Kentucky Senate Bill 284 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-06 - to Banking & Insurance (S)
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 304.17-316 to require health insurance policies offering coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical benefits for a mastectomy to provide coverage for annual breast cancer screenings for persons 35 years of age or older; amend KRS 304.17A-133 to prohibit health benefit plans from imposing cost sharing for annual breast cancer screenings; require that coverage be provided regardless of whether the health benefit plan provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical services for a mastectomy; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.18-098, 304.32-1591, and 304.38-1935 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Section 2 of the Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

AN ACT relating to coverage for breast cancer.

Sen. Morgan McGarvey [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-06	Senate	to Banking & Insurance (S)
2020-03-04	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb284.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb284/orig_bill.pdf