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CHAPTER 117
( HB 689 )
AN ACT relating to the establishment of a Medicaid state-directed payment program.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Section 1. KRS 205.6412 is amended to read as follows:
To the extent permitted under federal law and in addition to, and separate from, the programs developed pursuant to
KRS 205.6406, the department shall develop programs[a program] to improve quality of and access to care for
residents of the Commonwealth enrolled in the state's Medicaid program by increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates
for qualifying hospitals in accordance with the following: