republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2018rs/sb-5.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to directly administer all outpatient pharmacy benefits; prohibit renewal or negotiation of new contracts to provide Medicaid managed care that allow administration of outpatient benefits by any entity but the Department for Medicaid Services; reduce costs of future Medicaid managed care contracts by costs of all outpatient pharmacy benefits as they existed on January 1, 2017; allow the department to utilize managed care principles and techniques to assist with member medication adherence and cost control; require the department to establish a reasonable dispensing fee pursuant to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.	AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to directly administer all outpatient pharmacy benefits; prohibit renewal or negotiation of new contracts to provide Medicaid managed care that allow administration of outpatient benefits by any entity but the Department for Medicaid Services; reduce costs of future Medicaid managed care contracts by costs of all outpatient pharmacy benefits as they existed on January 1, 2017; allow the department to utilize managed care principles and techniques to assist with member medication adherence and cost control; require the department to establish a reasonable dispensing fee pursuant to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2018RS	SB 5	Kentucky SB 5 (2018RS)	bill		enacted	C. Embry Jr. D. Carroll J. Bowen J. Carpenter M. Wilson M. Wise P. Hornback R. Alvarado R. Girdler R. Thomas S. Meredith S. West	9	29	0	2017-09-25	2018-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/f750213d-9048-4dca-9778-9d68be820e24	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB5.htm	137f0dc70aada81139b527d2d9af56e7bbad463ce7a1a76d82f7f7f5f4ac77fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 5 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to directly administer all outpatient pharmacy benefits; prohibit renewal or negotiation of new contracts to provide Medicaid managed care that allow administration of outpatient benefits by any entity but the Department for Medicaid Services; reduce costs of future Medicaid managed care contracts by costs of all outpatient pharmacy benefits as they existed on January 1, 2017; allow the department to utilize managed care principles and techniques to assist with member medication adherence and cost control; require the department to establish a reasonable dispensing fee pursuant to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HCA1 (committee substitute) — source
2. HCA2 (committee substitute) — source
3. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HFA2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 5 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
8. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source
9. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
• D. Carroll — primary (person)
• J. Bowen — primary (person)
• J. Carpenter — primary (person)
• M. Wilson — primary (person)
• M. Wise — primary (person)
• P. Hornback — primary (person)
• R. Alvarado — primary (person)
• R. Girdler — primary (person)
• R. Thomas — primary (person)
• S. Meredith — primary (person)
• S. West — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-09-25 Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
• 2018-01-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-01-03 To Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) reading-1
• 2018-02-15 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-02-16 Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-28 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 1, 2018
• 2018-03-01 3rd reading, passed 32-4 with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1) reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-02 Received in House
• 2018-03-06 To Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
• 2018-03-13 Posted in committee
• 2018-03-15 Taken from Banking & Insurance (H)
• 2018-03-15 1st reading reading-1
• 2018-03-15 Returned to Banking & Insurance (H)
• 2018-03-16 Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendments (1) and (2-title) reading-2
• 2018-03-16 Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-19 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
• 2018-03-20 Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-20 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (2-title), and floor amendment (2) reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-21 Received in Senate
• 2018-03-22 Posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, committee amendments (2-title) & floor amendment (2)
• 2018-03-27 Passed over and retained in the Concurrence Orders of the Day
• 2018-03-29 Passed over and retained in the Concurrence Orders of the Day
• 2018-04-02 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1), committee amendment (2-title) and floor amendment (2)
• 2018-04-02 Bill passed 37-0
• 2018-04-02 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2018-04-02 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2018-04-02 Delivered to Governor
• 2018-04-13 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 157) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f750213d-9048-4dca-9778-9d68be820e24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).