Kentucky House Bill 61 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-05 - to Health & Welfare (H)
Pending: House Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Establish Subtitle 17D of KRS Chapter 304 and create a new section to define "abortion," "elective abortion," and "health benefit exchange"; create a new section to prohibit qualified health benefit plans in Kentucky from offering abortion coverage through a health benefit exchange but permit individuals to purchase optional supplemental coverage for elective abortions outside of the state exchange if a separate premium is paid for the coverage; set forth provisions regarding the calculation of the premium, per enrollee, for elective abortion coverage; set forth provisions regarding signature and notice requirements; prohibit an issuer of elective abortion coverage from discounting or reducing the premium paid for other coverage based on the fact an individual has elective abortion coverage.

AN ACT relating to the exclusion of abortion coverage for health insurance exchanges.

Rep. Brad Montell [R]

Rep. Tim Moore [R]

Rep. Alecia Webb-Edgington [R]

Rep. Jill York [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-05		to Health & Welfare (H)
2011-01-04		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB61.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB61/bill.doc