26RS HB 550

House Bill 550

Actions

Last Action	02/03/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to reproductive health services.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Actuarial Analysis Health Mandate Local Mandate State Employee Health Plan Impact
Bill Request Number	2019
Sponsor	S. Stalker
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; provide rights related to access to contraception; create private right of action; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exclude contraception from cost defrayal requirements; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; 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 contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate section; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes as required under KRS 205.5372(1); include provisions for cost defrayal requirements; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.
Index Headings of Original Version	Local Mandate - Contraceptive coverage Actuarial Analysis - Health plan, contraceptive coverage Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, hormonal contraceptives Children And Minors - KCHIP, contraceptive coverage Drugs And Medicines - Contraceptive coverage Drugs And Medicines - Hormonal contraceptives, provisions Education, Higher - Self-insured group employer health plan, contraceptive coverage Effective Dates, Delayed - Contraceptive coverage, January 1, 2027 Health And Medical Services - Hormonal contraceptives, pharmacy, provision Health Benefit Plan Mandate - Health plan, contraceptive coverage Insurance, Health - Contraceptive coverage Medicaid - Contraceptive coverage Occupations And Professions - Pharmacists, hormonal contraceptives, provision Pharmacists - Prescriptions, hormonal contraceptives, provision Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, family planning services Reproductive Issues - Contraceptive coverage Reproductive Issues - Hormonal contraceptives prescriptions State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, contraceptive coverage State Employee Health Plan Mandate - Health plan, contraceptive coverage State Employees - Health plan, contraceptive coverage Women - Hormonal contraceptives prescriptions