Last Action | 01/22/24: to Committee on Committees (H) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health and substance use disorders. |
Bill Documents | Introduced |
Fiscal Impact Statements |
Actuarial Analysis
Health Mandate Local Mandate |
Bill Request Number | 1322 |
Sponsors | R. Roberts, C. Aull, T. Bojanowski, G. Brown Jr., B. Chester-Burton, K. Herron |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-665 to define terms; require certain health plans to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorder; establish requirements relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits and utilization review; amend KRS 304.17A-661 to require the commissioner of insurance to enforce the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 304.17A-665 to require the commissioner of insurance to provide and publish a report on mental health parity; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-665 to establish requirements for certain health plans with respect to prescriptions drugs for the treatment of substance use disorder; require mental health and substance use disorder benefits to be classified as emergency benefits when provided by mental health and substance use disorder emergency practitioners; require certain health plans to provide coverage for an annual comprehensive mental health wellness examination provided by a mental health professional in accordance with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines; establish requirements for the mental health wellness examination coverage; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish penalties; amend KRS 304.17A-265 to conform; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with certain sections; make technical amendments; repeal KRS 304.17A-669; direct that provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; require the Department of Insurance to seek a waiver of cost defrayal requirements, if applicable; 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, 2026. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Actuarial Analysis - Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Health Benefit Mandate - Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Local Mandate - Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Education, Higher - Self-insured employer group health plan, mental health and substance use disorder coverage Effective Dates, Delayed - Mental health and substance use disorder coverage, January 1, 2026 Federal Laws and Regulations - Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, compliance Health and Medical Services - Mental health and substance use disorder coverage Insurance, Health - Mental health and substance use disorder coverage Mental Health - Mental health and substance use disorder coverage State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Medicaid, waiver, mental health and substance use disorder State Agencies - Department of Insurance, report, mental health parity State Agencies - Department of Insurance, waiver, cost defrayal requirements State Employees - Health plan, mental health and substance use disorder coverage Technical Corrections - Medicaid and KCHIP Medicaid - Mental health and substance use disorder coverage Alcoholism - Mental health and substance use disorder coverage Children and Minors - Mental health and substance use disorder coverage Reports Mandated - Department of Insurance, mental health parity Opioids - Mental health and substance use disorder coverage |
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Last updated: 9/26/2024 1:37 PM (EDT)