KY HB577 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-04 - to Banking & Insurance (H)
Pending: House Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefits plans to cover epinephrine auto-injectors for persons 18 years of age and under; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522 to apply the 18-and-under auto-injector coverage requirement to the Department of Medicaid Services and managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the 18-and-under auto-injector coverage requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply the 18-and-under auto-injector coverage requirement; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

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Title

AN ACT relating to epinephrine auto-injectors.

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-03-04Houseto Banking & Insurance (H)
2020-03-02Houseintroduced in House

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