HB386
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings of an accompanying parent or legal guardian to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic diagnostic, screening, and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to…
Introduced: January 14, 2026
Last action: January 22, 2026
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This bill would require most Kentucky health insurance plans, including Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, to cover screenings for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, such as postpartum depression, as part of routine well-child or well-baby visits. It also allows a parent or guardian's screening to be billed as a child health service during those visits. Most of these requirements would take effect for health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1,…
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