Kentucky House Bill 236

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-07 - to Banking & Insurance (H)
Pending: House Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover epinephrine devices for covered persons; limit a covered person's cost-sharing amount to $100 annually; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exempt the epinephrine device coverage requirement from being suspended under state law due to the triggering of federal cost defrayment requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485,164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the epinephrine device coverage requirement; provide that various sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; require the Department of Insurance to determine whether the epinephrine devices coverage requirement would be in addition to essential health benefits required under federal law; require the Department of Insurance to obtain federal approval, if necessary; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to obtain federal approval, if necessary, and comply with notice requirements; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026.

AN ACT relating to coverage for epinephrine devices.

Rep. Adam Moore [D]	Rep. Erika Hancock [D]	Rep. Chad Aull [D]	Rep. Adrielle Camuel [D]
Rep. Anne Donworth [D]	Rep. Joshua Watkins [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-07	House	to Banking & Insurance (H)
2025-02-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-02-04	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb236.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb236/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/25RS/hb236/LM.pdf