SB190
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Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discuss and refer…
Introduced: February 12, 2026
Last action: February 12, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill requires health insurance plans and Medicaid to cover chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional. It also requires health care practitioners to discuss and offer alternative chronic pain treatments to a patient before prescribing a controlled substance for the first time. These changes would take effect for insurance plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. Who it may affect: Kentuckians living with chronic pain, health insurance plan holders, Medicaid recipients, and health care practitioners who treat pain conditions.
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