Last Action | 02/14/23: to Committee on Committees (H) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to reproductive health services. |
Bill Documents | Introduced |
Fiscal Impact Statement | Health Mandate |
Bill Request Number | 145 |
Sponsors | J. Raymond, G. Brown Jr., L. Willner |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485,164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, state postsecondary self-insured employer group plans, and the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on long-acting reversible contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate section; require insurers of health benefit plans to submit information relating to contraceptive coverage to the insurance commissioner; require the commissioner to report information relating to contraceptive coverage to the Legislative Research Commission; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; direct that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January, 1, 2024; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2024. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Drugs and Medicines - Long-acting reversible contraception, coverage requirement Education, Higher - Self-insured employer group health plan, long-acting reversible contraception, coverage requirement Effective Dates, Delayed - Contraceptive coverage, January 1, 2024 Insurance, Health - Long-acting reversible contraception, coverage requirement Reproductive Issues - Family planning services, Medicaid waiver Reproductive Issues - Long-acting reversible contraception, coverage requirement State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Medicaid, waiver application, family planning services State Employees - Health plan, long-acting reversible contraception, coverage requirement Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Medicaid waiver, family planning services Reports Mandated - Department of Insurance, contraceptive coverage Medicaid - Family planning services, waiver application Medicaid - Long-acting reversible contraception, coverage requirement Children and Minors - Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, long-acting reversible contraception, coverage Health Benefit Mandate - Long-acting reversible contraception, coverage requirement |
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Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)