Kentucky House Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-2)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-28 - floor amendment (2) filed
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 304.17A-200 to extend health-status eligibility rules to individual and employer-organized association markets; authorize insurance commissioner to designate additional health status-related factors; prohibit adjustment of premium or contribution amounts for group health benefit plans on the basis of genetic information; amend KRS 304.17A-220 to remove requirements relating to preexisting condition exclusions; repeal and reenact KRS 304.17A-230 to define "preexisting condition exclusion"; prohibit health benefit plans in any market from imposing any preexisting condition exclusion; amend KRS 304.17A-155, 304.17A-250, 304.17A-430, 304.17A-706, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-019, and 304.18-114 to conform; provide that provisions of Act apply to all health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2021; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

AN ACT relating to mandatory benefits for health benefit plans.

Rep. Patti Minter [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Charles Booker [D]	Rep. Terri Branham Clark [D]
Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Thomas Burch [D]	Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]	Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]
Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. James Glenn [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]
Rep. Joe Graviss [D]	Rep. Chris Harris [D]	Rep. Angie Hatton [D]	Rep. Kathy Hinkle [D]
Rep. Cluster Howard [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Derek Lewis [R]
Rep. Scott Lewis [R]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]	Rep. Russ Meyer [D]
Rep. Charles Miller [D]	Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Rick Rand [D]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]
Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Dean Schamore [D]	Rep. Attica Scott [D]	Rep. John Sims [D]
Rep. Maria Sorolis [D]	Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. Wilson Stone [D]	Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D]
Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]	Rep. Robert Wiederstein [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-28	House	floor amendment (2) filed
2020-02-20	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2020-01-07	House	to Banking & Insurance (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-07-03	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb21.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb21/orig_bill.pdf