KY SB261 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 15 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-27 - placed in the Orders of the Day
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 15 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-27 - placed in the Orders of the Day
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 18A.225 to exclude from the definition of "employee" any employer that ceases participation in the state employee health insurance plan from participating in the plan in the future; require minimal participation duration for all benefits administered by the Personnel Cabinet pursuant to KRS 18A.205 to 18A.2287; require health insurance coverage for state employees to provide minimum value that pays over 60 percent of the total cost of in-network medical services, provide minimal essential coverage as defined in 26 U.S.C. sec. 5000A(f), and not discriminate in favor of highly compensated individuals as prohibited by 26 U.S.C. sec. 105(h); require any carrier bidding to offer health care coverage to employees to rate all employees as a single entity; require any premium due for vision coverage, if in excess of a premium amount contributed by an employer to be paid by the employee; delete references to regional contracts for state employee health insurance; specify that no provision of KRS Chapter 304, the insurance code, shall apply to the public employee health insurance program for public employees unless otherwise authorized; amend KRS 18A.2254 to add health savings accounts as a waiver funding option and provide that the type of account available for waiver funding each year shall be at the discretion of the Personnel Cabinet; permit the Personnel Cabinet to make available the quarterly report of the status of the health insurance trust fund to either the Governor, the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, or the Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board, upon request; amend KRS 18A.226 to expand the membership of the Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board; require the board, upon request, to submit an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; repeal 18A.2255, relating to the Advisory Committee of State Health Insurance Subscribers.
Title
AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance.
Sponsors
| Sen. Mike Nemes [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-14 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3003 (Y: 37 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-27 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-27 | House | taken from Rules |
| 2024-03-26 | House | reported favorably, to Rules |
| 2024-03-25 | House | returned to State Government (H) |
| 2024-03-25 | House | 2nd reading |
| 2024-03-25 | House | taken from State Government (H) |
| 2024-03-22 | House | returned to State Government (H) |
| 2024-03-22 | House | 1st reading |
| 2024-03-22 | House | taken from State Government (H) |
| 2024-03-15 | House | to State Government (H) |
| 2024-03-15 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-03-15 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 37-1 |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2024 |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | to Banking & Insurance (S) |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Subjects
Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Boards and Commissions
Insurance, Health
Public Officers and Employees
State Agencies
State Employees
Boards and Commissions
Insurance, Health
Public Officers and Employees
State Agencies
State Employees
