23RS HB 592

House Bill 592

Actions

Last Action	02/22/23: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to behavioral health services.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1769
Sponsor	K. Moser
Summary of Original Version	Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms, establish a Kentucky Youth Mobile Crisis Response Program within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, set requirements for mobile crisis response teams, require the cabinet to develop protocols, issue a report to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Family Services; and require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish a Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Advisory Board; require behavioral health emergency services and mobile crisis team services to be funded by the state if the individual meets the definition of uninsured or if the service is not covered by the individual's health plan; require a health insurance policy or plan that provides benefits for mental health or substance abuse to provide coverage for behavioral health emergency services; amend KRS 205.522 to require that Medicaid cover behavioral health emergency services; amend KRS 205.6485 to require behavioral health emergency services to be covered by the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program; amend KRS 164.2871 to require coverage for behavioral health emergency services under the self-insured employer group health plan; amend KRS 18A.225 to require coverage for behavioral health emergency services under the state employee health insurance program; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a waiver should it be necessary; EFFECTIVE; in part, January 1, 2024.
Index Headings of Original Version	Diseases - Behavioral health emergency services, mental health services, crisis receiving services Health and Medical Services - Behavioral health emergency services, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, program establish Insurance, Health - Behavioral health emergency services, crisis receiving and stabilization services, coverage Insurance, Health - Self-insured employer group, state employee health insurance, coverage Mental Disability - Behavioral health emergency services, mental health services, crisis receiving services Mental Health - Behavioral health emergency services, crisis receiving and stabilization services, coverage Public Health - Behavioral health emergency services, crisis receiving and stabilization services, provide Public Medical Assistance - Medicaid, Behavioral health emergency services, coverage State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky Youth Mobile Crisis Response program, establish Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees - Advisory Board, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department of Juvenile and Education Substance Abuse - Behavioral health emergency services, mental health or substance use disorder, assistance Medicaid - Medicaid, Behavioral health emergency services, coverage Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky Youth Mobile Crisis Response program Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, promulgate administrative regulations Children and Minors - Behavioral health emergency services, program, mental health services, establish program Children and Minors - Crisis receiving and stabilization services, program established, crisis response team