{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-645","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 304.17A-645","heading":"Covered person's access to participating nonprimary care physician","body":"specialist.\nAn insurer shall not, under its health benefit plan prohibit a primary care physician from\nauthorizing a covered person's referral to a participating nonprimary care ph ysician\nspecialist. A primary care physician treating a covered person who has a chronic,\ndisabling, congenital, or life -threatening condition may authorize a referral to a\nparticipating nonprimary care physician specialist, up to twelve (12) months or for  the\ncontract period, whichever is shorter. Under this referral arrangement the covered person\nshall have direct access to the nonprimary care physician specialist, without the need of\nfurther contact or referral by the primary care physician.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=29321","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:57:47Z","sha256":"3ae59d421f4b87499b5941efa1218cfb9494e00b0a4345f3a0ca85d9e642f2e8","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-643","next":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-647"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}