Kentucky Senate Bill 181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-20 - to Banking & Insurance (S)
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 304.17A-200 to extend health-status eligibility rules to individual and employer-organized association markets; authorize insurance commissioner to designate additional health status-related factors; prohibit adjustment of premium or contribution amounts for group health benefit plans on the basis of genetic information; amend KRS 304.17A-220 to remove requirements relating to pre-existing condition exclusions; repeal and reenact KRS 304.17A-230 to define "pre-existing condition exclusion"; prohibit health benefit plans in any market from imposing any pre-existing condition exclusion; amend KRS 304.17A-155, 304.17A-250, 304.17A-430, 304.17A-706, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-019, and 304.18-114 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Sections 1 and 3 of this Act; provide that provisions of Act apply to all health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2021; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

AN ACT relating to mandatory benefits for health benefit plans.

Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-20	Senate	to Banking & Insurance (S)
2020-02-18	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb181.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb181/orig_bill.pdf