23RS HB 279

House Bill 279

Actions

Last Action	02/14/23: to Committee on Committees (H)
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