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SB149 - AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.
Stephen L. Meredith, Karen Berg, Robin L. Webb
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to establish cost-sharing requirements for prescription drugs; require rebates to be passed through; establish confidentiality requirements for the rebate information; create a new section of KRS 365.880 to 365.900 to provide that the actual amount of rebates received is a trade secret; provide that compliance with the prescription drugs cost-sharing and rebate requirements shall not be in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to apply the cost-sharing and rebate requirements for prescription drugs to limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution; repeal KRS 304.38A-120, relating to assignment of certain benefits under limited health service organization plans, to consolidate like provisions; apply provisions to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB188 - AN ACT relating to patient access to pharmacy benefits.
George Maxwell Wise, Stephen L. Meredith, Karen Berg
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 18A.2254 to require that the state employee health plan and state agencies comply with certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; creates new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practices, to require that insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefits administrators establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks, to require the filing of an annual report, to require that the insurance commissioner review pharmacy networks, to provide that information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under open records laws, to establish requirements for certain contracts between a pharmacy or pharmacist and an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other pharmacy benefits administrator, to establish prohibited conduct and requirements for certain pharmacy-related insurance practices, and to establish a complaint process for insureds, pharmacies, and pharmacists impacted by a violation of certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; creates a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the insurance commissioner to order reimbursement to persons who incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation of certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; amends KRS 304.9-053 to require certain filings; amends KRS 304.9-054 to establish requirements for pharmacy benefit manager licensure; amends KRS 304.9-055 to require that the insurance commissioner promulgate certain administrative regulations relating to pharmacy benefit managers; amends KRS 304.14-120 to require that the insurance commissioner review certain health plan filings; amends KRS 304.17A-712 to conform; amends KRS 304.17C-125 to apply certain pharmacy-related insurance laws to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts; amends KRS 304.38A-115 to apply certain pharmacy-related insurance laws to limited health service organizations; repeals KRS 304.38A-120, relating to assignment of certain benefits under limited health service organization plans, to consolidate provisions; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require reporting by ambulatory pharmacies to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy; amends KRS 367.828 to establish certain requirements for health discount plans relating to prescription drugs; makes technical corrections to existing statutes throughout; applies various sections to contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; and requires the insurance commissioner and the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate implementing administrative regulations by certain dates; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB95 - AN ACT relating to lactating students.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, Shelley Frommeyer, Karen Berg
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 158 and 164 to require public schools, public charter schools, and public postsecondary institutions to provide reasonable accommodations to a lactating student; set forth the minimum requirements for those reasonable accommodations; require public schools, public charter schools, and public postsecondary institutions to provide lactating students a reasonable amount of time to express breast milk or breastfeed without incurring an academic penalty.
STATUS
Introduced
SR1 - A RESOLUTION honoring the extraordinary service of Senator Damon Thayer to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
Julie Adams, Casey Chambers Armstrong, Karen Berg
Last updated 5 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Honor the extraordinary service of Senator Damon Thayer to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
SR4 - A RESOLUTION honoring Senator Denise Harper Angel upon her retirement from the General Assembly.
Damon Thayer, Julie Adams, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 5 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Honor Senator Denise Harper Angel upon her retirement from the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
SR2 - A RESOLUTION honoring the extraordinary service of Senator John Schickel to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
Damon Thayer, Julie Adams, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 5 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Honor the extraordinary service of Senator John Schickel to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Kentucky district SD-026
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Kentucky Senate
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Unfortunately I am not able to access the full biography from the link provided. However, here is a summary of key information about Karen Berg's background and experience: Karen Berg is running for Missouri State House District 16 in 2022. She previously served on the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen starting in 2019. Berg has over 20 years of experience working in accounting and finance roles in the private sector. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). Berg says her top priorities if elected would be improving infrastructure, education, public safety, and economic growth in Missouri. She wants to apply her financial experience to help allocate government spending more efficiently. Berg is a lifetime Missouri resident. She lives in Sunset Hills with her husband and has two children. In her free time she enjoys sports, reading, and spending time with her family. I aimed to provide a concise summary of key details about Karen Berg from what I could access, without reproducing copyrighted material. Please let me know if you need any clarification or have additional questions!read less
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