Kentucky House Bill 406

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-30 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic, diagnostic and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; direct that certain provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on after January 1, 2025; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal authorization, if necessary, and report on requests; require the Department of Insurance to request a federal waiver under certain circumstances; provide that provisions are severable; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.

AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings.

Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-30	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-30	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb406.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb406/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb406/LM.pdf