Franklin County Circuit Court delays hearing in Passport Health Plan rate case; now set for March 5
A Franklin County Circuit Court judge, at the request of the state’s attorneys, has delayed the initial hearing in a lawsuit Passport Health Plan filed against the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the hearing will now take place March 5.
Passport filed suit on Feb. 15 after months of discussions with leaders at the Cabinet and its Department for...
Passport halts construction on West Louisville HQ; nonprofit health plan seeking critical rate relief
Passport Health Plan is delaying construction on its new headquarters building at 18th and Broadway while the organization attempts to resolve a dispute with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services.
Passport is seeking immediate relief from a reduction in reimbursement rates that disproportionately impacts Medicaid beneficiaries in the Louisville area – where the majority of Passport’s...
State Senator Dorsey Ridley calls judges ruling on public Pension bill the right decision for Kentucky
State Senator Dorsey Ridley, D-Henderson, called last week’s ruling by the Franklin County Circuit Court striking down Senate Bill 151, the public pension bill, the right decision.
The bill was found to be “unconstitutional and void.” Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd ruled that SB 151 violates the Kentucky Constitution because it did not receive three readings on three...
Judge declares Kentucky’s pension overhaul unconstitutional, citing process used to enact law
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd has declared a new Kentucky law overhauling the state’s government pension system unconstitutional.
Teachers protest the pension overhaul at the Capitol in April. A Franklin Circuit judge has ruled the law unconstitutional. (Photo from Kentucky Today)
In a ruling Wednesday, Shepherd took issue with the process lawmakers used...
