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Introduced January 7, 2025

Senate
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2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

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This bill would set a cap on how many private insurance companies the state can hire to manage Kentucky's Medicaid program, limiting the number to three or fewer. Currently there is no such cap in state law. The change would take effect January 1, 2026. Who it may affect: Kentuckians enrolled in Medicaid, and the managed care organizations that contract with the state to deliver those benefits.

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Legislative History

Feb 19, 2025 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 19, 2025 · House
Received In House
Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
Passed 36-0 With Committee Substitute (1) And Floor Amendment (2)
Yea: 36
Nay: 0
Absent: 2
Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
Floor Amendment (1) Withdrawn (clerical)
Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading (clerical)
Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
Passed Over And Retained In The Orders Of The Day (clerical)
Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
Floor Amendment (2) Filed To Committee Substitute (clerical)
Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Friday, February 14, 2025 (clerical)

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Stephen Meredith

Senator · Senate District 05

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Stephen.Meredith@kylegislature.gov

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Danny Carroll

Senator · Senate District 02

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Danny.Carroll@kylegislature.gov
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Donald Douglas

Senator · Senate District 22

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Donald.Douglas@kylegislature.gov
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Craig Richardson

Senator · Senate District 03

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craig.richardson@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of Lindsey Tichenor

Lindsey Tichenor

Senator · Senate District 06

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lindsey.tichenor@kylegislature.gov

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