Now more news, a complex measure on Medicaid could KET the governor from expanding the health coverage program for the poor without legislative oversight and Swift moving approval from committee to the House floor.

In a matter of a few hours.

House Bill 695 would KET the State Department of Medicaid Services from altering Medicaid without approval from the Kentucky General Assembly.

A move that conflicts with Governor Andy Beshear is expansion of Medicaid to cover dental vision and hearing services among various new requirements for the state health cabinet.

The bill would also authorize the Cabinet to issue community engagement, waivers to able-bodied Medicaid recipients with no dependents.

It comes as House Bill 9 which establishes a Medicaid oversight committee is also co-signed by the House.

>> What we're doing is we just passed a bill in the House floor.

That is the Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board.

We see that is a bill that will govern Medicaid moving forward.

That's how we can wrap our hands around Medicaid in better manage it and make policy decisions as a body through that board.

As I mentioned before, roughly one out of 3 Kentuckyian is currently enrolled in Medicaid or KET Ship is the second largest general fund unit within our state budget and the growth we're seeing currently is at a rate that's just not sustainable.

We're starting to see some pressure points.

So all we are trying to do with House Bill 695. is just stabilize the program.

Hold it where it is today.

Let's get House Bill 9 Medicaid advisory board set up so we can start running Medicaid issues through that Bill.

We can have the executive branch, legislative branch outside parties come to the table and make better decisions moving forward.

>> The critics of those bills say they could lead to some Kentucky ends losing care under Medicaid.

House minority floor leader Pan Stevenson said Republicans were moving too fast with the measures.

>> We are establishing an oversight board to deal with this in mammoth of a organization that Medicaid and yet we're still in this bill going in doing a little here, a little there.

Instead of letting the boarding bullet, the board will be up and ready to go.

As you say as soon as possible.

And might.

The big problem is?

>> We also we don't understand it.

So we don't know how many people will be kicked off because of this bill.

This bill was heard in committee today at 11:00AM and he's on the floor and 03:00PM.

And so my concern is we're moving so fast on something that is >> complex by everybody's explanation.

In fact, the gentleman today stated that nobody in the House of Representatives, not the Senate, understood this bill that we have experts that work it day in and day out.

So why are we moving so fast to change?

And there are changes in this bill.

For example, thus the if they can't get implemented within 7 days, they have to let this body know what have we done anything in 7 days?

Let alone read the bill analyzed.

We'll see if we can implement it or not.

>> House Bill 695 went on to pass the House floor today along party lines, 80 to 19.