22RS HB 299

House Bill 299

Actions

Last Action	01/13/22: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to reproductive health services.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Health Mandate
Bill Request Number	247
Sponsors	J. Raymond, K. Flood, A. Scott
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; prohibit cost sharing; 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 164.2871 to require state postsecondary self-insured employer group plans to comply with the new section on long-acting reversible contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid to comply with new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 18A.225 to require 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 approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023.
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, 2023 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 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 Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Medicaid waiver, family planning services Reports Mandated - Department of Insurance, contraceptive coverage Health Benefit Mandate - Contraceptive coverage