Kentucky House Bill 290 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-17 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require certain health insurance policies, plans, certificates, and contracts to provide coverage for comprehensive supervised substance use disorder treatment; create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 and amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, the state employee health plan, and state postsecondary institution self-insured employer group health plans to comply with the coverage requirement; apply provisions to policies, plans, certificates, and contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; provide that the Act may be cited as Braxton's Law; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.

AN ACT relating to coverage for substance use disorder.

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]
Sen. Keturah Herron [D]	Rep. Pamela Stevenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-17	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-17	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb290.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb290/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb290/LM.pdf