 to require each managed care plan to demonstrate that it offers physically available acute care hospital services; amend KRS 304.17A-576 to require a response about credentialing within 45 instead of 90 days; amend KRS 304.17A-700 to reference Section 1 of the bill.

HB69 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1 - Amend original provisions to require DMS to enroll providers within 30 days and for the MCOs to determine if they will contract with the provider within 30 days; specify that for reimbursement of claims purposes the date of the submission of the credentialing application shall be the date of receipt of clean application for credentialing; address the written internal appeals process of MCOs; require telephone line for utilization reviews and staffing for claims resolution; establish grievance and appeal timeline and written appeal requirements; require reprocessing of incorrectly paid or erroneously denied claims; allow for in-person meetings for unpaid clean claims not properly paid and other unpaid claims beyond 45 days and that individually or in the aggregate exceed $2,500; conform definition of timeliness for authorization request to federal regulations; change "urgent preauthorization request" to "expedited authorization request"; modify penalties for MCOs that fail to comply; prohibit automatic assignment of Medicaid enrollees to an MCO; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid MCOs to have a utilization review plan and use review criteria selected by the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid MCOs to comply with KRS 304.17A-515; amend KRS 304.17A-515 to require each managed care plan to demonstrate that it offers physically available acute care hospital services; amend KRS 304.17A-576 to require a response about credentialing within 45 instead of 90 days; amend KRS 304.17A-700 to reference Section 1 of the bill; Create a new section of Subtitle 38 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to select utilization review criteria for use by Medicaid MCOs; amend KRS 304.3-200 to allow revocation of certificate of authority of an insurer offering Medicaid services for failure to comply; amend KRS 304.38-130 to allow revocation of certificate of authority of an HMO offering Medicaid services for failure to comply; amend KRS 304.99-123 to allow the Department of Insurance to assess fines against Medicaid Managed Care organizations for failure to comply.

HFA1(B. Rowland) - Amend original provisions in Section 5 to replace "utilization review determination" with "determinations of medical necessity and clinical appropriateness"; amend Section 10 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to establish a process for designating medical necessity criteria for use by Medicaid managed care organizations; to establish requirements for the process; to require that the criteria designated be nationally recognized, objective and evidence based and not proprietary property of a Medicaid managed care organization; and to require the commissioner to collaborate with the Department for Medicaid Services in the designation process.

SCS1 - Retain provisions of the GA version, except allow for an MCO to have 10 days to update its internal processing systems to include new provider contracts and an additional 15 days if notice is provided; delete a provision which allowed members to change MCOs if a hospital or primary care provider left the MCOs network outside of the open enrollment period; require a willful or frequent, repeated violations of certain provisions before the commissioner of insurance is authorized to subject a Medicaid managed care organization to penalties.

SFA1(R. Alvarado) - Remove substance abuse services from the behavioral health services medical necessity criteria; require that the commissioner of DMS receive input from healthcare professionals and members of the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance from each category of care when selecting medical necessity criteria.

Nov 29, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Banking & Insurance (H)

Jan 31, 2018 - posted in committee

Feb 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute

Feb 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Feb 20, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Feb 21, 2018 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

Feb 22, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)

Feb 23, 2018 - received in Senate

Feb 26, 2018 - to Health & Welfare (S)

Mar 14, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

Mar 15, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018

Mar 16, 2018 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

Mar 19, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1)

Mar 20, 2018 - received in House; to Rules (H)

Mar 21, 2018 - taken from Rules; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1); House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1); passed 91-1

Mar 22, 2018 - enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor

AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.

Amend KRS 17.546 to prohibit sex offender registrants from knowingly or intentionally using electronic communications for the purpose of soliciting, contacting, communicating with, or gathering information about a person less than 18 years of age; provide an exception for a registrant using electronic communications to contact, communicate with, or gather information about his or her minor child if not otherwise prohibited and if permitted by the sentencing court; amend KRS 17.510 to require a registrant to provide written notice of all phone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and usernames used by a registrant to electronically communicate with a person less than 18 years of age.

HB70 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1/CI/LM - Clarify that sex offender registrants who have committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor after the effective date of this Act are prohibited from knowingly or intentionally using electronic communications for the purpose of communicating with or gathering information about a minor; amend KRS 17.500, 17.510, and 17.580 to no longer require a registrant to provide his or her email addresses or internet usernames to probation and parole.

Nov 30, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Judiciary (H)

Jan 04, 2018 - posted in committee

Jan 17, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

Jan 18, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, January 19, 2018

Jan 19, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

Jan 22, 2018 - received in Senate

Jan 23, 2018 - to Judiciary (S)

Feb 22, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

Feb 23, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Mar 19, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018; 3rd reading, passed 38-0

Mar 20, 2018 - received in House; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor

AN ACT relating to distribution of sexually explicit images without the consent of the person depicted.

Amend KRS 531.010 to define "private erotic matter"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of sexually explicit images without consent; make such distribution a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for the second or subsequent offense, unless it is done for profit, in which case it is a Class D felony for the first offense and a Class C felony for the second or subsequent offense.

HB71 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1/CI/LM - Retain original provisions; remove requirement of specific intent to profit, harm, harass, intimidate, threaten, or coerce; create new section of KRS Chaper 411 creating a cause of action for failing to remove a sexually explicit image pursuant to a request.

