Kentucky Senate Bill 54 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - to Banking & Insurance (S)
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, shall include coverage for standard fertility preservation services when a necessary medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility to an insured; establish language to specify that fertility preservation coverage is not required to be provided or included in any employer-sponsored health benefit plan offered by an employer to its employees if the employer is a religious organization; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

AN ACT relating to coverage for medically necessary fertility preservation services.

Sen. Alice Kerr [R]

Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]

Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	Senate	to Banking & Insurance (S)
2020-01-07	Senate	introduced in Senate
2019-11-19	Senate	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb54.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb54/orig_bill.pdf