Kentucky House Bill 495 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-02 - to Banking & Insurance (H)
Pending: House Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require coverage for screenings, tests, and procedures performed for the purpose of detecting cancer that occur prior to diagnosis; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 and amend KRS 205.522, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, Medicaid, 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 cancer coverage requirement; provide when various sections apply to health insurance policies, certificates, plans, or contracts; require the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal waivers under certain circumstances; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2024.

AN ACT relating to coverage for cancer detection.

Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-02	House	to Banking & Insurance (H)
2023-02-22	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-22	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb495.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb495/orig_bill.pdf