Kentucky House Bill 278 (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 Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and18A.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; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2024; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

AN ACT relating to contraceptive coverage.

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Lisa Willner [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/hb278.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb278/orig_bill.pdf