Senate
Adjourned Sine Die
2025 Regular Session
SB13
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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.
Introduced: January 7, 2025
Last action: February 19, 2025
To Committee On Committees (H)
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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
Jan 7, 2025 · Senate
Introduced In Senate
Jan 7, 2025 · Senate
To Committee On Committees (S)
Jan 9, 2025 · Senate
To Health Services (S)
Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1)
Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
Floor Amendment (1) Filed To Committee Substitute (clerical)
Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Friday, February 14, 2025 (clerical)
Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
Floor Amendment (2) Filed To Committee Substitute (clerical)
Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
Passed 36-0 With Committee Substitute (1) And Floor Amendment (2)
Primary Sponsor
Stephen.Meredith@kylegislature.gov
Co-sponsors (4)
Danny.Carroll@kylegislature.gov
Donald.Douglas@kylegislature.gov
craig.richardson@kylegislature.gov
lindsey.tichenor@kylegislature.gov
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