HB695
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Retain original provisions, except delete Medicaid coverage limitations for psychoeducational services; establish that changes to the Medicaid program necessitated by requirements imposed by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or related to payment programs for university hospitals shall be exempt from the requirement that the change be authorized by the General Assembly; amend KRS 205.5371 to establish that the community engagement program shall be a mandatory waiver program; locate the Kentucky Medicaid pharmaceutical…
Introduced: February 19, 2025
Last action: March 27, 2025
In effect since March 27, 2025
This act carries an emergency clause, so it took effect as soon as it became law instead of waiting the usual 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
Plain-language summary
This bill makes several changes to how Kentucky's Medicaid program is run, including removing coverage limits on certain educational support services related to mental health, shifting oversight of a pharmaceutical rebate fund to a different state agency, and requiring closer monitoring of behavioral health and substance use disorder services. It also creates a new Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board to provide ongoing review of the program, requires managed care organizations to use a scorecard for…
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