Kentucky House Bill 68 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-03 - 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 require health benefit plans to cover injectable epinephrine devices for persons 18 years of age and under; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the 18-and-under injectable epinephrine device coverage requirement; apply to health benefit plans issued on or after January 1, 2024; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

AN ACT relating to coverage for injectable epinephrine devices.

Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. Chad Aull [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-03	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-01-03	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb68.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb68/orig_bill.pdf