Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-4914 through 4916: Health Care Providers– Health Care and Peer Review – Kansas
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1984
It is declared public policy of the state of Kansas that the provision of health care is essential to the well-being of its citizens as is the achievement of an acceptable quality of health care. …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-4955 through 4961: Health Care Provider Cooperation – Kansas
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1994
A health care provider may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with other health care providers in the state if the likely benefits resulting from the agreements outweigh any disadvantages attributable to a reduction in …
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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 194A.125. Telehealth Board; members; chair; scope of administrative regulations; board to make recommendations following consultation with Governor’s office; Universities of Kentucky and Louisville to report to General Assembly; receipt and dispensing of funds (Repealed July 1, 2019): Strategic Planning for Children in Placement – Kentucky
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2007
The Telehealth Board shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish certain telehealth training centers and to establish protocols and standards to be followed by the training centers and rural sites.
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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 216B.010. Legislative findings and purposes: Licensure and Regulation of Health Facilities and Services – Kentucky
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1980
It is the purpose of this chapter to fully authorize and empower the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to perform any certificate-of-need function and other statutory functions necessary to improve the quality and increase …
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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 216B.155. Development of quality assurance standards for health care facilities: Licensure and Regulation of Health Facilities and Services – Kentucky
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1998
All health care facilities and services licensed under this chapter, with the exception of personal care homes, family care homes, and boarding homes, shall develop comprehensive quality assurance or improvement standards adequate to identify, evaluate, …
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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 22:2161. Louisiana Health Care Commission; Creation: Louisiana Health Care Commission – Louisiana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1992
Statute creates the Louisiana Health Care Commission which has the duties and responsibilities of reviewing and studying the availability, affordability, and delivery of quality health care in Louisiana. The commission specifically is required to examine …
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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 22:971. Patient’s Bill of Rights: Health and Accident Insurance; Standards and Contract Requirements in General – Louisiana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2003
Statute establishes basic rights for patients, including allowing patients greater access to information and providing access to needed specialists and emergency rooms.
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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 40:1131 through 40:1131.3: Health Provisions: Emergency Medical Services – Louisiana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1968
Statutes govern emergency medical services. The department shall establish and maintain a program for the improvement and regulation of emergency medical services in Louisiana. The responsibility for implementation and conduct of this program shall be …
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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 40:2221 through 40:2223: Quality Assurance of Participants in Health Care Cost Control Program – Louisiana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1995
Statute prohibits a health maintenance organization, health insurance organization, managed care organization or other entity from providing a qualified plan unless that plan meets minimum standards. These statutes shall not be implemented unless a federal …
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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 46:160 through 46:160.10: Access to Better Care Medical Insurance Demonstration Project – Louisiana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1995
Statute authorizes the secretary to submit a waiver request to implement the Louisiana Access to Better Care Medicaid Insurance Demonstration Project, with the purpose of providing a more cost-effective means of providing health care coverage. …
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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 46:978 through 46:978.3: Health Care Reform Act of 2007 – Louisiana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2007
Act is created to improve health care outcomes in Louisiana by developing and implementing a health care delivery system that provides a continuum of evidence-based, quality driven health care services. The delivery system shall consist …
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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 46:979.1 through 46:979.6: Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Act – Louisiana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2014
Statutes create the Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Plan to lower health care costs by providing incentives for Louisiana consumers to serve as smart health care shoppers, to guarantee health care access to …
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LD 120 – Maine
Introduced: 2021 Status: Enacted
An Act To Lower Health Care Costs through the Establishment of the Office of Affordable Health Care. establishes the Office of Affordable Health Care for the purpose of analyzing health care costs in the state. …
LD 1639 – Maine
Introduced: 2023 Status: In Process
This bill establishes the Maine Quality Care Act in order to ensure adequate direct-care registered nurse staffing assignments in health care facilities, including hospitals, freestanding emergency departments and ambulatory surgical facilities, to provide safe and …
LD 1701 – Maine
Introduced: 2021 Status: Inactive / Dead
An Act To Establish a Managed Care Program for MaineCare Services
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111C, §§ 1 through 3: Emergency Medical Services System – Massachusetts
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2000
Statutes require the department to plan, guide, and coordinate programs to ensure the quality and accessibility of the state’s EMS system.
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