SCS1/CI/LM - Retain original provisions; include requirement of specific intent to profit, harm, harass, intimidate, threaten, or coerce.

SFA1(J. Schickel) - Exempt convictions under this statute from registration as a sex offender.

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Judiciary (H)

Jan 04, 2018 - posted in committee

Jan 24, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute

Jan 25, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Jan 26, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018

Jan 29, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Committee Substitute

Jan 30, 2018 - received in Senate

Jan 31, 2018 - to Judiciary (S)

Mar 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

Mar 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

Mar 20, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Mar 21, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1)

Mar 22, 2018 - received in House; to Rules (H); taken from Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1); House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1); passed 90-2; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

Mar 27, 2018 - enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor

AN ACT relating to legislative procedures for state fiscal measures.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require roll call votes on any state fiscal measure, including an appropriation or revenue-raising measure, voted upon in the Senate or House of Representatives or a committee thereof; require identification of any state fiscal measure by the director of the Legislative Research Commission, or upon a determination by the Senate or House of Representatives or a committee of either; require separate votes for any state fiscal measure.

Dec 05, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to State Government (H)

Jan 23, 2018 - posted in committee

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.

Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than four consecutive terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, and to prevent members of the House of Representatives from serving more than six consecutive terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, beginning with those elected in November 2018; allow legislators to resume service in the house from which they were term-limited after two or more years have elapsed; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Dec 06, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

Jan 17, 2018 - posted in committee

AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.

Amend KRS 226.040 to require specific information on a pawnbroker's register to be included on an Internet-based register; require that the register be available to law enforcement personnel and that it contain a full description of property purchased or pawned; require secondhand merchandise sold to a pawnbroker to be held a minimum of 12 days before being resold.

HB74 - AMENDMENTS

HFA1(K. King) - Amend KRS 226.040 to allow alternative forms of identification and require law enforcement to provide a case report or other documentation that an item has been stolen before a pawnbroker will be required to surrender the item to a law enforcement official.

SFA1(C. McDaniel) - Retain original provisions, amend KRS 226.040 to clarify that, in addition to loans for items pawned, other transactions required to be reported are purchases by the pawnbroker from the general public.

SFA2(T. Buford) - Retain original provisions and specify that the register shall show the driver's license number and the number of any other state or federally issued picture identification.

Dec 06, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)

Jan 05, 2018 - posted in committee

Jan 10, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

Jan 11, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed

Jan 16, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Jan 17, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 85-0 with floor amendment (1)

Jan 18, 2018 - received in Senate

Jan 19, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)

Feb 13, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed

Feb 14, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Feb 15, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Feb 16, 2018 - floor amendment (2) filed

Feb 20, 2018 - passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

Feb 21, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2)

Feb 22, 2018 - received in House; to Rules (H)

Feb 23, 2018 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2)

Mar 02, 2018 - House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2); passed 75-2

Mar 05, 2018 - enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

Mar 06, 2018 - enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor

Mar 13, 2018 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 15)

HB75 (BR432)/LM - S. Riggs, J. Greer, A. Koenig, J. Miller, M. Prunty, R. Rothenburger

AN ACT relating to investments made by local governments.

Amend KRS 66.480, relating to investments for local governments, to remove the 20% restriction from securities and to add to the permitted investments local governments may make mutual funds, closed-end, and exchange-traded funds and funds investing in individual preferred stock or equities as long as no more than 7% of the portfolio is composed of individual equities at the time of purchase and qualifying high-quality corporate bonds if the funds are managed by a professional investment advisor; specify that these two additional investment types cannot exceed 20% of the total amount of money invested by the local government; establish an investment limit of 5% of the total amount of money invested in any one issuer unless the issuer is the U.S. government or an agency thereof, or an entity whose obligations are guaranteed by the federal government.

HB75 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1/LM - Retain original provisions of bill relating to competent rating agencies, and allow exchange traded funds, individual equity securities, and individual high-quality corporate bonds to be invested in, provide limits for investments, including those for particular issuers.

HFA1(S. Riggs) - Include paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1), relating to certificates of deposit, within the investment language set out in subsection (2)(d)2.

Dec 07, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Local Government (H)

Jan 04, 2018 - posted in committee

Jan 17, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

Jan 18, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

Jan 22, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Jan 23, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1)

Jan 24, 2018 - received in Senate

Jan 25, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)

Mar 14, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

Mar 15, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

AN ACT relating to the taking of the sense of the people of the Commonwealth as to the necessity and expediency of calling a convention to revise or amend the Constitution of Kentucky, and the amendments that may have been made to it, as provided by Section 258 of the Constitution of Kentucky.

Propose to take the sense of the people of Kentucky regarding the calling of a convention to revise or amend the Constitution of Kentucky, as provided by Section 258 of the present Constitution.

Dec 07, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

Jan 17, 2018 - posted in committee

AN ACT relating to trespass.

Amend KRS 511.070 to allow notice of trespass to be given through the placement of identifying purple paint marks on property; require any owner or lessee who marks his or her real property in such a manner to also provide clear written notice forbidding entry.

Dec 07, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to Judiciary (H)

Jan 08, 2018 - posted in committee

Jan 17, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

Jan 18, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Jan 24, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 25, 2018

Jan 25, 2018 - 3rd reading, defeated 39-50

AN ACT relating to ethics.

Dec 08, 2017 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Jan 02, 2018 - introduced in House; to State Government (H)