| Last Action | 02/24/22: floor amendment (1) filed |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to coverage for hepatitis C virus infection testing and treatment in pregnant women. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 372 |
| Sponsors | C. Stevenson, J. Jenkins, R. Palumbo, S. Westrom |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for testing and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by state postsecondary institutions, Medicaid, KCHIP, and the state employee health plan to comply with the hepatitis C virus infection coverage requirement; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Diseases - Hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, coverage requirement Education, Higher - Self-insured employer group health plan, hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, coverage Effective Dates, Delayed - Hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, coverage requirement, January 1, 2023 Insurance, Health - Hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, coverage requirement State Agencies - Employee health insurance, hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, coverage requirement Medicaid - Hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, coverage requirement Children and Minors - KCHIP, hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, coverage requirement |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Floor Amendment 1 |
| 12/03/21 |
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| 01/04/22 |
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| 02/24/22 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | C. Stevenson |
| Summary | Limit coverage requirement for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection to postpartum women. |
| Index Headings |
Children and Minors - KCHIP, hepatitis C virus infection, treatment, coverage requirement Diseases - Hepatitis C virus infection, treatment, insurance coverage requirement Education, Higher - Self-insured employer group health plan, Hepatitis C virus infection, treatment, coverage Insurance, Health - Hepatitis C virus infection, treatment, coverage requirement Medicaid - Hepatitis C virus infection, treatment, coverage requirement State Employees - Health plan, coverage requirement, hepatitis C virus infection, treatment |
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