House Bill 556

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Last Action 02/15/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title AN ACT relating to coverage for injectable epinephrine devices.
Bill Documents Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements Actuarial Analysis
Local Mandate
Bill Request Number 1646
Sponsor C. Stevenson
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover injectable epinephrine devices for persons 18 years of age or younger; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485,164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the 18-and-under injectable epinephrine device coverage requirement; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Index Headings of Original Version Actuarial Analysis - Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement
Local Mandate - Injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement
Drugs and Medicines - Injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement
Education, Higher - Self-insured group plans, injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement
Effective Dates, Delayed - Injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement, January 1, 2025
Insurance, Health - Injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement
State Employees - Health plan, injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement
Medicaid - Injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement
Children and Minors - Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, injectable epinephrine devices, coverage requirement

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02/15/24
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)


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