{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-530","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 304.17A-530","heading":"Prohibition against contract limiting disclosure to patient of patient","body":"medical condition or treatment options.\n(1) A managed care plan may not contract with a health care provider to limit the\nprovider's disclosure to an enrollee, or to another person on behalf of an enrollee, of\nany information relating to the enrollee's medical condition or treatment options.\n(2) A health care provider shall not be penalized, or a health care provider's contract\nwith a managed care plan terminated, because the pr ovider discusses medically\nnecessary or appropriate care with an enrollee or another person on behalf of an\nenrollee.\n(a) The health care provider may not be prohibited by the plan from discussing all\ntreatment options with the enrollee.\n(b) Other informat ion determined by the health care provider to be in the best\ninterests of the enrollee may be disclosed by the provider to the enrollee or to\nanother person on behalf of an enrollee.\n(3) (a) A health care provider shall not be penalized for discussing fina ncial\nincentives and financial arrangements between the provider and the insurer\nwith an enrollee.\n(b) Upon request, a managed care plan shall inform its enrollees in writing of the\ntype of financial arrangements between the plan and participating provider s if\nthose arrangements include an incentive or bonus.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17433","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:57:47Z","sha256":"0dabfddb0fff1044ccf8d67f9c6ca0808f16716b8d1e13203f7bb607812396de","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-527","next":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-532"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}