Kentucky Senate Bill 291 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-07 - to Banking & Insurance (S)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurance coverage for United States Food and Drug Administration-approved tobacco cessation services that have a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force; specify restrictions and limits of coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid coverage for United States Food and Drug Administration-approved tobacco cessation services that have a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force; specify restrictions and limits of coverage.

AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage for tobacco cessation treatment.

Sen. Julie Raque Adams [R]

Sen. Ralph Alvarado [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-07	Senate	to Banking & Insurance (S)
2016-03-03	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB291.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB291/bill.pdf