24RS HB 273

House Bill 273

Actions

Last Action	01/16/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to obesity treatment.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Actuarial Analysis Health Mandate Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1087
Sponsors	N. Tate, J. Raymond
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity and inform Medicaid enrollees of the availability of the coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on efforts to reduce and manage obesity; require the report to be made public on the cabinet's website; amend KRS 205.6485 to require KCHIP to comply with the coverage requirement; make technical amendments; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to provid comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity and establish cost-sharing requirements; provide that certain sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval, if necessary and submit information about any state plan amendment or waiver application; provide that the Act may be cited as the Diabetes Prevention and Obesity Treatment Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Local Mandate - Diabetes Prevention and Obesity Treatment Act Health Benefit Mandate - Obesity treatment, coverage requirement Diseases - Obesity treatment, coverage requirement Diseases - Obesity, report, Cabinet for Health and Family Services Drugs and Medicines - FDA-approved antiobesity medications, coverage requirement Education, Higher - Self-insured employer health plans, obesity treatment, coverage requirement Health and Medical Services - Obesity treatment, coverage requirement Insurance, Health - Obesity treatment, coverage requirement Public Medical Assistance - Medicaid and KCHIP, obesity treatment, coverage requirement State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, obesity treatment, coverage requirement, waiver State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, obesity, report State Employees - Health plan, obesity treatment, insurance coverage requirement Technical Corrections - KCHIP coverage requirements, technical amendments Medicaid - Obesity treatment, coverage requirement Children and Minors - KCHIP, obesity treatment, coverage requirement Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, obesity Short Titles and Popular Names - Diabetes Prevention and Obesity Treatment Act Actuarial Analysis - Diabetes Prevention and Obesity Treatment Act