Kentucky House Bill 269 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-14 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow parental depression screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the Early and Periodic, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Insurance Program to cover parental depression screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover parental depression screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a state postsecondary education institution to cover parental depression screenings; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to cover parental depression screenings; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal authorization for a waiver if necessary; certain sections EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

AN ACT relating to coverage for parental and guardian depression screenings.

Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-14	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-14	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb269.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb269/orig_bill.pdf