Kentucky House Bill 528 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-07 - floor amendment (1) filed
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 certain health insurance policies, plans, certificates, and contracts to provide coverage for the treatment of substance use disorder by an inpatient facility and an in-home program; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 and amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, state postsecondary institution self-insured employer group health plans, and the state employee health plan to comply with the substance use disorder treatment coverage requirement; apply provisions to policies, plans. certificates, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the section; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if deemed necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2024.

AN ACT relating to coverage for substance use disorder.

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-07	House	floor amendment (1) filed
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/hb528.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb528/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB528/HFA1.pdf