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]
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.
Title
AN ACT relating to epinephrine auto-injectors.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-03-04 | House | to Banking & Insurance (H) |
2020-03-02 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Children and Minors
Drugs and Medicines
Effective Dates, Delayed
Health Benefit Mandate
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
State Agencies
State Employees
Drugs and Medicines
Effective Dates, Delayed
Health Benefit Mandate
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
State Agencies
State Employees
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb577.html |
Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb577/orig_bill.pdf |