HB178
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Create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-669 to define "psychiatric collaborative care model"; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate and maintain an administrative regulation to list alterations and additions to relevant billing codes; require health benefit plans that provide coverage for treatment of a mental health condition to provide reimbursement for those benefits that are delivered through the psychiatric collaborative care model; authorize insurers to deny any benefit billed under a covered…
Introduced: January 7, 2026
Last action: April 13, 2026
In effect since July 15, 2026
Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
Plain-language summary
This law defines a team-based approach to mental health care called the psychiatric collaborative care model, where primary care providers and mental health specialists work together to treat patients. It requires health insurance plans that cover mental health conditions to reimburse for care delivered through this model, starting with plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. Insurers may still deny specific claims on medical necessity grounds under certain conditions. Who it may affect: Kentuckians with health insurance who receive treatment for mental health conditions, as well as health care providers and insurers operating in the state.
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