HB 183

Bill Subjects

Children And Minors Drugs And Medicines Education, Higher Effective Dates, Delayed Insurance, Health Medicaid State Agencies State Employees

Abstract

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover injectable epinephrine devices for persons 18 years of age and under; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the 18-and-under injectable epinephrine device coverage requirement; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.