25RS HB 414

House Bill 414

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Last Action	02/07/25: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to perinatal palliative care.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Actuarial Analysis Health Mandate Local Mandate State Employee Health Plan Impact
Bill Request Number	1496
Sponsor	N. Tate
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require all hospitals offering obstetric services and alternative birthing centers to provide or make referrals for perinatal palliative care; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for perinatal palliative care; 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 institution to its employees, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on perinatal palliative care; make technical corrections; provide that the Act may be cited as the Love Them Both Act of 2025; direct that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued, renewed, effective, or delivered on or after January 1, 2026; require the Department of Insurance to obtain federal approval if necessary; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to obtain federal approval if necessary, and comply with notice requirements; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026.
Index Headings of Original Version	Nurses - Perinatal palliative care, pregnant women Physicians and Practitioners - Perinatal palliative care, pregnant women Reproductive Issues - Perinatal palliative care, pregnant women State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, perinatal palliative care, programs and services, list State Employees - Health plan, perinatal palliative care Women - Perinatal palliative care, pregnancy Short Titles and Popular Names - Love Them Both Act of 2025 Actuarial Analysis - Health plan, perinatal palliative care Health Benefit Plan Mandate - Health plan, perinatal palliative care Education, Higher - Self-insured group employer health plan, perinatal palliative care Effective Dates, Delayed - Perinatal palliative care, January 1, 2026 Health and Medical Services - Perinatal palliative care, pregnant women Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Perinatal palliative care, pregnant women Insurance, Health - Perinatal palliative care Mental Health - Perinatal palliative care, pregnant women Local Mandate - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, pperinatal palliative care, programs and services, list State Employee Health Plan Mandate - Health plan, perinatal palliative care