Kentucky House Bill 536

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-14 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; provide rights related to access to contraception; create private right of action; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary institution to its employees, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate section; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; create a new section in KRS Chapter 315 to allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.

AN ACT relating to contraceptives.

Rep. Sarah Stalker [D]

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Rep. Lindsey Burke [D]

Rep. Adrielle Camuel [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-14	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-14	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb536.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb536/orig_bill.pdf