republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-370.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to health care trade practices."
description: "Create new sections of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; permit third-party access to provider network contracts if certain conditions are met; prohibit a dental carrier from canceling or otherwise ending a contractual relationship with a provider that opts out of third-party access; require a dental carrier to accept a qualified provider regardless of whether the provider opts out of third-party access; provide that a provider shall not be bound by third-party access granted in violation of the relevant provisions; establish exceptions to the third-party access provisions; allow a dental benefit plan to deny a claim for procedures included in a prior authorization when certain conditions are met; establish requirements for payments from the dental benefit plan to the dentist; require an insurer of a dental benefit plan to honor an assignment of benefits and make payments directly to the dentist or professional dental service corporation when certain conditions are met; permit a dentist or professional dental service corporation with a valid assignment of benefits to bill the insurer and notify the insurer of the assignment; require the dentist or professional dental service organization to provide the assignment of benefits to the insurer upon request; allow an assignment of benefits to be revoked when certain conditions are met; require the insurer of a dental benefit plan to send a revocation to the dentist or professional dental service corporation; establish the effective date of a revocation; require a dentist or professional dental service corporation to reimburse an insured under certain circumstances; prohibit provisions relating to third-party access, prior authorization, and assignment of benefits from being waived by contract; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require an insurer and its health insurance plans to comply with the provisions relating to third-party access, prior authorization, and assignment of benefits; amend KRS 304.17C-085 to define terms; prohibit a provider from charging more than the provider's rate for noncovered services under a limited health service benefit plan; prohibit the amount of a contractual discount for covered services from resulting in a fee less than the limited health service benefit plan would pay but for certain contractual limitations; require reimbursement by a limited health service benefit plan to be reasonable and prohibit nominal reimbursement in order to claim services are covered; amend KRS 304.17A-611 to require retrospective denials of dental services to comply with the new section on prior authorization; amend KRS 222.422 to conform; permit the commissioner of insurance to promulgate regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 370"
citation: "Kentucky HB 370 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Health Benefit Mandate", "Health and Medical Services", "Insurance", "Health", "Physicians and Practitioners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "B. Reed", "C. Massey", "D. Lewis", "K. Bratcher", "M. Lockett", "M. Pollock", "N. Kirk-McCormick", "P. Flannery", "R. Webber", "S. McPherson", "S. Riley", "S. Santoro", "S. Sheldon", "S. Westrom", "T. Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2922273-43f1-4bbd-8e55-fab1354f8bdb"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb370.html"
source_hash: "0b4a16c63e4b3d24851c83032269f1321620b85fab225ef878a8aaed95feb381"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 370 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to health care trade practices.

Create new sections of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; permit third-party access to provider network contracts if certain conditions are met; prohibit a dental carrier from canceling or otherwise ending a contractual relationship with a provider that opts out of third-party access; require a dental carrier to accept a qualified provider regardless of whether the provider opts out of third-party access; provide that a provider shall not be bound by third-party access granted in violation of the relevant provisions; establish exceptions to the third-party access provisions; allow a dental benefit plan to deny a claim for procedures included in a prior authorization when certain conditions are met; establish requirements for payments from the dental benefit plan to the dentist; require an insurer of a dental benefit plan to honor an assignment of benefits and make payments directly to the dentist or professional dental service corporation when certain conditions are met; permit a dentist or professional dental service corporation with a valid assignment of benefits to bill the insurer and notify the insurer of the assignment; require the dentist or professional dental service organization to provide the assignment of benefits to the insurer upon request; allow an assignment of benefits to be revoked when certain conditions are met; require the insurer of a dental benefit plan to send a revocation to the dentist or professional dental service corporation; establish the effective date of a revocation; require a dentist or professional dental service corporation to reimburse an insured under certain circumstances; prohibit provisions relating to third-party access, prior authorization, and assignment of benefits from being waived by contract; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require an insurer and its health insurance plans to comply with the provisions relating to third-party access, prior authorization, and assignment of benefits; amend KRS 304.17C-085 to define terms; prohibit a provider from charging more than the provider's rate for noncovered services under a limited health service benefit plan; prohibit the amount of a contractual discount for covered services from resulting in a fee less than the limited health service benefit plan would pay but for certain contractual limitations; require reimbursement by a limited health service benefit plan to be reasonable and prohibit nominal reimbursement in order to claim services are covered; amend KRS 304.17A-611 to require retrospective denials of dental services to comply with the new section on prior authorization; amend KRS 222.422 to conform; permit the commissioner of insurance to promulgate regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb370/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0048.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb370/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 370 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- M. Lockett — primary (person)
- M. Pollock — primary (person)
- N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2022
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 48) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2922273-43f1-4bbd-8e55-fab1354f8bdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).