2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 18A - STATE PERSONNEL 18A.2255 Health benefit plans and other information to be submitted to Advisory Committee of State Health Insurers -- Approval or recommendations for changes -- Committee to advise on options, bids, administration, and drug formulary -- Written report or testimony.
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18A.2255 Health benefit plans and other information to be submitted to
Advisory Committee of State Health Insurers -- Approval or
recommendations for changes -- Committee to advise on options, bids,
administration, and drug formulary -- Written report or testimony.
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The secretary of the Personnel Cabinet shall submit to the Advisory Committee
of State Health Insurance Subscribers established in KRS 18A.225, at least
thirty (30) days prior to issuing requests for proposals, the health benefit plans
that will be submitted to carriers. The secretary of the Personnel Cabinet shall
also provide to employee organizations who are represented on the Advisory
Committee of State Health Insurance Subscribers information necessary so
that the member representing the organization can fulfill his or her
responsibilities under this section. The advisory committee shall submit in
writing to the secretary the committee's approval of the plans or its
recommendations on changes to the plans no later than seven (7) days prior to
the issuance of requests for proposals. The advisory committee shall advise
the secretary on:
(a) Health insurance benefit options that should be included in the program;
(b) Procedures for soliciting bids or requesting proposals for contracts from
carriers for the program;
(c) The implementation, maintenance, and administration of the health
insurance benefits under the program; and
(d) The development of a uniform prescription drug formulary that contains
fair and reasonable standards and procedures for patient access to
medically necessary alternatives to the formulary and patient choice of
higher-cost alternatives to the formulary, and that ensures that discounts
negotiated with drug manufacturers are passed to the program.
The secretary of the Personnel Cabinet shall, at the discretion of the co-chairs
of the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, either submit a
written report to or testify before the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations
and Revenue on the state employee health insurance program for the next
plan year prior to the issuance of the requests for proposals.
Effective:October 19, 2004
History: Created 2004 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 5, effective October
19, 2004.
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