HB 713

Bill Subjects

Actuarial Analysis Children And Minors Drugs And Medicines Education, Higher Effective Dates, Delayed Health Benefit Mandate Insurance, Health Local Mandate Medicaid Mental Health Reproductive Issues State Employees Women

Abstract

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require a self-insured employer group health plan provided by a state postsecondary education institution to its employees, Medicaid, and Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on postpartum mood disorder coverage; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued on or after January 1, 2025; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.