| Last Action | 03/15/24: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to the protection of mothers and their children. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
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Actuarial Analysis
Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 1039 |
| Sponsors | J. Nemes, N. Tate, S. Baker, K. Banta, J. Bauman, D. Bentley, K. Bratcher, S. Bratcher, J. Calloway, R. Dotson, D. Fister, P. Flannery, K. Fleming, C. Fugate, D. Hale, M. Hart, R. Heath, J. Hodgson, T. Huff, M. Imes, DJ Johnson, B. McCool, S. McPherson, K. Moser, P. Pratt, M. Proctor, W. Thomas, T. Truett, B. Wesley, R. White, S. Witten |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of Subtitle17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amend KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with the special enrollment requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with the special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to define terms and provide for the payment of coverage premiums to eligible individuals; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid coverage for maternity services; amend KRS 205.592 to allow the Medicaid income limit for certain women and children to be increased under certain circumstances; amend KRS 205.6485 to require Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to provide maternity coverage; amend KRS 164.2847 to provide for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees for a child conceived and born as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 164.2849 to declare the interests of the Commonwealth in protecting the unborn and supporting a child conceived and born as a result of sexual assault within established parameters; amend KRS 199.011 to define a child conceived and delivered as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 199.473 to waive certain fees related to adoption proceedings; amend KRS 199.502 to include a conviction for specified criminal acts for an adoption without consent of the biological living parents; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish entitlement to nonrecurring adoption expenses under specified circumstances; amend KRS 199.894 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.8996 to establish the Child Care Assistance Program and establish eligibility requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to direct the Cabinet to provide informational material on benefits available to a victim of sexual assault and a child conceived as a result of the sexual assault; amend KRS 216B.400 to establish requirements for receipt of specified benefits related to sexual assault that results in pregnancy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 49 to establish benefits available to a child born as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 49.310 to conform; amend KRS 625.090 to add a conviction or guilty plea to any degree of rape, sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct as a basis to terminate parental rights; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver if potential cost defrayment or loss of federal funds is identified; provide that the Act may be cited as the Love Them Both Act; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Actuarial Analysis - State postsecondary institution self-insured employer plans, special enrollment period, pregnancy Local Mandate - Maternity care, coverage requirement Crime Victims - Pregnancy, result of sexual assault, benefits provision Crime Victims - Sexual assault, entitlement to benefits, reporting requirement Crime Victims - State postsecondary institution benefits, verification requirement Crimes and Punishments - Sexual assault, pregnancy, victim benefits, provision Crimes and Punishments - Sexual assault, resultant birth of child, victim benefits, provision Education, Higher - State postsecondary institution self-insured employer plans, maternity care, coverage requirement Education, Higher - State postsecondary institution self-insured employer plans, special enrollment period, pregnancy Education, Higher - State postsecondary institution, child born of sexual assault, benefits provision Effective Dates, Delayed - Health care coverage, women and children, January 1, 2025 Insurance, Health - Maternity care, coverage requirement Insurance, Health - Special enrollment period, pregnancy Parental Rights - Child born as result of sexual assault, termination Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Victim of sexual assault, reporting requirement Police, State - Verification for state postsecondary institution benefits, requirement Reproductive Issues - Pregnancy, health insurance, special enrollment period Reproductive Issues - Victim of sexual assault, resultant pregnancy, benefits provision State Employees - Health plan, maternity care, special enrollment period State Employees - Health plan, special enrollment period, pregnancy Women - Maternity care, health insurance coverage, provision Women - Pregnancy, health insurance, special enrollment period Medicaid - Income limit, women and children Children and Minors - Adoption, child born as result of sexual assault, benefits provision Children and Minors - Birth arising from sexual assault, benefits provision Short Titles and Popular Names - Love Them Both Act |
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Last updated: 9/26/2024 1:37 PM (EDT)