SB280 - AN ACT relating to health facilities.

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Creates new sections of KRS 205 to define terms and to direct that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services develop a Medicaid directed payment program to improve Medicaid reimbursement rates for qualifying hospitals located in counties with a Medicaid population greater than statewide median Medicaid enrollment percentage; amends KRS 205.6405 to revise the definition of “qualifying hospital” for the hospital rate improvement program; and amends KRS 216B.065 to require that the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and any medical system or college or school of medicine affiliate thereof receive approval from the General Assembly before acquiring or constructing an acute care hospital.