Kentucky House Bill 416 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-01 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.560 to conform; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023.

AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children.

Rep. Pamela Stevenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-02-01	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb416.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb416/orig_bill.pdf