HB 536

Bill Subjects

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Children And Minors Drugs And Medicines Education, Higher Effective Dates, Delayed Health Benefit Mandate Health And Medical Services Insurance, Health Medicaid Occupations And Professions Pharmacists Reports Mandated Reproductive Issues State Agencies State Employees Women

Abstract

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.