KY SB61 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Passed on March 19 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-19 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 10)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Passed on March 19 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-19 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 10)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Summary
Amend KRS 304.17A-257 to require that health benefit plans cover colorectal cancer screening regardless of the billing code or other procedure performed in the same clinical encounter and as part of ongoing prevention; effective January 1, 2016.
Title
AN ACT relating to removing barriers to colorectal cancer screening.
Sponsors
| Sen. Ralph Alvarado [R] | Sen. Julian Carroll [D] | Sen. C.B. Embry [R] | Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D] |
| Sen. Gerald Neal [D] | Sen. Dennis Parrett [D] | Sen. Dan Seum [R] | Sen. Robin Webb [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-19 | Senate | signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 10) |
| 2015-03-10 | Senate | delivered to Governor |
| 2015-03-10 | Senate | enrolled, signed by each presiding officer |
| 2015-03-04 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2015-03-04 | House | 3rd reading, passed 95-5 |
| 2015-03-03 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2015-03-03 | House | taken from Rules |
| 2015-03-03 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2015-03-02 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2015-02-26 | House | posted in committee |
| 2015-02-25 | House | posting waived |
| 2015-02-25 | House | posted in committee |
| 2015-02-24 | House | to Health & Welfare (H) |
| 2015-02-23 | House | received in House |
| 2015-02-19 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 31-3 with Committee Substitute |
| 2015-02-13 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2015-02-13 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13, 2015 |
| 2015-02-12 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2015-02-11 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute |
| 2015-02-03 | Senate | to Health & Welfare (S) |
| 2015-01-07 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
