HB 219 KY

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 214 to define "department" and "program"; establish the Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Program within the Department for Public Health; provide that services may be undertaken by private contract or operated by the department; allow the program to provide referral, examination, and rescreening services for uninsured and underinsured individuals for whom further examination or treatment is indicated by the lung cancer screening; require the department to adopt a schedule of income-based fees to be charged for lung cancer screenings; require that the fee schedule be such that the screenings are available to the largest number of people; permit the department to accept grants or awards of funds from federal or private sources; require the department to establish a data collection system; require the promulgation of administrative regulations; establish a restricted fund to be known as the Kentucky Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Program fund and establish parameters of the fund; require that the funds be used by the department to administer the program; require moneys in the fund to be administered by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; provide that moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year will carry forward into the succeeding fiscal year; require that interest earned on moneys in the fund will accrue to the fund; require that moneys in the fund are appropriated for the purposes of the program; require the fund to include funds distributed by the Transportation Cabinet from sales of special lung cancer prevention license plates; establish the Lung Cancer Screening Advisory Committee; establish the membership of the advisory committee; require the advisory committee to provide recommendations for implementation and conduct of the lung cancer screening program; require the advisory committee to establish and provide oversight for a lung cancer screening public awareness campaign; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to contract with the Kentucky Cancer Consortium at the University of Kentucky to provide the required support; require the amount of contracted services to be excluded from the base funding formula of the university as determined by the Council on Postsecondary Education; require the advisory committee to provide an annual report on implementation, outcomes, and recommendations; require the Kentucky Cancer Program to establish a lung cancer screening education and outreach program in each of the area development districts; require the education and outreach program to focus on individuals who lack access to lung cancer screening; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to contract with the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky to provide the required support and require the amount of contracted services to be excluded from the base funding formula of the universities as determined by the Council on Postsecondary Education; APPROPRIATION.

• K. Moser Republican · primary
• M. Prunty · primary
• K. Banta Republican · primary
• C. Freeland Republican · primary
• D. Graham · primary
• R. Huff · primary
• C. Miller · primary
• R. Palumbo · primary
• S. Santoro · primary
• S. Sheldon · primary
• N. Tate Republican · primary
• K. Timoney · primary
• S. Westrom · primary

1. Jan 5, 2022 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 5, 2022 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Jan 19, 2022 to Health & Family Services (H) · lower
4. Jan 20, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute · lower
5. Jan 21, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Jan 21, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 24, 2022 · lower
7. Jan 26, 2022 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
8. Jan 27, 2022 received in Senate · upper
9. Jan 27, 2022 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
10. Jan 31, 2022 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) · upper
11. Mar 16, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
12. Mar 17, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill · lower
13. Mar 21, 2022 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022 · lower
14. Mar 22, 2022 3rd reading, passed 37-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
15. Mar 22, 2022 received in House · lower
16. Mar 22, 2022 to Rules (H) · lower
17. Mar 24, 2022 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
18. Mar 25, 2022 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
19. Mar 25, 2022 passed 92-0 · lower
20. Mar 29, 2022 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
21. Mar 29, 2022 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
22. Mar 29, 2022 delivered to Governor · lower
23. Mar 31, 2022 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 71) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Acts Chapter 71 · PDF
• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF