Kentucky House Bill 483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit insurers from imposing any preexisting condition exclusions, any lifetime dollar limits or unreasonable annual dollar limits on benefits, to prohibit rescission except as authorized by KRS 304.17A-240, or from discriminating against an individual in premiums or contributions based on the individuals sex, to require insurers provide coverage for essential health care benefits, guaranteed acceptance of individuals or employers who apply for coverage, and to provide coverage, not subject to cost-sharing requirements for certain preventative services; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to remove definitions for guaranteed acceptance program (GAP), GAP insurer, GAP plan, GAP qualified individual, GAP supporting individual, and high-cost condition; amend KRS 304.17A-095 to require all individual and small group health benefit plans to have a minimum loss ratio of 80% and for large group health benefit plans a minimum loss ratio of 85%; amend KRS 304.17A-0952 and 304.17A-0954 to remove gender from case characteristics for rating factors; amend KRS 304.17A-096 to make technical correction; amend KRS 304.17A-200 to prohibit any insurer offering a health benefit plan from establishing eligibility rules based on certain factors and to remove references to preexisting conditions provisions; amend KRS 304.17A-220, 304.17A-250, 304.17A-706, and 304.18-114 to remove references to preexisting condition exclusions; amend KRS 304.17A-256 to require all health benefit plans which provide dependent coverage to provide that coverage until the dependent turns 26 years old; amend KRS 304.17B-001 to make technical corrections and to remove definitions for GAP, GAP participating insurer and preexisting condition exclusion; amend KRS 304.17B-007 to remove reference to GAP and GAP participating insurer; amend KRS 304.17B-015 and 304.17B-021 to remove reference to GAP; amend KRS 304.17C-010, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to make technical corrections; repeal 304.17A-230, 304.17A-410, 304.17A-430, 304.17A-450, 304.17B-023, and 304.17B-025.

AN ACT relating to mandatory benefits for health benefit plans.

Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]

Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-21	House	to Health and Family Services (H)
2017-02-17	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB483.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB483/bill.pdf