KY SB293 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-03 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 2 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-03 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 304.17A-132 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services in accordance with the provisions of the statute and administrative regulations; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to set minimum coverage requirements and limits for hearing aids and establish a list of audiologists and specialists in hearing instruments for which health benefit plans shall provide coverage; provide exception for Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plans; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services; apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2023.
Title
AN ACT relating to coverage for hearing aids and related services.
Sponsors
Sen. Karen Berg [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2022-03-03 | Senate | to Health & Welfare (S) |
2022-03-02 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
2022-03-02 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Subjects
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings
Children and Minors
Education, Higher
Effective Dates, Delayed
Health Benefit Mandate
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
State Employees
Children and Minors
Education, Higher
Effective Dates, Delayed
Health Benefit Mandate
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
State Employees
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb293.html |
Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb293/orig_bill.pdf |