Kentucky House Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-04 - 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 define terms; require certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination of at least 45 minutes provided by a mental health professional; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits; require the coverage to comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; provide that coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 164.2871 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the mental health wellness examination coverage requirement; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Medicaid benefits to comply with the mental health wellness examination coverage requirement; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the mental health examination coverage requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the mental health coverage requirement; 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 of mental health wellness examinations.

Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Bobby McCool [R]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. Pamela Stevenson [D]
Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-04	House	introduced in House
2021-08-27	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb55.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb55/orig_bill.pdf